2 Corinthians 1:1–8

God of All Comfort

¹Paul, ^aan apostle of ^bChrist Jesus ^cby the will of God, and ^dTimothy our brother,

To ^ethe church of God which is at ^fCorinth with all the ¹saints who are throughout ^gAchaia:

^2aGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^3aBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and ^bGod of all comfort,

⁴who ^acomforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in ¹any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

⁵For just ^aas the sufferings of Christ abound to us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

⁶But whether we are afflicted, it is ^afor your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is working in your perseverance in the same sufferings which we also suffer.

⁷And our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that ^aas you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.

⁸For ^awe do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of our ^baffliction which came to us in ^1cAsia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even to live.