2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
God of All Comfort
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.1 6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. 7Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
Footnotes
- 1 1:5 Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ
Sweet Fruit from a Thorny Tree
2 Corinthians 1:1–7 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 19:43 • ID: 2574
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