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Paul, ^(a)an apostle of ^(b)Christ Jesus ^(c)by the will of God, and ^(d)Timothy our brother, To ^(e)the church of God which is at ^(f)Corinth with all the ^[a]saints who are throughout ^(g)Achaia:

^(h)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁽ⁱ⁾Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and ^(j)God of all comfort,

who ^(k)comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in ^[b]any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

For just ^(l)as the sufferings of Christ are ^[c]ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.

But if we are afflicted, it is ^(m)for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;

and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that ⁽ⁿ⁾as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.

For ^(o)we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our ^(p)affliction which came to us in ^[d](q)Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;

^[e]indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

who ^(r)delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, ^[f]He ^(s)on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

you also joining in ^(t)helping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by ^(u)many persons on our behalf for the favor bestowed on us through the prayers of many.