3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
6 But whether we are afflicted, it is for your{} comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your{} comfort, which works in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:
7 and our hope for you{} is steadfast; knowing that, as you{} are partners of the sufferings, so also are you{} of the comfort.