3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,

4 who 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.

5 For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings that we suffer.

7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.