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Paul, an apostle of ChristJesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth with all the saints who are throughoutAchaia:
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who comforts us in all our afflictionso that we will be able to comfortthose who are in anyaffliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; orif we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patientenduring of the samesufferingswhich we alsosuffer;
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For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdenedexcessively*, beyond our strength, so that we despairedeven of life;