31Blessed be the God and Father of our LordJesusChrist, the Father of mercies and 2God of allcomfort,
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who 3comforts us in all our afflictionso that we will be able to comfortthose who are in aanyaffliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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For just4as the sufferings of Christ are bours in abundance, soalso our comfort is abundantthroughChrist.
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But if we are afflicted, it is 5for 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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and our hope for you is firmlygrounded, knowing that 6as you are sharers of our sufferings, soalso you are sharers of our comfort.
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