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3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion 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.
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who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
5 For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
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For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.
7 Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
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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.
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