2 Corinthians 1:1-11
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1Paul, aan apostle of bChrist Jesus cby the will of God, and dTimothy our brother, To ethe church of God which is at fCorinth with all the 1saints who are throughout Achaia:
2aGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3aBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and bGod of all comfort, 4who acomforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in 1any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5For just aas the sufferings of Christ abound to us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6But whether we are afflicted, it is afor your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is working in your perseverance in the same sufferings which we also suffer. 7And our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that aas you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.
8For awe do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of our baffliction which came to us in 1,cAsia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even to live. 91Indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not have confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; 10who arescued us from so great a peril of death, and will rescue us, 1He bon whom we have set our hope. And He will yet rescue us, 11you also joining in ahelping us through your prayers on our behalf, so that thanks may be given on our behalf by bmany persons for the gracious gift bestowed on us through the prayers of many.