For as we share abundantly in (A)Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.[a] (B)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. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you (C)share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:5 Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ

For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,(A) so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation;(B) if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,(C) so also you share in our comfort.

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