⁴ He consoles us in all our afflictions and thereby enables us to console others in their tribulations, offering them the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.

⁵ For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so too, through Christ, do we receive our consolation. ⁶ If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation. If we are being consoled, it is to help us to console you and give you the patience and the strength to endure the same sufferings that we endure.