2 Corinthians 1:3-11 - Thanksgiving For God's Compassion And Comfort

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, ⁴ who con soles us in all our afflictions, so that we are able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. ⁵ For as the sufferings for the Christ abound in us, so also through Christ abounds our consolation. ⁶ And if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which salvation is effected by your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer; (and our hope in you is steadfast;) or if we are consoled, it is for your comfort and salvation; ⁷ because we know, that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you shall be partakers of the comfort.

⁸ For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which came upon us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life. ⁹ But we have in ourselves the sentence of death, that we may not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead; ¹⁰ who delivered us from so great a death, and does still deliver us: in whom we have confidence, that he will continue to deliver us, ¹¹ if you also unite in prayer for our aid, that the favor bestowed on us, through the intercession of many persons, may cause thanks to be given by many for us.