2 Corinthians 1:3-11 - Thanksgiving For God's Compassion And Comfort
3 Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforteth us in all our distress, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any distress by the comfort wherewith we are ourselves comforted by God; 5 for as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ doth our comfort also overflow. 6 And whether we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation, which showeth its power in enabling you to bear patiently the same sufferings which we also endure; and our hope is steadfast in your behalf; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation, 7 knowing that as ye are sharers in the sufferings, so also ye will be sharers in the comfort.
8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our distress which came upon us in Asia, that it was exceedingly heavy upon us beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; 9 yea, we ourselves had within ourselves the sentence of death, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead; 10 who delivered us from such peril of death, and is delivering; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us, 11 you also unitedly helping us by prayer, so that for this blessing bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many on your behalf.