who comforts us in all our suffering, so that we may be able to comfort others in all their suffering, as we ourselves are being comforted by God.

If we suffer, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are suffering.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the suffering we experienced in Asia. We were so crushed beyond our ability to endure that we even despaired of living.

This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,

In spite of their terrible ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and deep poverty have led them to be abundantly generous.