2 Cor 1:3-7

Thanksgiving. 3^b Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and God of all encouragement,^* 4who encourages us in our every affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any affliction with the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God.^c 5For as Christ’s sufferings overflow to us, so through Christ^* does our encouragement also overflow. 6If we are afflicted, it is for your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement, which enables you to endure the same sufferings that we suffer. 7Our hope for you is firm, for we know that as you share in the sufferings, you also share in the encouragement.^*