6. If we have troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is so that we can comfort you. And this helps you patiently accept the same sufferings we have.
7. Our hope for you is strong. We know that you share in our sufferings. So we know that you also share in our comfort.
8. Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the trouble we suffered in Asia. We had great burdens there, which were greater than our own strength. We even gave up hope for life.
9. In fact, it seems like God has been telling us we are going to die. But this is so that we will not trust in ourselves but in God, who raises people from death.
10. He saved us from these great dangers of death, and he will continue to save us. We feel sure he will always save us.