1. From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.
2. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
3. Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
4. who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
5. For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.
6. But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.