Mace(i)
3 Blessed be the God, and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of mercies, and the God of all consolation:
4 who comforteth me in all my tribulations, that I may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith I myself am comforted of God.
5 for as I have greatly suffered for Christ, so I have been greatly comforted thro' Christ.
6 but whether I am afflicted, it is for your consolation and relief, which is effected by your perseverance, patiently enduring the same sufferings which I also undergo: or whether I am comforted, it is for your consolation and relief.
7 and the hopes I had of you continue still the same, knowing that as you have had your share of suffering, so you will likewise have of consolation.