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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother: to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in all Achaia:
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Grace unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort:
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Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we also may be able to comfort them who are in all distress, by the exhortation wherewith we also are exhorted by God.
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For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us: so also by Christ doth our comfort abound.