Study it in the app“If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is at work in perseverance in the same sufferings that we also suffer.”
Ifεἴτεwe are afflicted,θλιβόμεθαit isforὑπὲρyourὑμῶνcomfortτῆς παρακλήσεωςandκαὶsalvation;σωτηρίαςifεἴτεwe are comforted,παρακαλούμεθαit isforὑπὲρyourὑμῶνcomfort,τῆς παρακλήσεωςwhichτῆςis at workἐνεργουμένηςinἐνperseveranceὑπομονῇin the sameτῶν αὐτῶνsufferingsπαθημάτωνthatὧνweἡμεῖςalsoκαὶsuffer.πάσχομεν
whether, or
"Whether ... or", "if".
Where else “eite” appearsafflict
To make suffer, or be in trouble.
Where else “thlibometha” appearscomfort
The relief God or fellow believers give.
Where else “paraklēseōs” appearssalvation
Salvation.
Where else “sōtērias” appearscomfort
To bring relief to one who suffers.
Where else “parakaloumetha” appearsbe at work
Be at work, operate with power; bring about.
Where else “energoumenēs” appearsendurance, perseverance
Endurance, perseverance: holding out patiently under trial.
Where else “hypomonēi” appearssuffering
What one has to endure.
Where else “pathēmatōn” appearssuffer
Suffer, undergo.
Where else “paschomen” appearsThe manuscripts arrange the phrases of this verse and the next in different ways.
5For just as the sufferings of the Messiah overflow to us, so through the Messiah our comfort also overflows.
6 · This verse (above)
7And our hope for you is firm, because we know that as you are partners in the sufferings, so also you are in the comfort.
