And whether, etc.] RV 'But whether we be afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we be comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer.' His sufferings caused them to repent (cp. 2 Corinthians 7:7), and his joy at their repentance gave them courage to persevere.

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