5 That is because we receive so much comfort through Christ in the same way that we share so many of Christ’s sufferings.6 So if we have trouble, it is to bring you comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is to bring you comfort from the experience of endurance while you go through the same sufferings that we also suffer.7 Our hope for you is certain, because we know that as you are partners in suffering, so also you are partners in comfort.