⁵ May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind^(A) toward each other that Christ Jesus had,

Praise to the God of All Comfort

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(A) the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

⁶ But God, who comforts the downcast,^(A) comforted us by the coming of Titus,^(B)

¹¹ being strengthened with all power^(A) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,^(B)

¹⁶ May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,^(A) who loved us^(B) and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,

¹⁷ encourage^(A) your hearts and strengthen^(B) you in every good deed and word.