2 Corinthians 1:6

1:6 But if we are afflicted, ¹  it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

2 Corinthians 2:3

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, ²  so that when I came ³  I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

[1:6]  ¹ tn Or “are troubled.”

[2:3]  ² tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[2:3]  ³ sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.