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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." And observe, I pray you, herein also the lowly-mindedness of Paul. For though he were in peril because of the Gospel he preached; yet saith he not, he was saved for his merit, but for the mercies of God. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He did not say: the one who never ceases to afflict us, but — the one who comforts us in the time of sorrows; for if He permits us to be afflicted, it is so that through patience we might acquire a reward; but when He sees that we are growing faint, He comforts us; and this He does always. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
He tells us why he is thankful when he adds, who comforts us in all our affliction. As if to say: He is blessed, because he comforts us in all our affliction: "God who comforts the downcast" (2 Cor. 7:6). He gives the reason for this when he says, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction. Here it should be noted that there is an order among God's gifts. …
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