2 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all of Achaia:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the holy who are in all Achaia:

2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Fathers and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation.

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

4 He consoles us in all our tribulation, so that we too may be able to console those who are in any kind of distress, through the exhortation by which we also are being exhorted by God.

who comforteth us in all our distress, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any distress by the comfort wherewith we are ourselves comforted by God;

5 For just as the Passion of Christ abounds in us, so also, through Christ, does our consolation abound.

for as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ doth our comfort also overflow.

6 So, if we are in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and salvation, or if we are in consolation, it is for your consolation, or if we are exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which results in the patient endurance of the same passion which we also endure.

And whether we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation, which showeth its power in enabling you to bear patiently the same sufferings which we also endure; and our hope is steadfast in your behalf; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation,

7 So may our hope for you be made firm, knowing that, just as you are participants in the suffering, so also shall you be participants in the consolation.

knowing that as ye are sharers in the sufferings, so also ye will be sharers in the comfort.

8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our tribulation, which happened to us in Asia. For we were weighed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we became weary, even of life itself.

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our distress which came upon us in Asia, that it was exceedingly heavy upon us beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;

9 But we had within ourselves the response to death, so that we would not have faith in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

yea, we ourselves had within ourselves the sentence of death, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead;

10 He has rescued us, and he is rescuing us, from great peril. In him, we hope that he will continue to rescue us.

who delivered us from such peril of death, and is delivering; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us,

11 And you are assisting, with your prayers for us, so that from many persons, by that which is a gift in us, thanks may be given through many persons, because of us.

you also unitedly helping us by prayer, so that for this blessing bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many on your behalf.

12 For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and the sincerity which is of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

13 For we write nothing else to you other than what you have read and understood. And I hope that you will continue to understand, even unto the end.

For we write no other things to you, than what ye read or even acknowledge. And I trust ye will acknowledge even to the end,

14 And just as you have acknowledged us in our role, that we are your glory, so also you are ours, unto the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

as also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your glorying, as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

15 And with this confidence, I wanted to come to you sooner, so that you might have a second grace,

And in this confidence it was my purpose to come to you before, that ye might receive a second benefit;

16 and through you to pass into Macedonia, and to return to you again from Macedonia, and so be led by you on my way to Judea.

and to go by way of you into Macedonia, and from Macedonia to come again to you, and by you to be forwarded on my way to Judaea.

17 Then, although I had intended this, did I act lightly? Or in the things that I consider, do I consider according to the flesh, so that there would be, with me, both Yes and No?

Having, then, this purpose, did I act with levity? Or in my purposes do I resolve according to the flesh, that with me there should be now yea, yea, and now nay, nay?

18 But God is faithful, so our word, which was set before you, was not, in him, both Yes and No.

But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yea and nay.

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you through us, through myself and Sylvanus and Timothy, was not Yes, and No; but was simply Yes in him.

For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not found yea and nay, but in him hath been found yea.

20 For whatever promises are of God are, in him, Yes. For this reason, too, through him: Amen to God for our glory.

For as to all the promises of God, in him is yea, and in him amen, to the glory of God through us.

21 Now the One who confirms us with you in Christ, and who has anointed us, is God.

Now he who maketh us with you steadfast in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

22 And he has sealed us, and he has placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

he who also sealed us, and gave the Spirit as a pledge in our hearts.

23 But I call God as a witness to my soul, that I was lenient with you, in that I did not return to Corinth:

But I call upon God as a witness against my soul, that it was to spare you that I came no more to Corinth;

24 not because we have dominion over your faith, but because we are assistants of your joy. For by faith you stand.

not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy. For in respect to faith ye stand firm.