2 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and brother Timothy, to the church of God that is in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout 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 Sovereign Jesus Christ.

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

3 All praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and God of all encouragement,

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

4 who encourages us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in whatever affliction, by means of the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged 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 Because just as the sufferings of the Christ flow over into us, so also our encouraging overflows, through Christ.

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

6 Now then, if we are afflicted, it is for the sake of your encouragement and deliverance, that are effective for enduring the same sufferings that we also are suffering

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 (yes, our hope concerning you is steadfast); if we are encouraged, it also is for the sake of your encouragement and deliverance, since we know that you will share in the encouragement just as you do in the sufferings.

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

8 And so, brothers, we do not want you to be in ignorance concerning the affliction that came upon us in Asia: we were under extreme pressure, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.

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 Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, so that we not place confidence in ourselves, but in the 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 did deliver us from that deadly peril, and still delivers; in whom we trust that He will keep on delivering,

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

11 you also adding your cooperation in prayer, on our behalf; that thanks may be given by many persons for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, on your behalf.

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 Now this is our boast: the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world with openness and godly sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially 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 do not write you any other things than what you can read and understand; and I do hope that you will keep on understanding to 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 (as indeed some of you have acknowledged) that we are your boast, just as you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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 It was in this confidence that I was planning to come by you first,

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

16 and by you to proceed into Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia (that you might benefit twice), and then to be sent 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 Now then, when I was deciding this, I was not acting frivolously, was I? Or the things I decide, do I decide according to the flesh, so that with me there would be both “Yes, yes” and “No, 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 As God is faithful, our word to you was not “Yes” and “No”,

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

19 because the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No”. In fact, with Him it has always been “Yes”,

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 because all the promises of God in Him are “Yes”; indeed, in Him they are “Amen”, that there be glory to God through us.

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 He who establishes us together with you into Christ, and who anointed us, is God,

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

22 who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

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

23 For my part, I call on God as witness, upon my soul, that it was to spare you that I have not yet returned 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 that we have control over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for it is by faith that you stand firm.)

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