2 Corinthians 1

1 This letter comes from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the will of God, and from Timothy, our brother. It is sent to the church of God in Corinth, together with all of God's people throughout Achaia.

PAULOS, apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, by the will of Aloha; and Timotheos a brother: to the church of Aloha which is in Kurinthos, and to all the saints who are in all Akaia.

2 May you have grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace be with you and peace, from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

3 Praise be to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the compassionate Father and the God of all comfort.

Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation, who consoleth us in all our afflictions,

4 He comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those who are also in trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

that we may be able to console those who are in all afflictions by that consolation by which we are consoled of Aloha.

5 The more we share in Christ's sufferings, the more we receive the abundant comfort of Christ.

For as the sufferings of the Meshiha abound in us, so, through the Meshiha, our consolation aboundeth also.

6 If we are in distress, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are being comforted, it is for your comfort, which results in you patiently bearing the same sufferings that we suffer.

But if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and for your salvation that we be afflicted: and if we are consoled, it is that you may be consoled, that there may be in you perseverance to endure those sufferings which we also suffer.

7 We have great confidence in you, knowing that as you share in our sufferings you also share in our comfort.

And our hope concerning you is steadfast: for we know that if you participate in the sufferings, you also participate in the consolation.

8 Brothers and sisters, we won't keep you in the dark about the trouble we had in Asia. We were so overwhelmed that we were afraid we wouldn't have the strength to continue—so much so we doubted we would live through it.

FOR I would have you to know, my brethren, of the affliction that befell us in Asia: for we were greatly pressed beyond our strength, until our life was nigh to be dissolved,

9 In fact it was like a death sentence inside us. This was to stop us relying on ourselves and to trust in God who raises the dead.

and because of these we had concluded (for) death; that we should not have hope in ourselves, but in Aloha, who raiseth the dead:

10 He saved us from a terrible death, and he will do so again. We have total confidence in God that he will continue to save us.

who from deaths of violence delivered us, and who will again, we trust, deliver us,

11 You help us by praying for us. In this way many will thank God for us because of the blessing that God will give us in response to the prayers of many.

through the help of your prayers for us; that his gift towards us may be a benefit effected for many, and many may praise him on our behalf.

12 We take pride in the fact—and our conscience confirms it—that we have acted properly towards people, and especially to you. We have followed God's principles of holiness and sincerity, not according to worldly wisdom but through the grace of God.

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and purity, and by the grace of Aloha, we are conversant in the world; and not with the wisdom of the flesh, and especially with you yourselves.

13 For we are not writing anything complicated that you can't read and understand. I hope you'll understand in the end,

For we write no other (things) to you than those which you know and acknowledge, and which I am confident you will acknowledge unto the end:

14 even if you only understand part of it now, so that when the Lord comes you will be proud of us, just as we are of you.

even as you have in part acknowledged that we are your glorying, as you also are ours in the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

15 Because I was so sure of your confidence in me I planned to come and visit you first. That way you could have benefited twice,

And in this confidence I have willed from the first to come to you, that doubly you may receive benefit,

16 as I would go on from you to Macedonia, and then return from Macedonia to you. Then I would have had you send me on my way to Judea.

and that I may pass by you to Makedunia, and again from Makedunia I may come to you, and you may lead me forth unto Jihud.

17 Why did I change my original plan? Do you think I make my decisions lightly? Do you think that when I plan I'm like some worldly person who says Yes and No at the same time?

This then that I have purposed, have I purposed boastingly? or are they things of the flesh that I purpose, that I should have in them Yes, yes, or No, no?

18 Just as God can be trusted, when we give you our word it's not both Yes and No.

Faithful is Aloha that our word with you was not Yes and No.

19 The truth of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, was announced to you by us—me, Silvanus, and Timothy—and it wasn't both Yes and No. In Christ the answer is absolutely Yes!

For the Son of Aloha, Jeshu Meshiha, who by us hath been preached unto you, by me and by Sylvanas and by Timotheos, was not Yes and No, but it was Yes in him.

20 However, many promises God has made, in Christ the answer is always Yes. Through him we respond, saying Yes to the glory of God.

For all the promises of Aloha in him, in the Meshiha, are Yes; for which by him we give Amen to the glory of Aloha.

21 God has given both us and you the inner strength to stand firm in Christ. God has appointed us,

But Aloha himself confirmeth us with you in the Meshiha, who himself hath anointed us,

22 placed his stamp of approval on us, and given us the guarantee of the Spirit to convince us.

and hath sealed us, and given us the earnest-pledge of his Spirit in our hearts.

23 I call God as my witness that it was to avoid causing you pain that I chose not to come to Corinth.

BUT I testify to Aloha on my soul that because I am sparing of you, I have not come to Kurinthos.

24 This isn't because we want to dictate how you relate to God, but because we want to help you have a joyful experience—for it's by trusting God that you stand firm.

Not because we are lords of your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.