2 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the Assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the holy ones who are in all Achaia:

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

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

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

3 Blessed [is] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all comfort,

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

4 who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;

Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

5 because, as the sufferings of the Christ abound to us, so through the Christ our comfort also abounds;

For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

6 and whether we be in tribulation, [it is] for your comfort and salvation, that is worked in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation;

But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

7 and our hope [is] steadfast for you, knowing that even as you are partakers of the sufferings—so also of the comfort.

And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

8 For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above [our] power, so that we even despaired of life;

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

9 but we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,

Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:

10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and delivers, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;

Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;

11 you also working together for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many, may be thankfully acknowledged for us.

You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

12 For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

13 for no other things do we write to you, but what you either read or also acknowledge, and I hope that you will also acknowledge to the end,

For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

14 according as you also acknowledged us in part, that we are your glory, even as also you [are] ours, in the Day of the Lord Jesus;

Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

15 and in this confidence I was intending to come to you before, that you might have a second favor,

And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

16 and to pass to Macedonia through you, and to come to you again from Macedonia, and to be sent forward by you to Judea.

And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

17 This, therefore, intending, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, [did] I counsel according to the flesh, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?

If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

18 And God [is] faithful, that our word to you did not become Yes and No,

As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.

19 for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, having been preached through us among you—through me and Silvanus and Timotheus—did not become Yes and No, but in Him it has become Yes;

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.

20 for as many as [are] promises of God, in Him [are] the Yes, and in Him the Amen, for glory to God through us;

For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

21 and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and anointed us, [is] God,

Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;

22 who also sealed us, and gave the deposit of the Spirit in our hearts.

And it is he who has put his stamp on us, even the Spirit, as the sign in our hearts of the coming glory.

23 And I call on God for a witness on my soul, that sparing you, I did not come to Corinth yet;

But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

24 not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by faith you stand.

Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.