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 will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, and all the saints that are in Achaia:

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

grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from 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,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation; who comforteth us in all our affliction,

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;

that we may be able to comfort those, that are in any trouble, by the consolation wherewith 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 the sufferings for the sake of Christ abound on us, so our consolation by Christ doth also abound.

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;

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is wrought out by the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or if we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

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 is firm concerning you, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the consolation.

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 we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befel us in Asia, that we were exceedingly pressed above our strength, so that we despaired 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,

but we had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth 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 delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver, in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us:

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 also assisting by prayer for us, that the favor obtained for us by the prayers of many might be thankfully acknowledged by many on our account.

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 this is our rejoicing, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and pious sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and especially towards you.

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 we write no other things to you, but what ye own and acknowledge, and I hope ye will always acknowledge.

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;

As ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, as ye also 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 in this confidence I had a mind to come to you first, (that ye might have a second benefit, ) and to pass by you into Macedonia;

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 then to come to you again from Macedonia, and by you to be forwarded on my way to Judea.

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?

Now when I intended this, was I chargeable with levity? or what I purpose, do I purpose from carnal motives, that with me there should be yea, yea, and then no, no?

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

But the faithful God, He knows, that our word to you was 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 Jesus Christ the Son of God, who was preached among you by us, even by me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, was not yea and nay,

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;

but was yea in Him, (for all the promises of God are in Him yea, and in Him amen, ) to the glory of God by us:

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

but He that establisheth us as well as you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us,

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

and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

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

But I call God to witness on my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet to Corinth:

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 are lords over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.