2 Corinthians 1

1 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:

To the Church of God which is in Corinth, and to all the saints throughout Greece. from Paul, by God’s will an apostle of Christ, and from brother Timothy.

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

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

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

Thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,

4 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;

who ever comforts me in all my troubles, so that I may be continually able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort with which God is ever comforting me.

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

For just as I have more than my share in the sufferings of the Christ, so also through the Christ I have more than my share of comfort.

6 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,

If I am afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if I am receiving comfort, it is for your comfort - a comfort produced within you by your patient fortitude, under the same sufferings which I also am enduring.

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

My hope for you is firm; for I know that as you are comrades in my sufferings, so also are you comrades in my comfort.

8 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;

Now, brothers, I want you to know about the troubles which befell me in Asia; how I was burdened altogether beyond my strength, so that I renounced all hope even of life itself.

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

Indeed, I had in myself, and still have, the sentence of death, in order that I might not rely on myself, but on God who raises the dead to life.

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

He delivered me from such a death, and will deliver me. On him I have set my hopes that he will continue to deliver me,

11 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.

while all of you also are helping me by your prayers; so that from many lips thanksgiving may rise on my behalf for the blessings vouchsafed to me through the intercessions of many.

12 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.

For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.

13 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,

For I am writing to you nothing different from what you read aloud and very well recognize, and I hope will continue to recognize to the very end,

14 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.

as some indeed did recognize in part at last, that I am your cause of boasting, just as you will be mine on the Day of Jesus our Lord.

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

And in this confidence I intended to visit you, before going elsewhere, that you might have a pleasure twice over.

16 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.

I intended to go by you into Macedonia, and to come again to you from Macedonia, and by you to be sent forward on my way to Judea.

17 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?

In purposing this did I display "caprice"? Or what I purpose do I purpose in a worldly way, so that it may mean either "Yes, yes," or "No, no"?

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

As God is faithful, my message to you is not now "Yes," now "No."

19 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.

For Jesus Christ, Son of God, who was proclaimed among you by us, that is, by Silvanus and Timothy and me, was not wavering between "Yes" and "No," but in him is the everlasting "Yes."

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

For however many are the promises of God, in him they are "Yes." Therefore also through him let the Amen be said by our voices to the glory of God.

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

And he who has established me with you in the Anointed One, and has anointed me, is God.

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

He has also set his seal upon me, and given me the pledge of his Spirit in my heart.

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

But for my part I call God to witness, as my soul shall answer for it, that it was to spare you that I came not to Corinth

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

(not that I am attempting to lord it over your faith, but rather to work with you for your happiness); for your faith is stedfast.