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:

Poul, apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, and Tymothe, brothir, to the chirche of God that is at Corinthi, with alle seyntis that ben in al Acaie, grace to you,

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

and pees of God oure fadir and of the Lord Jhesu Crist.

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

Blessid be God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, fadir of mercies, and God of al coumfort,

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;

which coumfortith vs in al oure tribulacioun, that also we moun coumforte hem, that ben in al diseese, bi the monestyng bi which also we ben monestid of God.

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

For as the passiouns of Crist ben plenteuouse in vs, so also bi Crist oure coumfort is plenteuouse.

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,

And whether we ben in tribulacioun, for youre tribulacioun and heelthe, ethir we ben coumfortid, for youre coumfort, ethir we ben monestid, for youre monestyng and heelthe. Which worchith in you the suffring of the same passiouns, whiche `we also suffren,

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

that oure hope be sad for you; witynge for as ye ben felowis of passiouns, so ye schulen ben also of coumfort.

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;

For, britheren, we wolen that ye wite of oure tribulacioun, that was don in Asie; for ouer maner we weren greued ouer myyt, so that it anoiede vs, yhe, to lyue.

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;

But we in vs silf hadden answere of deth, that we truste not in vs, but in God that reisith deed men.

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

Which delyuerede vs, and delyuerith fro so grete perelis, in to whom we hopen, also yit he schal delyuere,

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 also ye helpen in preier for vs; that of the persones of many faces of that yyuyng that is in vs, thankyngis ben don for vs bi many men to God.

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 oure glorie is this, the witnessyng of oure conscience, that in symplenesse and clennesse of God, and not in fleischli wisdom, but in the grace of God, we lyueden in this world, but more plenteuousli to 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,

And we writen not othere thingis to you, than tho that ye han red and knowe, and Y hope that in to the ende ye schulen knowe,

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 also ye han knowe vs a parti; for we ben youre glorie, as also ye ben oure in the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.

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

And in this tristyng Y wolde first come to you, that ye schulden haue the secounde grace,

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.

and passe bi you in to Macedonye, and eft fro Macedonye come to you, and of you be led in to Judee.

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?

But whanne Y wolde this thing, whether Y vside vnstidfastnesse, ether tho thingis that Y thenke, Y thenke aftir the fleisch, that at me be, it is and it is not?

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

But God is trewe, for oure word that was at you is and is not, is not ther ynne, but is is in it.

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 whi Jhesus Crist, the sone of God, which is prechid among you bi vs, bi me, and Syluan, and Tymothe, ther was not in hym is and is not, but is was in hym.

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 whi hou many euer ben biheestis of God, in thilke is, `that is, ben fillid. And therfor and bi hym we seien amen to God, to oure glorie.

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

Sotheli it is God that confermeth vs with you in Crist, and the which God anoyntide vs,

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

and which markide vs, and yaf ernes of the spirit in oure hertis.

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;

For Y clepide God to witnesse ayens my soule, that Y sparynge you cam not ouer to Corynthe;

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 we ben lordis of youre feith, but we ben helperis of youre ioye; for thorouy bileue ye stonden.