2 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in the whole of Achaia:

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:

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 [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

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

4 who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

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;

5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.

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

6 But whether we be afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we be comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

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;

7 and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

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

8 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell [us] in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

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;

9 yea, we ourselves have had the answer of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

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,

10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;

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

11 ye also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.

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.

12 For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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;

13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:

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,

14 as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

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;

15 And in this confidence I was minded to come before unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

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

16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

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

17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I shew fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?

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?

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

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

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea.

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;

20 For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.

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

21 Now he that stablisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

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

22 who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

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

23 But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

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

24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

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