2 Corinthians 1

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

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

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

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

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

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation.

4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

He consoles us in all our tribulation, so that we too may be able to console those who are in any kind of distress, through the exhortation by which we also are being exhorted by God.

5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

For just as the Passion of Christ abounds in us, so also, through Christ, does our consolation abound.

6 And whether we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

So, if we are in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and salvation, or if we are in consolation, it is for your consolation, or if we are exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which results in the patient endurance of the same passion which we also endure.

7 And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

So may our hope for you be made firm, knowing that, just as you are participants in the suffering, so also shall you be participants in the consolation.

8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life:

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our tribulation, which happened to us in Asia. For we were weighed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we became weary, even of life itself.

9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

But we had within ourselves the response to death, so that we would not have faith in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

He has rescued us, and he is rescuing us, from great peril. In him, we hope that he will continue to rescue us.

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

And you are assisting, with your prayers for us, so that from many persons, by that which is a gift in us, thanks may be given through many persons, because of us.

12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.

13 For we write no other things to you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;

For we write nothing else to you other than what you have read and understood. And I hope that you will continue to understand, even unto the end.

14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And just as you have acknowledged us in our role, that we are your glory, so also you are ours, unto the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

And with this confidence, I wanted to come to you sooner, so that you might have a second grace,

16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.

and through you to pass into Macedonia, and to return to you again from Macedonia, and so be led by you on my way to Judea.

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

Then, although I had intended this, did I act lightly? Or in the things that I consider, do I consider according to the flesh, so that there would be, with me, both Yes and No?

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

But God is faithful, so our word, which was set before you, was not, in him, both 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 was yea.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you through us, through myself and Sylvanus and Timothy, was not Yes, and No; but was simply Yes in him.

20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, to the glory of God by us.

For whatever promises are of God are, in him, Yes. For this reason, too, through him: Amen to God for our glory.

21 Now he who establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

Now the One who confirms us with you in Christ, and who has anointed us, is God.

22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

And he has sealed us, and he has placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

23 Moreover I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I have not as yet come to Corinth.

But I call God as a witness to my soul, that I was lenient with you, in that I did not return to Corinth:

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

not because we have dominion over your faith, but because we are assistants of your joy. For by faith you stand.