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 saints 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 the 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 do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;

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 wrought 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] stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye 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, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above [our] power, so that we despaired even 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 in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, 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 out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, 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 ye working together also 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 did conduct 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 ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,

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

14 according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye [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 purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,

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 through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward 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, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, 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 unto you became not 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, among you through us having been preached — through me and Silvanus and Timotheus — did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath 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 did anoint 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 earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

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

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

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 the faith ye stand.

not that we are lords over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.