2 Corinthians 1

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

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:

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

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Fathers 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 be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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;

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

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

6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

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,

7 Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the comfort.

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

8 For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.

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;

9 Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

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

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

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

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

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.

12 For our boasting 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 toward you.

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.

13 For we write no other things to you than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end—

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,

14 as also you acknowledged us in part—that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

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.

15 In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

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

16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.

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.

17 When I therefore planned this, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be the “Yes, yes” and the “No, no?”

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?

18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”

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

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”

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.

20 For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.

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

21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

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

22 who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

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

23 But I call God for a witness to my soul, that to spare you, I didn’t come to Corinth.

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

24 We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

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