2 Corinthians 1

1 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:

PAUL a legate of Jesus the Messiah, by the good pleasure of God; and Timothy a brother; to the church of God that is at Corinth, and to all the saints that are in all Achaia.

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

Grace be with you, and peace, from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

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

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation;

4 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.

who comforteth us in all our afflictions, that we also might be able to comfort those who are in all afflictions, with the consolation wherewith we are comforted by God.

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

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

6 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.

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and for your life that we are afflicted; or whether we be comforted, it is, that ye may be comforted; and that there may be in you an eagerness, wherewith ye may endure those sufferings which we also suffer.

7 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.

And our hope concerning you is steadfast: for we know, that if ye partake of the sufferings, ye will also partake of the consolation.

8 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.

But, my brethren, we wish you to know, respecting the affliction that was upon us in Asia, that we were afflicted exceedingly, beyond our strength, insomuch that our life was ready to terminate.

9 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.

And we passed a sentence of death upon ourselves, that our confidence might not be in ourselves, but in God, who raiseth up the dead;

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

who rescued us from imminent death: and we hope that he will again rescue us,

11 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.

by the aid of your prayers in our behalf; so that his gift to us may be a favor done for the sake of many, and many may praise him on our account.

12 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.

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and purity, and by the grace of God, and not in the wisdom of the flesh, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you.

13 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.

We write no other things unto you, than those which ye know and acknowledge. And I trust, ye will acknowledge them to the end:

14 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.

as ye have also partially acknowledged that we are your rejoicing, as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

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

And in this confidence, I was before disposed to come to you, that ye might receive the grace doubly;

16 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.

and to pass by you into Macedonia, and again to come to you from Macedonia, and so ye would accompany me to Judaea.

17 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?

When therefore I thus purposed, did I purpose as one inconsiderate? Or, were the things I purposed, things of the flesh; so that there should be in them Yes, yes, and No, no?

18 But God is faithful, so our word, which was set before you, was not, in him, both Yes and No.

God is the witness, that our word to you was not Yes and No.

19 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.

For the Son of God, Jesus the Messiah, who was preached to you by us, namely, by me, by Sylvanus, and by Timotheus, was not Yes and No; but it was Yes in him.

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

For all the promises of God in him, the Messiah, are Yes; for which cause, we through him give our Amen, to the glory of God.

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

Now it is God who establisheth us, with you, in the Messiah, and hath anointed us,

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

and hath sealed us, and hath given the earnest of his Spirit in our hearts.

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

Moreover, I call God for a witness on my soul, that it was in order to spare you, that I came not to Corinth.

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

Not that we are lords over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy; for it is by faith ye stand.