2 Corinthians 1

1 Paul apostle of Christ Jesus through [the] will of God and Timothy the brother To the church of God which is being in Corinth with the saints all who are being in all Achaia;

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

2 Grace to you and peace from God [the] Father of us and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

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

3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of the Lord of us Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions and God of all comfort,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

4 who is comforting us in all the tribulation of us for to be able us to comfort those in every tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;

who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

5 because even as abound the sufferings of the Christ toward us, thus so through Christ abounds also the comfort of us.

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

6 If however we are constricted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation if we are encouraged, [it is] for your comfort (and salvation *KO) which is operating in [the] endurance of the same sufferings that also we ourselves suffer,

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

7 And the hope of us [is] steadfast for of you; knowing that (as *N+kO) partners you are of the sufferings, so also of the comfort.

And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

8 Not for do we want you to be ignorant brothers, (as to *NK+o) the affliction of us having happened (to us *k) in Asia that against excessively beyond [our] power we were weighed so as to despair for us even to live;

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

9 But we in ourselves the sentence of death has, in order that not having trusted we may be in ourselves but in God who is raising the dead;

Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

10 who from such a great a death has delivered us and (will deliver [us] *N+kO) in whom we have hope that also still He will deliver [us]

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

11 joining together also of you for us by supplication, so that by many persons for the toward us grace bestowed through many thanks may be given for (us. *NK+O)

as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

12 For boasting of us this is, the testimony of the conscience of us, that in (openness *NK+O) and sincerity of God, (and *no) not in wisdom fleshly but in [the] grace of God we have conducted ourselves in the world, more abundantly now toward you.

And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

13 No for other things we write to you, other than what you read or even understand; I hope now that (and *k) to [the] end you will understand,

For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

14 even as also you have understood us in part that boasting of you we are, even as also you [are] ours in the day of the Lord (of us *NO) Jesus.

as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.

15 And with this confidence I was planning previously to you to come so that secondly (grace *NK+O) (you may have *N+kO)

Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

16 and through you to pass through into Macedonia and again from Macedonia to come to you and by you to be set forward to Judea.

I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

17 Thus therefore (deciding *N+kO) surely not ever then levity did I use? Or what I purpose according to flesh do I purpose, so that there may be with me myself Yes yes and No no?

When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?

18 Faithful however God [is], that the word of us to you not (was *N+kO) Yes and No;

But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

19 The of God for Son Jesus Christ the [One] among you through us having been proclaimed through me and Silvanus and Timothy, not was Yes and No, but Yes in Him it has always been;

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

20 As many as for promises of God [there are], in Him [is] the Yes; (Therefore *NO) also (thorugh Him *N+kO) the Amen to God [is] for glory through us.

For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

21 The [One] now establishing us with you unto Christ and having anointed us [is] God,

Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

22 the [One] also having sealed us and having given the pledge of the Spirit in the hearts of us.

placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

23 I myself however as witness God call upon my soul that sparing you no longer no longer have I come to Corinth;

I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

24 Not for we lord it over your faith, but fellow workers are of the joy with you; in the for faith you have stood firm.

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.