2 Corinthians 1
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1From Sha'ul, a Shliach of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua birtzon Hashem (by the will of G-d), and Timotiyos, the Ach b'Moshiach; To the Kehillah (Congregation) of Hashem existing in Corinth, with all the Kedoshim throughout Achaia.
2Chen v'Chesed Hashem to you and shalom from Elohim Avinu and Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.
3Baruch hu Hashem Elohim Avi of Adoneinu Yehoshua HaMoshiach, Avi HaRachamim vaElohei kol nechamah (comfort),#1:3 Ps 103:13; Isa 66:13
4The one giving us chizzuk (strengthening) with respect to all our tzoros so as to enable us to give chizzuk to the ones experiencing tzoros, and that through the nechamah (comfort) by which we ourselves are comforted#1:4 1C 1:3 by Hashem.#1:4 Isa 49:13; 51:12; 66:13
5This is so because as the Chevlei Moshiach (birth pangs of Moshiach) abound to us, so through Moshiach abounds also our nechamah.#1:5 1C 1:3; Isa 51:12; Ps 34:19; 94:19
6Now if we are experiencing tzoros, it is for your chizzuk (strengthening) and Yeshu'at Eloheinu; or if we are being given nechamah (comfort), it is for your nechamah that is producing in you the chozek (strength) of savlanut (patience) for the endurance of the tzoros which we also suffer.#1:6 1Th 3:3
7And our tikvah (hope) for you is well-founded, for we have da'as that as you have deveykus (cleaving to) the Chevlei Moshiach, so also you will have deveykus to the nechamah.
8For we do not want you to lack da'as, Achim b'Moshiach, as to the tzoros and tribulation that came upon us in Asia,#1:8 Ac 19:23; 1C 15:32 that utterly beyond our strength we were burdened, causing us to come to a feeling of ye'ush (despair) even of being able to stay alive.
9But we ourselves have had the gezar din (verdict) of mishpat mavet (a death sentence) in ourselves so that we should not have emunah (faith) in ourselves but in Hashem, Mechayyei Mesim (Who Revivest the Dead).#1:9 Shemoneh Esreh, Jer 17:5,7
10The same G-d out of so great a Mavet delivered us and will continue to deliver us. We have set tikvateinu (our hope) that he will yet deliver us,#1:10 2Ti 4:18
11As you also labor together for us by techinnah (supplication), so that the “Modeh Ani” for us will be said by the many#1:11 Isa 53:11-12 for the matanah (gift) granted us through the tefillos of the many.
12For our glorying is in this: the edut (testimony) of our matzpun (conscience)#1:12 MJ 13:18 is that without remiyah (guile, fraud, deceit) and with lev tahor#1:12 Ps 51:12 (pure heart ), with the sincerity of Hashem#1:12 2C 2:17 and not in the “chochmah” of the basar#1:12 1C 1:17 but in the Chen v'Chesed of Hashem, we conducted ourselves in the Olam Hazeh, and more especially toward you.
13For we write nothing so shver (complex) to you that you cannot read and have binah (understanding), and I have tikvah that you will have da'as shlemah until HaKetz,
14As you have already had da'as of us in part, as also we are your kavod,#1:14 2C 5:12 even as also you are ours in the Yom Hashem of Adoneinu Yehoshua.#1:14 Pp 2:16
15And with this bitachon (confidence) I planned previously to come to you, that a second benefit you might have.
16It was my cheshbon (plan) to visit you by way of Macedonia and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be sent on to Yehudah (Judea).#1:16 Ac 19:21; 1C 16:5,6
17This was my matarah (aim, goal); surely then I did not act with vacillation? Or when I make plans,#1:17 2C 5:16 do I have a cheshbon according to the basar, ready with “Ken, Ken!” and then, “Lo! Lo!”
18Al emunat Hashem (in the faithfulness of G-d), our dvar to you has not been “Ken” and “Lo.”
19For the Zun fun der Oybershter, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, the One having been proclaimed among you by us, by Sila and Timotiyos and me,#1:19 Ac 18:5 was not a “Ken and Lo”; but in Him it has always been “Ken.”
20For in Moshiach every one of Hashemʼs havtachot (promises) is a “Ken.” For this reason it is b'Shem Moshiach that we say the “Omein” to the kavod of Hashem.#1:20 1C 14:16; Rv 3:14
21But it is Hashem who establishes us with you in Moshiach and has given us the mishchah#1:21 1Y 2:27 (anointing),
22Having put his chotam#1:22 seal of ownership Gn 38:18; Ezek 9:4; Ep 1:13; 4:30; Rv 7:4 on us and having given the eravon (pledge) of the Ruach Hakodesh in our levavot#1:22 Ro 8:16; 2C 5:5; Ep 1:14 (hearts).#1:22 Gn 38:18; Ezek 9:4; Hag 2:23
23Now, I call upon Hashem as eidus (witness) against my nefesh, my neshamah (soul), that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.#1:23 Ro 1:9; 2C 11:31; Pp 1:8; 1Th 2:5,10
24Not that we play the gontser macher to domineer over your emunah (faith),#1:24 1K 5:3 but we are fellow po'alim for your simcha, for by emunah you stand.
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2 Corinthians 1
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1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:
2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Praise to the God of All Comfort
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
8We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,#1:8 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 8:1; 13:11. about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
Paul’s Change of Plans
12Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity#1:12 Many manuscripts holiness and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace. 13For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, 14as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
15Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. 16I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. 17Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?
18But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas#1:19 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” 20For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. 21Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
23I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. 24Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
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