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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Acts 18.1
From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, and from our brother Timothy —
To the church of God in Corinth, and to all God's people throughout Achaia:
2May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Paul Gives Thanks to God
3Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father, the God from whom all help comes! 4He helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God. 5Just as we have a share in Christ's many sufferings, so also through Christ we share in God's great help. 6If we suffer, it is for your help and salvation; if we are helped, then you too are helped and given the strength to endure with patience the same sufferings that we also endure. 7So our hope in you is never shaken; we know that just as you share in our sufferings, you also share in the help we receive.
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1 Cor 15.32
We want to remind you, brothers and sisters, of the trouble we had in the province of Asia. The burdens laid upon us were so great and so heavy that we gave up all hope of staying alive. 9We felt that the death sentence had been passed on us. But this happened so that we should rely, not on ourselves, but only on God, who raises the dead. 10From such terrible dangers of death#1.10 terrible dangers of death; some manuscripts have terrible death. he saved us, and will save us; and we have placed our hope in him that he will save us again, 11as you help us by means of your prayers for us. So it will be that the many prayers for us will be answered, and God will bless us; and many will raise their voices to him in thanksgiving for us.
The Change in Paul's Plans
12We are proud that our conscience assures us that our lives in this world, and especially our relations with you, have been ruled by God-given frankness#1.12 frankness; some manuscripts have holiness. and sincerity, by the power of God's grace, and not by human wisdom. 13-14We write to you only what you can read and understand. But even though you now understand us only in part, I hope that you will come to understand us completely, so that in the Day of our Lord Jesus you can be as proud of us as we shall be of you.
15I was so sure of all this that I made plans at first to visit you, in order that you might be blessed twice. 16#Acts 19.21For I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and again on my way back, in order to get help from you for my journey to Judea. 17In planning this, did I appear fickle? When I make my plans, do I make them from selfish motives, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? 18As surely as God speaks the truth, my promise to you was not a “Yes” and a “No”. 19#Acts 18.5For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was preached among you by Silas, Timothy, and myself, is not one who is “Yes” and “No”. On the contrary, he is God's “Yes”; 20for it is he who is the “Yes” to all God's promises. This is why through Jesus Christ our “Amen” is said to the glory of God. 21It is God himself who makes us, together with you, sure of our life in union with Christ; it is God himself who has set us apart, 22who has placed his mark of ownership upon us, and who has given us the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the guarantee of all that he has in store for us.
23I call God as my witness — he knows my heart! It was in order to spare you that I decided not to go to Corinth. 24We are not trying to dictate to you what you must believe; we know that you stand firm in the faith. Instead, we are working with you for your own happiness.
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