2 Corinthians 1
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1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in the whole of Achaia: 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ. 6But whether we be afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we be comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:
7and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort. 8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9yea, we ourselves have had the answer of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us; 11ye also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.
12For our glorying 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 to you-ward. 13For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end: 14as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
15And in this confidence I was minded to come before unto you, that ye might have a second benefit; 16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea. 17When I therefore was thus minded, did I shew fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay? 18But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay. 19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea. 20For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us. 21Now he that stablisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God; 22who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth. 24Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
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2 Corinthians 1
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Greeting
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will,#1Co 1:1; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1; 2Tm 1:1 and Timothy#1Th 3:2; 1Tm 1:2 our#1:1 Lit the brother:
To the church of God at Corinth,#1Co 1:2 with all the saints who are throughout Achaia.#Ac 18:12; Php 1:1
2Grace to you and peace#Lk 12:51; Rm 1:7; 2Tm 1:2; 3Jn 14 from God our Father#Mt 5:16; 11:27; Lk 11:13; Jn 8:42; Eph 5:20 and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The God of Comfort
3Blessed be#Mk 14:61 the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies#Heb 10:28 and the God of all comfort.#Lk 2:25 4He comforts us in all our affliction,#1:4 Or trouble, or tribulation, or trials, or oppression so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5For just as the sufferings#Gl 5:24; Php 3:10 of Christ#Rm 8:17; 2Co 4:10; Gl 6:17; Php 3:10; Col 1:24 overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.#Php 1:29 6If we are afflicted,#Heb 11:37 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 that we suffer.#Php 1:29 7And our hope#1Th 1:3 for you is firm, because we know that as you share#Phm 17 in the sufferings, so you will also share in the comfort.
8We don’t want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our affliction that took place in Asia.#Ac 6:9 We were completely overwhelmed — beyond our strength#Ac 8:10; 1Co 15:24; Eph 1:21; 1Pt 3:22 — so that we even despaired#2Co 4:8 of life itself. 9Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God#Ps 25:2; 26:1; Jr 17:5–7; Lk 18:9 who raises#Mk 9:27; Jn 2:19 the dead. 10He has delivered#Mt 27:43 us from such a terrible death,#Mt 10:21; Jn 8:51; Php 3:10 and he will deliver us. We have put our hope in him that he will deliver us again 11while you join in helping us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our#1:11 Other mss read your behalf for the gift that came to us through the prayers of many.
A Clear Conscience
12Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony#1Tm 2:6 of our conscience#Heb 13:18 is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom#Pr 3:19; 1Co 1:21 but by God’s grace.#Ac 23:1; 2Co 4:2; 5:12; 1Th 2:10 13For we are writing nothing to you other than what you can read and also understand. I hope you will understand completely — 14just as you have partially understood us — that we are your reason for pride,#Rm 2:17; Gl 6:4 just as you also are ours#2Co 9:3; Php 2:16; 4:1; 1Th 2:19–20 in the day of our#1:14 Other mss omit our Lord Jesus.#Php 1:6
A Visit Postponed
15Because of this confidence, I planned to come to you first,#Ac 18:1–18; 1Co 4:19 so that you could have a second benefit,#1:15 Other mss read a second joy 16and to visit you on my way to Macedonia,#Ac 16:9 and then come to you again from Macedonia and be helped by you#Ac 20:38 on my journey#Ac 19:21; 1Co 16:5–7 to Judea.#Lk 1:5 17Now when I planned this, was I of two minds? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human#1:17 Or a worldly, or a fleshly, or a selfish#Php 3:3; Col 3:22 way so that I say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? 18As God is faithful,#Nm 23:19 our message to you is not “Yes and no.” 19For the Son of God,#Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you — Silvanus,#1:19 Or Silas; Ac 15:22–32; 16:19–40; 17:1–16#1Th 1:1 Timothy, and I — did not become “Yes and no.” On the contrary, in him it is always “Yes.”#Heb 13:8 20For every one of God’s promises#Gn 12:7 is “Yes” in him. Therefore, through him we also say “Amen”#Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 to the glory of God.#Mk 10:37; Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18 21Now it is God who strengthens us together with you in Christ, and who has anointed#Lk 4:18; 1Jn 2:20 us. 22He has also put his seal on us and given us the Spirit in our hearts#Jms 4:5 as a down payment.#Eph 1:14
23I call on God as a witness,#Rm 1:9; Php 1:8; Heb 12:1 on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.#1Co 4:21; 2Co 13:2,10 24I do not mean that we lord it over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in your#Pr 24:16 faith.
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