^{1 Ref} Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

^{2 Ref} Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^{3 Ref} Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

^{4 Ref} Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

^{5 Ref} For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

^{6 Ref} But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

^{7 Ref} And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

^{8 Ref} For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

^{9 Ref} Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:

^{10 Ref} Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;

^{11 Ref} You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

^{12 Ref} For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

^{13 Ref} For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

^{14 Ref} Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

^{15 Ref} And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

^{16 Ref} And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

^{17 Ref} If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

^{18 Ref} As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.

^{19 Ref} For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.

^{20 Ref} For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

^{21 Ref} Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;

^{22 Ref} And it is he who has put his stamp on us, even the Spirit, as the sign in our hearts of the coming glory.

^{23 Ref} But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

^{24 Ref} Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

^{1 Ref} Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

^{2 Ref} Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

^{3 Ref} Blessed `is' God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,

^{4 Ref} who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;

^{5 Ref} because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;

^{6 Ref} and whether we be in tribulation, `it is' for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, `it is' for your comfort and salvation;

^{7 Ref} and our hope `is' stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings -- so also of the comfort.

^{8 Ref} For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above `our' power, so that we despaired even of life;

^{9 Ref} but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,

^{10 Ref} who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;

^{11 Ref} ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.

^{12 Ref} For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

^{13 Ref} for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,

^{14 Ref} according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye `are' ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus;

^{15 Ref} and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,

^{16 Ref} and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.

^{17 Ref} This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?

^{18 Ref} and God `is' faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,

^{19 Ref} for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, among you through us having been preached -- through me and Silvanus and Timotheus -- did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath become Yes;

^{20 Ref} for as many as `are' promises of God, in him `are' the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;

^{21 Ref} and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and did anoint us, `is' God,

^{22 Ref} who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

^{23 Ref} And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;

^{24 Ref} not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.

^{1 Ref} Paul, 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 that are in the whole of Achaia:

^{2 Ref} Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^{3 Ref} Blessed `be' the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

^{4 Ref} who 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.

^{5 Ref} For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.

^{6 Ref} But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

^{7 Ref} and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

^{8 Ref} For 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:

^{9 Ref} yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

^{10 Ref} who 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;

^{11 Ref} ye 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.

^{12 Ref} For our glorifying 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.

^{13 Ref} For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:

^{14 Ref} as 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.

^{15 Ref} And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

^{16 Ref} and 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.

^{17 Ref} When I therefore was thus minded, did I show 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?

^{18 Ref} But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.

^{19 Ref} For 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.

^{20 Ref} For 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.

^{21 Ref} Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

^{22 Ref} who also sealed us, and gave `us' the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

^{23 Ref} But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

^{24 Ref} Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.