1 P aul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth with all the saints who are throughout Achaia:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

2 G race to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

3 B lessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

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

4 w ho comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

5 F or just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.

For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.

6 B ut if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

7 a nd our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.

Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.

8 F or we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;

For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.

9 i ndeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

10 w ho delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;

11 y ou also joining in helping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the favor bestowed on us through the prayers of many. Paul’s Integrity

you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.

12 F or our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

For our boasting 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 toward you.

13 F or we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end;

For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end;

14 j ust as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

15 I n this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing;

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;

16 t hat is, to pass your way into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be helped on my journey to Judea.

and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.

17 T herefore, I was not vacillating when I intended to do this, was I? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, so that with me there will be yes, yes and no, no at the same time ?

When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the “Yes, yes” and the “No, no?”

18 B ut as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.

But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”

19 F or the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—was not yes and no, but is yes in Him.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”

20 F or as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.

For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.

21 N ow He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

22 w ho also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

23 B ut I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

24 N ot that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm.

Not that we control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.