2 Corinthians 1–2

1^*Paul, ^aan apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and ^bTimothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at ^cCorinth, ^dwith all the saints which are in all ^eAchaia: ^2fGrace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

^3gBlessed be ^hGod, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; ⁴ⁱWho comforteth us in all our tribulation, ^jthat we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, ⁱby the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. ⁵For as ^kthe sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. ⁶And whether we be afflicted, ^lmit is for your consolation and ^msalvation, which ^||nis effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. ⁷And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that ^oas ye are partakers of the sufferings, ^opso shall ye be also of the consolation. ⁸For ^qwe would not, brethren, have you ignorant of ^rour trouble which came to us in ^sAsia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we ^tdespaired even of life: ⁹But ^ttwe had the ^||sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not ^utrust in ourselves, but ^vin God ^wwhich raiseth the dead: ^10xWho delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; ^11yYe also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us ^zby the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

¹²For our rejoicing is this, ^athe testimony of our conscience, that in ^bsimplicity and godly ^csincerity, ^dnot with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. ¹³For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; ¹⁴As also ye have acknowledged us ^ein part, that we are your ^frejoicing, even as ye also are ours ^gin the day of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁵And in this confidence ^hI was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have ⁱa second ^||benefit; ¹⁶And to pass by you into ^jMacedonia, and ^kto come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be ^lbrought on my way toward Judaea. ¹⁷When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose ^maccording to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? ¹⁸But as God is true, our ^||nword toward you was not yea and nay. ¹⁹For ^othe Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and ^pSilvanus and ^qTimotheus, was not yea and nay, but ^rin him was yea. ²⁰For ^sall the promises of God in him are ^tyea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. ²¹Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath ^uanointed us, is God; ²²Who hath also ^vsealed us, and ^wgiven the earnest of ^xthe Spirit in our hearts.

²³Moreover ^yI call God for a record upon my soul, that ^zto spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. ²⁴Not for that we ^ahave dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for ^bby faith ye stand.

2But I determined this with myself, ^athat I would not come again to you in heaviness. ^2bFor if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? ³And I wrote this same unto you, ^clest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; ^dhaving confidence in you all, that ^emy joy is the joy of you all. ⁴For out of much affliction and ^fanguish of heart ^gI wrote unto you with many tears; ^gnot that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

⁵But ^hif any have caused grief, ^hhhe hath not grieved me, but ⁱin part: that I may not overcharge you all. ⁶Sufficient to such a man is this ^||jpunishment, which was inflicted ^kof many. ⁷So that contrariwise ^lye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. ⁸Wherefore I beseech you that ye would ^mconfirm your love toward him. ⁹For to this end also did I write, that I might know ⁿthe proof of you, whether ^oye be obedient in all things. ¹⁰To whom ^pye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it ^||qin the ^rperson of Christ; ¹¹Lest ^sSatan should ^tget an advantage of us: for ^uwe are not ignorant of his ^wdevices.

¹²Furthermore, when I came to ^xTroas to preach Christ’s gospel, and ^ya door was opened unto me of the Lord, ^13zI had no rest in my spirit, because I found not ^aTitus my brother: but ^btaking my leave of them, ^cI went from thence into Macedonia. ¹⁴Now thanks be unto God, which always ^dcauseth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest ^ethe savour of his knowledge by us in every place. ¹⁵For we are unto God ^ea sweet savour of Christ, in ^fthem that are ^gsaved, and ^hin ^fthem that perish: ^16ijTo the one we are the savour of death unto death; and ^jto the other the savour of life unto life. And ^kwho is sufficient for these things? ¹⁷For we are not as many, which ^||lcorrupt the word of God: but as of ^msincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we ^||in Christ.