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1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is in Corinth, including all the saints throughout Achaia:
2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,
4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
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who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
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For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.
6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
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If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering.
7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
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Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.
8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
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We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.
9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
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Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
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He who rescued us from so deadly a peril will continue to rescue us; on him we have set our hope that he will rescue us again,
11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
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as you also join in helping us by your prayers, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
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Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with frankness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.
13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
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For we write you nothing other than what you can read and also understand; I hope you will understand until the end—
14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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as you have already understood us in part—that on the day of the Lord Jesus we are your boast even as you are our boast.
15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
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Since I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a double favor;
16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
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I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on to Judea.
17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
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Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to ordinary human standards, ready to say "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?
18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
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As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been "Yes and No."
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
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For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not "Yes and No"; but in him it is always "Yes."
20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
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For in him every one of God's promises is a "Yes." For this reason it is through him that we say the "Amen," to the glory of God.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
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But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us,
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
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by putting his seal on us and giving us his Spirit in our hearts as a first installment.
23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
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But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.
24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
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I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in the faith.
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