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1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother: to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints that 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 unto 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 the God and 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 also may be able to comfort them who are in all distress, by the exhortation wherewith we also are exhorted by 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 also by Christ doth our comfort abound.
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For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.
6 Now whether we be in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and salvation: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation: or whether we be exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which worketh the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
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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 That our hope for you may be steadfast: knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you 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 have you ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation which came to us in Asia: that we were pressed out of measure above our strength, so that we were weary 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 in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who 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 hath delivered and doth deliver us out of so great dangers: in whom we trust that he will yet also 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 You helping withal in prayer for us. That for this gift obtained for us, by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many in 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 glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.
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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 no other things to you than what you have read and known. And I hope that you shall know unto 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 you have known us in part, that we are your glory: as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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 had a mind to come to you before, that you might have a second grace:
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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 again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be brought on my way towards Judea.
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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 Whereas then I was thus minded, did I use lightness? Or, the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that there should be with me, It is, and It is not?
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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 God is faithful: for our preaching which was to you, was not, It is, and It is not.
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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, by me and Sylvanus and Timothy, was not: It is and It is not. But, It is, was in him.
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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 are in him, It is. Therefore also by him, amen to God, unto our glory.
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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 that confirmeth us with you in Christ and that 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 also hath sealed us and given the pledge 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 But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you, I came not any more to Corinth: not because we exercise dominion over your faith:
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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 (1:23) but we are helpers of your joy. For in faith you 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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