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| 1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: | 1From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother. To: God's church in Corinth, and to all the holy people throughout Achaia. |
| 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 2May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours! |
| 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, | 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He is our merciful Father and the God of all comfort, |
| 4who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. | 4who comforts us in all our suffering, so that we may be able to comfort others in all their suffering, as we ourselves are being comforted by God. |
| 5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. | 5For as the Messiah's sufferings overflow into us, so also our comfort overflows through the Messiah. |
| 6Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. | 6If we suffer, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are suffering. |
| 7And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. | 7Our hope for you is unshaken, because we know that as you share our sufferings, you also share our comfort. |
| 8For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. | 8For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the suffering we experienced in Asia. We were so crushed beyond our ability to endure that we even despaired of living. |
| 9Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, | 9In fact, we felt that we had received a death sentence so we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. |
| 10who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, | 10He has rescued us from a terrible death, and he will continue to rescue us. Yes, he is the one on whom we have set our hope, and he will rescue us again, |
| 11you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many. | 11as you also help us by your prayers for us. Then many people will thank God on our behalf because of the favor shown us through the prayers of many. |
| 12For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. | 12For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace—especially toward you. |
| 13For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end | 13For what we are writing you is nothing more than what you can read and also understand. I hope you will understand completely, |
| 14(as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus. | 14just as you have already understood us partially, so that on the Day of our Lord Jesus we can be your reason to boast, even as you are ours. |
| 15And in this confidence I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit— | 15Because I was confident, I planned to come to you first so you might receive a double blessing. |
| 16to pass by way of you to Macedonia, to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea. | 16I planned to leave you in order to go to Macedonia, and then come back to you from Macedonia, and let you send me on to Judea. |
| 17Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? | 17When I planned this, I did not do it lightly, did I? Are my plans so fickle that I can say "Yes" and "No" at the same time? |
| 18But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. | 18As certainly as God is faithful, we haven't talked to you with mixed messages like that. |
| 19For 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 was Yes. | 19For God's Son, Jesus the Messiah, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not "Yes" and "No." But with him it is always "Yes." |
| 20For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. | 20For all God's promises are "Yes" in him. And so through him we can say "Amen," to the glory of God. |
| 21Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, | 21Now the one who makes us—and you as well—secure in union with the Messiah and has anointed us is God, |
| 22who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. | 22who has placed his seal on us and has given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. |
| 23Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth. | 23I call upon God as a witness on my behalf that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. |
| 24Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand. | 24It is not that we are trying to rule over your faith, but rather to work with you for your joy, because you have been standing firm in the faith. |
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