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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Corinthians 1 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_corinthians/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/2_corinthians/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NRSVCE</a> > 2 Corinthians 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_corinthians/16.htm" title="1 Corinthians 16">◄</a> 2 Corinthians 1 <a href="../2_corinthians/2.htm" title="2 Corinthians 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Salutation</span></h3><p class="chapter-1"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,</span></p><p><span class="text">To the church of God that is in Corinth, including all the saints throughout Achaia:</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Paul’s Thanksgiving after Affliction</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>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. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>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. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33065a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>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. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>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, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>as you also join in helping us by your prayers, so that many will give thanks on our<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33068b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Postponement of Paul’s Visit</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with frankness<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33069c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>For we write you nothing other than what you can read and also understand; I hope you will understand until the end— </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>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.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>Since I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a double favor;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33072d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>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. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to ordinary human standards,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33074e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been “Yes and No.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>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.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>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. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>by putting his seal on us and giving us his Spirit in our hearts as a first installment.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>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. </span> </p><A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 2 Corinthians 1:8">2 Corinthians 1:8</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>brothers</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 2 Corinthians 1:11">2 Corinthians 1:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>your</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 2 Corinthians 1:12">2 Corinthians 1:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>holiness</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 2 Corinthians 1:15">2 Corinthians 1:15</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>pleasure</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 2 Corinthians 1:17">2 Corinthians 1:17</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>according to the flesh</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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