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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"><title>2 Corinthians 1</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_corinthians/">2 Corinthians</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/1.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/1.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/1.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/1.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/1.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/1.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/1.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul Greets the Corinthians<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../acts/18.htm">Acts 18:1–11</a>; <a href ="../1_corinthians/1.htm">1 Corinthians 1:1–3</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, <p class="reg"> To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia: <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. <A name="4"></a><p class="hdg">The God of All Comfort<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers. <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Change of Plans<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> wisdom, but in the grace of God. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”? <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.” <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>in Asia</i><span class="thin"> </span>; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey. <br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>fleshly</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> BYZ and TR <i>the Lord Jesus</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> That is, Silas<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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