2Corinthians:1

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* Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God , and Timothy our brother , to the church of God which is at Corinth , together with all the saints who are in all Achaia : * Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ . * Blessed [be ] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , the Father of mercies and God of all comfort , * who comforts us in all our tribulation , so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction , by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God . * Because just as the sufferings of Christ abound in us , so our consolation also abounds through Christ . * Now if we are afflicted , it is for your consolation and salvation , which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer . * (And our hope concerning you is steadfast ); if we are comforted , it is for your consolation and salvation , knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings , thus also [you will partake ] of the consolation . * For we do not desire you to be ignorant , brothers , concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia : that we were burdened beyond measure , beyond our strength , so that we despaired even of life . * Yes , we have had the sentence of death in ourselves , that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead , * who delivered us from so great a death , and is delivering [us ]; in whom we trust that He will still deliver [us ], * you also laboring together for us in prayer , that thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf for the gift [given ] to us through many . * For our boasting is this : the testimony of our conscience , that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity , not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God , and especially toward you . * For we do not write other things to you except what you read or also understand . And I hope that you will understand , even until the end * just as also you have understood us in part , that we are your boasting , as indeed you also are ours , in the day of the Lord Jesus . * And in this confidence I intended to come to you earlier , that you might have a second benefit , * and through you to pass into Macedonia , and again from Macedonia to come to you , and by you to be sent on to Judea . * Therefore , when I decided this , did I do it lightly ? Or the things I decide , do I decide according to the flesh , that there may be with me "Yes , Yes ,"and "No , No ?" * But [as ]God [is ] faithful , our word unto you was not "Yes and no ." * For 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 ." * For all the promises of God in Him [are ] "Yes ,"and in Him "Amen ,"to the glory of God through us . * Now He who establishes us together with you in Christ and who has anointed us is God , * who also has sealed us , and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge . * Moreover I call upon God as a witness against my soul , that in order to spare you , I came no more to Corinth . * Not that we lord it over your faith , but are fellow workers for your joy ; for by faith you stand .

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