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* Paul , an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God , and Timothy the brother , to the church of God which is in Corinth , with all the holy who are in all Achaia : * Grace be to you , and peace , from God our Fathers and the Lord Jesus Christ . * Blessed be God , the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , the Father of mercies and God of all comfort , * who comforteth us in all our distress , that we may be able to comfort those who are in any distress by the comfort wherewith we are ourselves comforted by God ; * for as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us , so through Christ doth our comfort also overflow . * And whether we are distressed , it is for your comfort and salvation , which showeth its power in enabling you to bear patiently the same sufferings which we also endure ; and our hope is steadfast in your behalf ; or whether we are comforted , it is for your comfort and salvation , * knowing that as ye are sharers in the sufferings , so also ye will be sharers in the comfort . * For we would not , brethren , have you ignorant of our distress which came upon us in Asia , that it was exceedingly heavy upon us beyond our strength , so that we despaired even of life ; * yea , we ourselves had within ourselves the sentence of death , that we might not trust in ourselves , but in God who raiseth the dead ; * who delivered us from such peril of death , and is delivering ; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us , * you also unitedly helping us by prayer , so that for this blessing bestowed on us by means of many , thanks may be given by many on your behalf . * For our glorying is this , the testimony of our conscience , that in simplicity and the sincerity which is of God , not in fleshly wisdom , but in the grace of God , we have conducted ourselves in the world , and especially toward you . * For we write no other things to you , than what ye read or even acknowledge . And I trust ye will acknowledge even to the end , * as also ye have acknowledged us in part , that we are your glorying , as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus . * And in this confidence it was my purpose to come to you before , that ye might receive a second benefit ; * and to go by way of you into Macedonia , and from Macedonia to come again to you , and by you to be forwarded on my way to Judaea . * Having , then , this purpose , did I act with levity ? Or in my purposes do I resolve according to the flesh , that with me there should be now yea , yea , and now nay , nay ? * But as God is faithful , our word to you is not yea and nay . * For the Son of God , Christ Jesus , who was preached among you by us , by me and Silvanus and Timothy , was not found yea and nay , but in him hath been found yea . * For as to all the promises of God , in him is yea , and in him amen , to the glory of God through us . * Now he who maketh us with you steadfast in Christ , and anointed us , is God ; * he who also sealed us , and gave the Spirit as a pledge in our hearts . * But I call upon God as a witness against my soul , that it was to spare you that I came no more to Corinth ; * not that we have dominion over your faith , but are helpers of your joy . For in respect to faith ye stand firm .

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