2Corinthians:1:1-23
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Paul ,
an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God ,
and Timothy our brother ,
unto the church of God which is (
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at Corinth ,
with all the saints which are (
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in all Achaia :
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Grace be to you and peace from God our Father ,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ .
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Blessed be God ,
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
the Father of mercies ,
and the God of all comfort ;
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Who comforteth (
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us in all our tribulation ,
that we may be able (
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to comfort (
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them which are in any trouble ,
by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted (
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of God .
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For as the sufferings of Christ abound (
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in us ,
so our consolation also aboundeth (
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by Christ .
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And whether we be afflicted (
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it is for your consolation and salvation ,
which is effectual (
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in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer (
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or whether we be comforted (
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it is for your consolation and salvation .
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And our hope of you is stedfast ,
knowing (
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that as ye are (
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partakers of the sufferings ,
so shall ye be also of the consolation .
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For we would (
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not ,
brethren ,
have you ignorant (
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of our trouble which came (
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to us in Asia ,
that we were pressed out (
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of measure ,
above strength ,
insomuch that we despaired (
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even of life (
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But we had (
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the sentence of death in ourselves ,
that we should not trust (
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in ourselves (
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but in God which raiseth (
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the dead :
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Who delivered (
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us from so great a death ,
and doth deliver (
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in whom we trust (
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that he will #
yet deliver (
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us ;
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Ye also helping together (
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by prayer for us ,
that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be (
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given by many on our behalf .
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For our rejoicing is (
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this ,
the testimony of our conscience ,
that in simplicity and godly sincerity ,
not with fleshly wisdom ,
but by the grace of God ,
we have had our conversation (
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in the world ,
and more abundantly to you-ward .
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For we write (
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none other things unto you ,
than what ye read (
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or acknowledge (
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and I trust (
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ye shall acknowledge (
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even to the end ;
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As also ye have acknowledged (
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us in part ,
that we are (
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your rejoicing ,
even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus .
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And in this confidence I was minded (
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to come (
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unto you before ,
that ye might have (
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a second benefit ;
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And to pass (
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by you into Macedonia ,
and to come (
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again out of Macedonia unto you ,
and of you to be brought on my way (
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toward Judaea .
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When I therefore was thus minded (
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did I use (
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lightness ?
or the things that I purpose (
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do I purpose (
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according to the flesh ,
that with me there should be (
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yea yea ,
and nay nay ?
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But as God is true ,
our word toward you was (
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not yea and nay .
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For the Son of God ,
Jesus Christ ,
who was preached (
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among you by us ,
even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus ,
was (
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not yea and nay ,
but in him was (
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yea .
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For all the promises of God in him are yea ,
and in him Amen ,
unto the glory of God by us .
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Now he which stablisheth (
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us with you in Christ ,
and hath anointed (
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us ,
is God ;
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Who hath also sealed (
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us ,
and given (
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the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts .
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Moreover I call (
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God for a record upon my soul ,
that to spare (
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you I came (
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not as yet unto Corinth .