| 1 | Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God , and Timothy [our] brother , unto the church of God which is at Corinth , with all the saints which are in all Achaia : |
| 2 | Grace [be] to you and peace from God our Father , and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ . |
| 3 | Blessed [be] God , even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , the Father of mercies , and the God of all comfort ; |
| 4 | Who comforteth us in all our tribulation , that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble , by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God . |
| 5 | For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us , so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ . |
| 6 | And whether we be afflicted , [it is] for your consolation and salvation , which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer : or whether we be comforted , [it is] for your consolation and salvation . |
| 7 | And our hope of you [is] stedfast , knowing , that as ye are partakers of the sufferings , so [shall ye be] also of the consolation . |
| 8 | For we would not , brethren , have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia , that we were pressed out of measure , above strength , insomuch that we despaired even of life : |
| 9 | But we had the sentence of death in ourselves , that we should not trust in ourselves , but in God which raiseth the dead : |
| 10 | Who delivered us from so great a death , and doth deliver : in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us]; |
| 11 | Ye also helping together by prayer for us , that for the gift [bestowed] upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf . |
| 12 | For our rejoicing is 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 in the world , and more abundantly to you-ward . |
| 13 | For we write none other things unto you , than what ye read or acknowledge ; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end ; |
| 14 | As also ye have acknowledged us in part , that we are your rejoicing , even as ye also [are] ours in the day of the Lord Jesus . |
| 15 | And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before , that ye might have a second benefit ; |
| 16 | And to pass by you into Macedonia , and to come again out of Macedonia unto you , and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea . |
| 17 | When I therefore was thus minded , did I use lightness ? or the things that I purpose , do I purpose according to the flesh , that with me there should be yea yea , and nay nay ? |
| 18 | But [as] God [is] true , our word toward you was not yea and nay . |
| 19 | For the Son of God , Jesus Christ , who was preached among you by us , [even] by me and Silvanus and Timotheus , was not yea and nay , but in him was yea . |
| 20 | For all the promises of God in him [are] yea , and in him Amen , unto the glory of God by us . |
| 21 | Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ , and hath anointed us , [is] God ; |
| 22 | Who hath also sealed us , and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts . |
| 23 | Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul , that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth . |
| 24 | Not for that we have dominion over your faith , but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand . |
