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2 Corinthians 1
New International Version
2 Corinthians 1
New International Version
1 Paul, an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B) and Timothy(C) our brother,
To the church of God(D) in Corinth,(E) together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:(F)
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(G)
Praise to the God of All Comfort
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(H) the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us(I) in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,(J) so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation;(K) if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,(L) so also you share in our comfort.
8 We do not want you to be uninformed,(M) brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced(N) in the province of Asia.(O) We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God,(P) who raises the dead.(Q) 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,(R) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope(S) that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers.(T) Then many will give thanks(U) on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
Paul’s Change of Plans
12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience(V) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[b](W) and godly sincerity.(X) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom(Y) but on God’s grace. 13 For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, 14 as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.(Z)
15 Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you(AA) first so that you might benefit twice.(AB) 16 I wanted to visit you on my way(AC) to Macedonia(AD) and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way(AE) to Judea.(AF) 17 Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner(AG) so that in the same breath I say both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?
18 But as surely as God is faithful,(AH) our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 19 For the Son of God,(AI) Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas[c](AJ) and Timothy(AK)—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always(AL) been “Yes.” 20 For no matter how many promises(AM) God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”(AN) is spoken by us to the glory of God.(AO) 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm(AP) in Christ. He anointed(AQ) us, 22 set his seal(AR) of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(AS)
23 I call God as my witness(AT)—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you(AU) that I did not return to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over(AV) your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.(AW)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 8:1; 13:11.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 Many manuscripts holiness
- 2 Corinthians 1:19 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas
2 Korentyen 1
Nouvo Testaman: Vèsyon Kreyòl Fasil
2 Korentyen 1
Nouvo Testaman: Vèsyon Kreyòl Fasil
1 Mwen menm Pòl, mwen vin apot Jezikris[a] paske se sa Bondye te vle. Mwen menm ak Timote frè nou, nou voye salitasyon pou tout moun ki fè pati legliz Bondye a nan lavil Korent, ansanm ak tout moun k ap sèvi Bondye nan tout Lakayi.
2 Se pou gras ak lapè Bondye Papa nou, ansanm ak Senyè Jezikris, rete avèk nou!
Pòl ap di Bondye mèsi
3 Mwen beni non Bondye, Papa Senyè nou Jezikris! Li se yon papa ki plen konpasyon ak konsolasyon. 4 Li toujou konsole nou chak fwa soufrans vin sou wout nou. Konsa, lè lòt moun ap soufri, nou konsole yo ak menm konsolasyon nou resevwa nan men Bondye a. 5 Menm jan nou sibi soufrans pou Kris, se menm jan an tou nou resevwa konsolasyon pa mwayen Kris. 6 Si nou soufri, se pou ou ka jwenn konsolasyon ak delivrans. Si nou jwenn konsolasyon, se pou ou menm ka jwenn konsolasyon tou. Anplis, sa dwe ede nou pou n ka kenbe fèm nan mitan soufrans nou yo. 7 Nou gen anpil konfyans. Nou konnen ou patisipe nan soufrans nou. Konsa tou, nou konnen ou ap patisipe nan konsolasyon nou tou.
8 Frè m ak sè m yo, nou vle fè nou konnen ki valè soufrans nou te rankontre nan Lazi. Nou te jwenn plis pase sa nou ka sipòte, jouktan nou te menm panse nou pa t ap viv ankò. 9 Wi, nan lide pa nou, nou te panse nou t ap mouri. Sa rive konsa, pou nou sispann kwè nan pwòp fòs nou, men pou nou mete konfyans nou nan Bondye pito. Se li menm ki konn resisite moun mouri. 10 Li delivre nou anba gwo danje lanmò. E nou konnen l ap kontinye delivre nou. Se sa ki ban nou asirans, l ap delivre nou asireman. 11 Epi ou menm tou, ou ede nou nan lapriyè ou yo. Konsa, anpil moun ap remèsye Bondye pou nou, paske Bondye beni nou poutèt pwòp priyè yo.
Plan Pòl chanje
12 Men sa k fè nou fyè epi konsyans nou ka sèvi nou temwen: Nan tout sa n ap fè ak tout moun nou an afè, sitou avèk ou menm, nou toujou aji avèk senserite, san okenn move lide nan kè nou. Sajès mond sa a pa ka fè sa, se sèlman ak gras Bondye nou fè sa.[b] 13 Wi, nou pa mete diplis nan sa nou ekri voye ba ou. Nou ekri w sèlman bagay ou kapab li epi konprann. 14 Nou konnen ou konprann anpil bagay deja, men nou vle pou w santi w fyè poutèt nou, menm jan nou gen pou n fyè pou ou nan jou retou Senyè nou an, Jezikris.
15 Mwen te tèlman sèten, se sa k fè m te fè plan vizite nou an premye. Konsa, nou te ka jwenn yon doub benediksyon. 16 Mwen te fè plan vizite nou pandan m sou wout pou m al Masedwàn ak lè m tounen sot Masedwàn. Mwen te vle chache èd nan men nou pou vwayaj nan Jide a. 17 Èske nou panse mwen te fè plan sa yo menm jan ak lemonn? Oubyen, èske nou panse mwen fè yon plan mètdam, m ap di wi epi non an menm tan?
18 Si nou kwè Bondye fidèl, nou mèt kwè pawòl mwen di nou pa ka wi ak non an menm tan. 19 Mwen menm, Silas ak Timote, nou te pale w de Jezikris, pitit Bondye a. Ebyen, Jezi pa t nan balanse ant wi ak non an menm tan. Jezi te toujou wi. 20 Jezi se wi Bondye, paske se pa mwayen li menm tout pwomès Bondye yo akonpli. Se sa k fè se pa mwayen Jezi nou di “Amèn” ak tout sa ki bay Bondye glwa. 21 Se Bondye li menm ki ba nou fòs nan Jezikris. Se li menm tou ki mete nou apa pou n fè travay li. 22 Li mete sa l sou nou pou di nou se moun pa l. Li mete Sentespri li nan kè nou tankou yon avalwa sou tout sa l gen pou ban nou.
23 Sa m ap di la a se verite a, menm Bondye ka sèvi m temwen. Rezon ki fè mwen pa vini Korent, se pou m pa ogmante sou pèn nou. 24 Sa pa vle di n ap chache kontwole lafwa w. Ou deja gen yon lafwa ki solid. Men nou vle travay ansanm avèk ou pou pwòp bonè w.
2 Corinthians 1
English Standard Version
2 Corinthians 1
English Standard Version
Greeting
1 Paul, (A)an apostle of Christ Jesus (B)by the will of God, and (C)Timothy our brother,
To the church of God that is at Corinth, (D)with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2 (E)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
God of All Comfort
3 (F)Blessed be the (G)God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and (H)God of all comfort, 4 (I)who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in (J)Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.[a] 6 (K)If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. 7 Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you (L)share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[b] of (M)the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us (N)rely not on ourselves (O)but on God (P)who raises the dead. 10 (Q)He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. (R)On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. 11 (S)You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf (T)for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
Paul's Change of Plans
12 For our boast is this, (U)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[c] and (V)godly sincerity, (W)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. 13 For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand— 14 just as you did (X)partially understand us—that (Y)on the day of our Lord Jesus (Z)you will boast of us as (AA)we will boast of you.
15 Because I was sure of this, (AB)I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have (AC)a second (AD)experience of grace. 16 I wanted to visit you (AE)on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. 17 Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans (AF)according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? 18 As surely as (AG)God is faithful, (AH)our word to you has not been Yes and No. 19 For (AI)the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, (AJ)Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but (AK)in him it is always Yes. 20 For (AL)all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our (AM)Amen to God for his glory. 21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and (AN)has anointed us, 22 and who has also (AO)put his seal on us and (AP)given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.[d]
23 But (AQ)I call God to witness against me—it was (AR)to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. 24 Not that we (AS)lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm (AT)in your faith.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 1:5 Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness
- 2 Corinthians 1:22 Or down payment
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