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2 Corinthians 1
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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

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:5 Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ
  2. 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
  3. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness
  4. 2 Corinthians 1:22 Or down payment
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Hälsning

1 Från Paulus, genom Guds vilja Kristi Jesu apostel, och från brodern Timoteus till Guds församling i Korint och till alla de heliga i hela Akaja. 2 Nåd vare med er och frid från Gud, vår Fader, och Herren Jesus Kristus.

All trösts Gud

3 Välsignad är vår Herre Jesu Kristi Gud och Fader, barmhärtighetens Fader och all trösts Gud, 4 han som tröstar oss i all vår nöd, så att vi kan trösta dem som är i nöd med den tröst vi själva får av Gud. 5 Ty såsom Kristuslidanden flödar över oss, så överflödar genom Kristus också den tröst vi får. 6 Om vi lider nöd, sker det för att ni skall få tröst och frälsning. Om vi blir tröstade, skall också det uppmuntra er och ge er kraft att uthålligt bära samma lidanden som vi. 7 Och det hopp vi har när det gäller er är fast, eftersom vi vet att liksom ni delar våra lidanden, så delar ni också den tröst vi får.

8 Bröder, vi vill att ni skall veta vilken nöd vi fick utstå i Asien.[a] Vi hade det mycket svårare än vi kunde bära, så att vi till och med misströstade om livet. 9 Ja, vi hade redan inom oss fått dödsdomen, för att vi inte skulle lita på oss själva utan på Gud, som uppväcker de döda. 10 Ur en sådan dödsfara räddade han oss, och han kommer att rädda oss. Till honom står vårt hopp att han även i fortsättningen skall rädda oss, 11 när också ni hjälper oss genom er förbön. Så kommer många människor att tacka Gud för oss, för den nåd vi fått.

Paulus ändrade resplaner

12 Vi kan med gott samvete berömma oss av att vi här i världen, och särskilt mot er, har uppträtt i helighet och renhet inför Gud och inte varit ledda av världslig visdom utan av Guds nåd. 13 Ty vi skriver inget annat till er än det ni läser och kan förstå. Och jag hoppas att ni ända till slutet kommer att förstå 14 det ni redan delvis har förstått: att vi är er berömmelse liksom ni är vår berömmelse på Herren Jesu dag. 15 Då jag litade på detta ville jag först komma till er, för att ni skulle få välsignelsen av ett andra besök.[b] 16 Jag ville besöka er på genomresan till Makedonien och därifrån komma tillbaka till er och så utrustas av er för resan till Judeen.

17 Handlade jag då tanklöst när jag fattade detta beslut? Eller fattar jag mina beslut som jag själv finner bäst, för att mitt ja skall vara ja och mitt nej vara nej?[c] 18 Så sant Gud är trofast: vårt budskap till er är inte ja och nej. 19 Ty Guds Son, Jesus Kristus, som bland er har blivit predikad av oss, av mig och Silvanus och Timoteus, han kom inte som ja och nej, utan ett ja har kommit genom honom. 20 Ty alla Guds löften[d] har i honom fått sitt ja. Därför får de också genom honom sitt amen, för att Gud skall bli ärad genom oss. 21 Den som befäster oss och er i Kristus och som har smort oss, det är Gud. 22 Han har även satt sitt sigill på oss och gett oss Anden som en handpenning i våra hjärtan.

23 Jag för min del tar Gud till vittne[e] att det var för att skona er som jag inte längre kom till Korint. 24 Inte så att vi är herrar över er tro, utan vi är medarbetare till er glädje, eftersom ni står fasta i tron.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Korinthierbrevet 1:8 Asien Se not till Apg 2:9.
  2. 2 Korinthierbrevet 1:15 välsignelsen av ett andra besök Ordagrant: "en andra nåd".
  3. 2 Korinthierbrevet 1:17 för att mitt ja skall vara ja  . . . Dvs för att Paulus till varje pris skall känna sig bunden att förbli vid sin egen, en gång uttalade vilja.
  4. 2 Korinthierbrevet 1:20 Guds löften I evangelium blir alla Guds löften uppfyllda. Paulus däremot ändrar ibland sina planer. Han väljer att lämna återbud till ett planerat besök i Korint.
  5. 2 Korinthierbrevet 1:23 till vittne Ordagrant: "till vittne över min själ" (mitt inre).
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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

  1. 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. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Many manuscripts holiness
  3. 2 Corinthians 1:19 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas
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