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2 Corinthians 1
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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 Corinthians 1
Common English Bible
2 Corinthians 1
Common English Bible
Greeting
1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Timothy our brother.
To God’s church that is in Corinth, along with all of God’s people throughout Achaia.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ.
God’s comfort in trouble
3 May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed! He is the compassionate Father and God of all comfort. 4 He’s the one who comforts us in all our trouble so that we can comfort other people who are in every kind of trouble. We offer the same comfort that we ourselves received from God. 5 That is because we receive so much comfort through Christ in the same way that we share so many of Christ’s sufferings. 6 So if we have trouble, it is to bring you comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is to bring you comfort from the experience of endurance while you go through the same sufferings that we also suffer. 7 Our hope for you is certain, because we know that as you are partners in suffering, so also you are partners in comfort.
8 Brothers and sisters, we don’t want you to be unaware of the troubles that we went through in Asia. We were weighed down with a load of suffering that was so far beyond our strength that we were afraid we might not survive. 9 It certainly seemed to us as if we had gotten the death penalty. This was so that we would have confidence in God, who raises the dead, instead of ourselves. 10 God rescued us from a terrible death, and he will rescue us. We have set our hope on him that he will rescue us again, 11 since you are helping with your prayer for us. Then many people can thank God on our behalf for the gift that was given to us through the prayers of many people.
Paul explains his change of plans
12 We have conducted ourselves with godly sincerity and pure motives in the world, and especially toward you. This is why we are confident, and our conscience confirms this. We didn’t act with human wisdom but we relied on the grace of God. 13 We don’t write anything to you except what you can read and also understand. I hope that you will understand totally 14 since you have already understood us partly. Understand that in the day of our Lord Jesus, we will make you proud as you will also make us proud.
15 Because I was sure of this, I wanted to visit you first so that you could have a second opportunity to see me. 16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and then come to you again on my way back from Macedonia, at which point I was hoping you would help me on my way to Judea.
17 So I wasn’t unreliable when I planned to do this, was I? Or do I make decisions with a substandard human process so that I say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? 18 But as God is faithful, our message to you isn’t both yes and no. 19 God’s Son, Jesus Christ, is the one who was preached among you by us—through me, Silvanus, and Timothy—he wasn’t yes and no. In him it is always yes. 20 All of God’s promises have their yes in him. That is why we say Amen through him to the glory of God.
21 God is the one who establishes us with you in Christ and who anointed us. 22 God also sealed us and gave the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts. 23 I call on God as my witness—I didn’t come again to Corinth because I wanted to spare you. 24 It isn’t that we are trying to control your faith, but we are working with you for your happiness, because you stand firm in your faith.
2 Corinto 1
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
2 Corinto 1
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
1 Ako si Pablo nga nahimong apostol[a] ni Cristo Jesus tungod sa kabubut-on sa Dios. Ako ug ang atong igsoon nga si Timoteo nangumusta kaninyo nga mga tumutuo sa Dios[b] diha sa Corinto, ug sa tanang mga katawhan sa Dios diha sa tibuok probinsya sa Acaya.
2 Hinaut nga madawat ninyo ang grasya ug kalinaw gikan sa Dios nga atong Amahan ug kang Ginoong Jesu-Cristo.
Pagpasalamat sa Dios
3 Dalaygon gayod ang Dios ug Amahan ni Jesu-Cristo nga atong Ginoo. Maluloy-on siya nga Amahan, ug Dios siya nga kanunayng nagadasig kanato. 4 Gidasig niya kita sa tanan natong mga kalisdanan, aron nga pinaagi sa pagdasig niya kanato madasig usab nato ang uban nga anaa sa kalisdanan. 5 Kay bisan pa ug daghan ang atong naambitan nga mga pag-antos ni Cristo, daghan man usab nga mga pagdasig ang atong nadawat pinaagi kaniya. 6 Kon nagaantos man kami, kini alang sa pagdasig kaninyo ug sa inyong kaluwasan. Ug kon gidasig kami, kini alang usab sa paghatag ug kadasig kaninyo aron maantos ninyo ang mga kalisdanan nga sama sa among giantos. 7 Busa dako ang among paglaom diha kaninyo, tungod kay nasayod kami nga sa inyong pag-ambit sa among mga pag-antos, makaambit usab kamo sa pagdasig sa Dios kanamo.
8 Mga igsoon diha kang Cristo, gusto namo nga masayod kamo nga lisod kaayo ang among nasinati didto sa probinsya sa Asia. Kay morag dili na gayod kami makaantos niadtong panahona, ug daw ikamatay na namo. 9 Gipakaingon namo nga mao na kadto ang among kataposan. Apan nahitabo diay kadto aron makatuon kami nga dili magsalig sa among kaugalingon, kondili sa Dios nga mao ang nagbanhaw sa mga patay. 10 Giluwas niya kami sa katalagman sa kamatayon, ug luwason pa gayod niya kami. Siya lang gayod ang among ginasaligan nga magpadayon sa pagluwas kanamo 11 samtang gitabangan ninyo kami pinaagi sa inyong mga pag-ampo. Ug tungod sa mga panalangin nga among madawat gikan sa Dios ingon nga tubag niya sa pag-ampo sa daghang mga tawo, daghan usab ang magapasalamat kaniya.
Ang Pag-usab ni Pablo sa Iyang Plano
12 Mao kini ang among ikapasigarbo: nagkinabuhi kami nga matarong ug wala gayoy ikasaway sa among pagtagad ngadto sa mga tawo, ug labi na gayod kaninyo. Nahimo namo kini tungod sa tabang sa Dios ug dili sa among kaugalingon nga kaalam. Gipamatud-an sa among konsensya nga tinuod gayod kining among gipasigarbo. 13-14 Wala kami magsulat kaninyo sa dili ninyo mabasa ug masabtan. Bisan kon dili ninyo kaayo kami masabtan karon, nagalaom ako nga moabot ra ang panahon nga masabtan gayod ninyo kami, aron nga sa pag-abot sa atong Ginoong Jesus ikapasigarbo ninyo kami ug kamo ikapasigarbo usab namo.
15 Tungod niining akong pagsalig, nagplano ako kaniadto nga mobisita una kaninyo aron nga sa ikaduha nga higayon makatabang kamo. 16 Nagplano ako nga mohapit una diha kaninyo kon moadto na ako sa Macedonia, ug sa akong pagbalik gikan sa Macedonia mohapit ako pag-usab diha aron matabangan na usab ninyo ako sa akong pag-adto sa Judea. 17 Mao unta kadto ang akong plano. Apan tungod kay wala kami makadayon, nagkahulogan ba kini nga dili masaligan ang akong gisulti? Basin makaingon kamo nga sama usab ako sa uban nga mga tawo dinhi sa kalibotan nga nagaplano ug naghuna-huna alang lang gayod sa ilang kaugalingong kaayohan. Nagaingon sila “Oo,” apan kadto nagkahulogan diay nga “Dili.” 18 Apan ang tinuod mao kini: ingon nga ang Dios kasaligan, masaligan usab ninyo ang among gisulti kaninyo. 19 Kami ni Silas ug ni Timoteo nagwali kaninyo mahitungod sa Anak sa Dios nga si Jesu-Cristo. Ug nasayran ninyo nga si Cristo masaligan sa iyang gisulti. Dili mahimo nga dili niya buhaton ang iyang gisaad. 20 Pinaagi kaniya ang tanang gisaad sa Dios natuman. Busa makaingon kamo nga kasaligan gayod ang Dios, ug pinaagi niini madayeg siya. 21 Ang Dios mao ang nagpalig-on kanato sa atong pagpakig-uban kang Cristo. Gipili niya kita nga mag-alagad kaniya. 22 Gimarkahan niya kita ingon nga iya pinaagi sa pagpapuyo niya sa Espiritu Santo diha sa atong kasingkasing, nga mao usab ang kalig-onan nga madawat nato ang iyang mga saad.
23 Nasayod ang Dios nga nagasulti ako sa tinuod. Ang hinungdan kon nganong wala ako nakadayon sa pag-anha diha kaninyo sa Corinto mao nga dili ko gusto nga malain ang inyong buot kanako. 24 Wala kami magmando kaninyo mahitungod sa inyong pagtuo, kay lig-on na man kamo. Gusto lang unta namo kamong tabangan aron magmalipayon kamo.
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