2Cor 1 | NASB1995 | STEP | Paul , an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God , and Timothy our brother , To the church of God which is at Corinth with all the saints who are throughout Achaia :

2 Corinthians 1

Introduction

1 Paul, ^aan apostle of ^bChrist Jesus ^cby the will of God, and ^dTimothy our brother,

To ^ethe church of God which is at ^fCorinth with all the ^{▼▼ Or holy ones}saints who are throughout ^hAchaia:

2 ⁱGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 ^jBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and ^kGod of all comfort, 4 who ^lcomforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in ^{▼▼ Lit every}any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For just ⁿas the sufferings of Christ are ^{▼▼ Lit to us}ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. 6 But if we are afflicted, it is ^pfor your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; 7 and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that ^qas you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.

8 For ^rwe do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our ^saffliction which came to us in ^{▼▼ I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
,} ^uAsia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; 9 ^{▼▼ Lit but we ourselves}indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; 10 who ^wdelivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, ^{▼▼ One early ms reads on whom we have set our hope that He will also}He ^yon whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us, 11 you also joining in ^zhelping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by ^aamany persons on our behalf for the favor bestowed on us through the prayers of many.

Paul’s Integrity

12 For our ^{▼▼ Lit boasting}proud confidence is this: the testimony of ^acour conscience, that in holiness and ^adgodly sincerity, ^aenot in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you. 13 For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand ^afuntil the end; 14 just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in ^agthe day of our Lord Jesus.

15 In this confidence I intended at first to ^ahcome to you, so that you might ^{▼▼ Lit have a second grace}twice receive a ^{▼▼ One early ms reads joy
,} ^akblessing; 16 ^{▼▼ Lit and}that is, to ^ampass ^{▼▼ Lit through you into}your way into ^aoMacedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be ^aphelped on my journey to Judea. 17 Therefore, I was not vacillating when I intended to do this, was I? Or what I purpose, do I purpose ^aqaccording to the flesh, so that with me there will be yes, yes and no, no at the same time? 18 But as ^arGod is faithful, ^asour word to you is not yes and no. 19 For ^atthe Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us— by me and ^auSilvanus and ^avTimothy— was not yes and no, but is yes ^awin Him. 20 For ^axas many as are the promises of God, ^ayin Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is ^azour Amen to the glory of God through us. 21 Now He who ^baestablishes us with you in Christ and ^bbanointed us is God, 22 who also ^bcsealed us and ^bdgave us the Spirit in our hearts as a ^{▼▼ Or down payment}pledge.

23 But ^bfI call God as witness ^{▼▼ Lit upon}to my soul, that ^bhto spare you I did not come again to ^biCorinth. 24 Not that we ^bjlord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are ^bkstanding firm.