| New American Standard Bible 1995 | King James Bible |
| 1Paul, 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: | 1Paul, 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: |
| 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 2Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, | 3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; |
| 4who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. | 4Who 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. |
| 5For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. | 5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. |
| 6But if we are afflicted, it is for 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; | 6And 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. |
| 7and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort. | 7And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. |
| 8For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; | 8For 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: |
| 9indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; | 9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: |
| 10who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us, | 10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; |
| 11you also joining in helping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the favor bestowed on us through the prayers of many. | 11Ye 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. |
| 12For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you. | 12For 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. |
| 13For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end; | 13For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; |
| 14just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus. | 14As 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. |
| 15In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing; | 15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; |
| 16that is, to pass your way into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be helped on my journey to Judea. | 16And 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. |
| 17Therefore, I was not vacillating when I intended to do this, was I? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, so that with me there will be yes, yes and no, no at the same time? | 17When 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? |
| 18But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no. | 18But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. |
| 19For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us-- by me and Silvanus and Timothy-- was not yes and no, but is yes in Him. | 19For 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. |
| 20For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us. | 20For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. |
| 21Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, | 21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; |
| 22who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. | 22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. |
| 23But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth. | 23Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. |
| 24Not that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm. | 24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. |
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