{"book":"2 Corinthians","slug":"2-corinthians","ch":1,"genre":"letter","sub":"2 Corinthians","prev":"1-corinthians/16","next":"2-corinthians/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by [the] will of God, and Timothy [our] brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by [the] will of God, and Timothy [our] brother,"},{"style":"reg","t":"To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:"}],"h":"Paul Greets the Corinthians","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Grace and peace to you from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and [the] God of all comfort,","f":[],"h":"The God of All Comfort","style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves [have received] from God.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"If we are afflicted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"And our hope for you [is] sure, [because] we know that just as you share in [our] sufferings, so also [you will share] in [our] comfort.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in [the province of] Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.","f":["Literally in Asia; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey."],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"[He] has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver [us]. In [Him] we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver [us],","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"as you help us by [your] prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to [ their prayers ].","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in [the] holiness and sincerity that [are from] God — not in worldly wisdom, but in [the] grace of God.","f":["Literally fleshly"],"h":"Paul’s Change of Plans","style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read [and] understand. And I hope that you will understand [us] completely,","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we [ will boast ] of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.","f":["BYZ and TR the Lord Jesus"]},{"v":15,"t":"Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"[I wanted] to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then [to have] you help me on my way to Judea.","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as [to say] “ Yes, yes ” and also “ No, no ”?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"But [as surely as] God [is] faithful, our message to you is not “ Yes ” and “ No.”","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “ Yes ” and “ No,” but in Him it has always been “ Yes.”","f":["That is, Silas"]},{"v":20,"t":"For all [the] promises of God [are] “ Yes ” in [Christ]. And so through Him, [our] “ Amen ” is spoken to [the] glory of God.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Now [it is] God who establishes [both] us and you in Christ. He anointed us,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"placed His seal on us, and put [His] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"I call God as my witness that [it was in order] to spare you [that] I did not return to Corinth.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for [your] joy, because [it is] by faith [that] you stand firm.","f":[]}]}