2 Corinthians 1
Salutation |
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the
will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God
which is at Corinth, Acts 18.1 with all the saints which are in all Achai'a:
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Grace be to you, and peace, from
God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Paul's
Affliction |
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Blessed be God, even the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all
comfort;
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who 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.
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For as the sufferings of Christ abound in
us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
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And 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.
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And our hope of you is steadfast,
knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye
be also of the consolation.
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For we would not, brethren, have you
ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, 1 Cor. 15.32 that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch
that we despaired even of life:
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but we had the sentence of death in
ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which
raiseth the dead:
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who delivered us from so great a death,
and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
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ye 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.
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The Postponement of
Paul's Visit |
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For 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.
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For we write none other things unto you,
than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge
even to the end;
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as 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.
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And in this confidence I was minded to
come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
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and to pass by you into Macedonia, Acts
19.21 and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of
you to be brought on my way toward Judea.
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When 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?
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But as God is true, our
word toward you was not yea and nay.
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For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was
preached among you by us, even by me and Silva'nus and
Timothy, Acts 18.5 was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
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For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by
us.
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Now he which stablisheth us with you in
Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
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who hath also sealed us, and given the
earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
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Moreover I call God for a record upon
my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
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Not for that we have dominion over your
faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye
stand.
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