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1. 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 in the whole of Achaia:
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1. Paul G3972 , an apostle G652 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 by G1223 the will G2307 of God G2316 , and G2532 Timothy G5095 our brother G80 , unto the G3588 church G1577 of God G2316 which is G5607 at G1722 Corinth G2882 , with G4862 all G3956 the G3588 saints G40 which are G5607 in G1722 all G3650 Achaia G882 :
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2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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2. Grace G5485 be to you G5213 and G2532 peace G1515 from G575 God G2316 our G2257 Father G3962 , and G2532 from the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 .
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3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
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3. Blessed G2128 be God G2316 , even G2532 the Father G3962 of our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , the G3588 Father G3962 of mercies G3628 , and G2532 the God G2316 of all G3956 comfort G3874 ;
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4. who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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4. Who G3588 comforteth G3870 us G2248 in G1909 all G3956 our G2257 tribulation G2347 , that we G2248 may be able G1410 to comfort G3870 them G3588 which are in G1722 any G3956 trouble G2347 , by G1223 the G3588 comfort G3874 wherewith G3739 we G848 ourselves are comforted G3870 of G5259 God G2316 .
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5. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
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5. For G3754 as G2531 the G3588 sufferings G3804 of Christ G5547 abound G4052 in G1519 us G2248 , so G3779 our G2257 consolation G3874 also G2532 aboundeth G4052 by G1223 Christ G5547 .
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6. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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6. And G1161 whether G1535 we be afflicted G2346 , it is for G5228 your G5216 consolation G3874 and G2532 salvation G4991 , which is effectual G1754 in G1722 the enduring G5281 of the G3588 same G846 sufferings G3804 which G3739 we G2249 also G2532 suffer G3958 : or whether G1535 we be comforted G3870 , it is for G5228 your G5216 consolation G3874 and G2532 salvation G4991 .
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7. Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
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7. And G2532 our G2257 hope G1680 of G5228 you G5216 is steadfast G949 , knowing G1492 , that G3754 as G5618 ye are G2075 partakers G2844 of the G3588 sufferings G3804 , so G3779 shall ye be also G2532 of the G3588 consolation G3874 .
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8. For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.
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8. For G1063 we would G2309 not G3756 , brethren G80 , have you ignorant G50 G5209 of G5228 our G2257 trouble G2347 which came G1096 to us G2254 in G1722 Asia G773 , that G3754 we were pressed G916 out of measure G2596 G5236 , above G5228 strength G1411 , insomuch that G5620 we G2248 despaired G1820 even G2532 of life G2198 :
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9. Why, we felt that we had received the sentence of death; but that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead;
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9. But G235 we G848 had G2192 the G3588 sentence G610 of death G2288 in G1722 ourselves G1438 , that G2443 we should G5600 not G3361 trust G3982 in G1909 ourselves G1438 , but G235 in G1909 God G2316 which raiseth G1453 the G3588 dead G3498 :
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10. he delivered us from so deadly a peril, and he will deliver us; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.
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10. Who G3739 delivered G4506 us G2248 from G1537 so great G5082 a death G2288 , and G2532 doth deliver G4506 : in G1519 whom G3739 we trust G1679 that G3754 he will G2532 yet G2089 deliver G4506 us;
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11. You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers.
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11. Ye G5216 also G2532 helping together G4943 by prayer G1162 for G5228 us G2257 , that G2443 for the gift G5486 bestowed upon G1519 us G2248 by the means of G1537 many G4183 persons G4383 thanks may be given G2168 by G1223 many G4183 on our behalf G5228 G2257 .
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12. For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God.
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12. For G1063 our G2257 rejoicing G2746 is G2076 this G3778 , the G3588 testimony G3142 of our G2257 conscience G4893 , that G3754 in G1722 simplicity G572 and G2532 godly G2316 sincerity G1505 , not G3756 with G1722 fleshly G4559 wisdom G4678 , but G235 by G1722 the grace G5485 of God G2316 , we have had our conversation G390 in G1722 the G3588 world G2889 , and G1161 more abundantly G4056 to G4314 you G5209 -ward.
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13. For we write you nothing but what you can read and understand; I hope you will understand fully,
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13. For G1063 we write G1125 none G3756 other things G243 unto you G5213 , than G235 G2228 what G3739 ye read G314 or G2228 G2532 acknowledge G1921 ; and G1161 I trust G1679 ye shall G3754 acknowledge G1921 even G2532 to G2193 the end G5056 ;
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14. as you have understood in part, that you can be proud of us as we can be of you, on the day of the Lord Jesus.
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14. As G2531 also G2532 ye have acknowledged G1921 us G2248 in G575 part G3313 , that G3754 we are G2070 your G5216 rejoicing G2745 , even as G2509 ye G5210 also G2532 are ours G2257 in G1722 the G3588 day G2250 of the G3588 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 .
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15. Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a double pleasure;
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15. And G2532 in this G5026 confidence G4006 I was minded G1014 to come G2064 unto G4314 you G5209 before G4386 , that G2443 ye might have G2192 a second G1208 benefit G5485 ;
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16. I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.
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16. And G2532 to pass G1330 by G1223 you G5216 into G1519 Macedonia G3109 , and G2532 to come G2064 again G3825 out of G575 Macedonia G3109 unto G4314 you G5209 , and G2532 of G5259 you G5216 to be brought on my way G4311 toward G1519 Judea G2449 .
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17. Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans like a worldly man, ready to say Yes and No at once?
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17. When I therefore G3767 was thus minded G1011 G5124 , did I G3385 G686 use G5530 lightness G1644 ? or G2228 the things that G3739 I purpose G1011 , do I purpose G1011 according G2596 to the flesh G4561 , that G2443 with G3844 me G1698 there should be G5600 yea G3483 yea G3483 , and G2532 nay G3756 nay G3756 ?
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18. As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.
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18. But G1161 as God G2316 is true G4103 G3754 , our G2257 word G3056 toward G4314 you G5209 was G1096 not G3756 yea and nay G3483 G2532 G3756 .
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19. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we preached among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No; but in him it is always Yes.
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19. For G1063 the G3588 Son G5207 of God G2316 , Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , who was preached G2784 among G1722 you G5213 by G1223 us G2257 , even by G1223 me G1700 and G2532 Silvanus G4610 and G2532 Timothy G5095 , was G1096 not G3756 yea and nay G3483 G2532 G3756 , but G235 in G1722 him G846 was G1096 yea G3483 .
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20. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why we utter the Amen through him, to the glory of God.
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20. For G1063 all G3745 the promises G1860 of God G2316 in G1722 him G846 are G3588 yea G3483 , and G2532 in G1722 him G846 G3588 Amen G281 , unto G4314 the glory G1391 of God G2316 by G1223 us G2257 .
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21. But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has commissioned us;
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21. Now G1161 he which establisheth G950 us G2248 with G4862 you G5213 in G1519 Christ G5547 , and G2532 hath anointed G5548 us G2248 , is God G2316 ;
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22. he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
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22. Who hath also sealed G4972 G2532 us G2248 , and G2532 given G1325 the G3588 earnest G728 of the G3588 Spirit G4151 in G1722 our G2257 hearts G2588 .
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23. But I call God to witness against me -- it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth.
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23. Moreover G1161 I G1473 call G1941 God G2316 for a record G3144 upon G1909 my G1699 soul G5590 , that G3754 to spare G5339 you G5216 I came G2064 not as yet G3765 unto G1519 Corinth G2882 .
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24. Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
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24. Not G3756 for that G3754 we have dominion over G2961 your G5216 faith G4102 , but G235 are G2070 helpers G4904 of your G5216 joy G5479 : for G1063 by faith G4102 ye stand G2476 .
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