<vn='1'><sn="3972">Paul</s>, an <sn="652">apostle</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="2307">will</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5095">Timothy</s> our <sn="80">brother</s>, unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">church</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> which <sn="5607">is</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="2882">Corinth</s>, <sn="4862">with</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s> which <sn="5607">are</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="882">Achaia</s>: </v>
<vn='2'><sn="5485">Grace</s> be to <sn="5213">you</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1515">peace</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">Father</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> from the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2128">Blessed</s> be <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">even</s> the <sn="3962">Father</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s> of <sn="3628">mercies</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="2316">God</s> of <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3874">comfort</s>; </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">Who</s><sn="3870">comforteth</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2347">tribulation</s>, that <sn="2248">we</s> may be <sn="1410">able</s> to <sn="3870">comfort</s><sn="3588">them</s> which are <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">any</s><sn="2347">trouble</s>, <sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3874">comfort</s><sn="3739">wherewith</s><sn="848">we</s> ourselves are <sn="3870">comforted</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="2531">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3804">sufferings</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="4052">abound</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="2248">us</s>, <sn="3779">so</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3874">consolation</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="4052">aboundeth</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1535">whether</s> we be <sn="2346">afflicted</s>, it is <sn="5228">for</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="3874">consolation</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4991">salvation</s>, which is <sn="1754">effectual</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="5281">enduring</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="3804">sufferings</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3958">suffer</s>: or <sn="1535">whether</s> we be <sn="3870">comforted</s>, it is <sn="5228">for</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="3874">consolation</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4991">salvation</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="1680">hope</s><sn="5228">of</s><sn="5216">you</s> is <sn="949">steadfast</s>, <sn="1492">knowing</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="5618">as</s> ye <sn="2075">are</s><sn="2844">partakers</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3804">sufferings</s>, <sn="3779">so</s> shall ye be <sn="2532">also</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3874">consolation</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1063">For</s> we <sn="2309">would</s><sn="3756">not</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, have you <sn="50 5209">ignorant</s><sn="5228">of</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2347">trouble</s> which <sn="1096">came</s> to <sn="2254">us</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="773">Asia</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> we were <sn="916">pressed</s> out of <sn="2596 5236">measure</s>, <sn="5228">above</s><sn="1411">strength</s>, insomuch <sn="5620">that</s><sn="2248">we</s><sn="1820">despaired</s><sn="2532">even</s> of <sn="2198">life</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="235">But</s><sn="848">we</s><sn="2192">had</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="610">sentence</s> of <sn="2288">death</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1438">ourselves</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we <sn="5600">should</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="3982">trust</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="1438">ourselves</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="2316">God</s> which <sn="1453">raiseth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3498">dead</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3739">Who</s><sn="4506">delivered</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="1537">from</s> so <sn="5082">great</s> a <sn="2288">death</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> doth <sn="4506">deliver</s>: <sn="1519">in</s><sn="3739">whom</s> we <sn="1679">trust</s><sn="3754">that</s> he <sn="*2532">will</s><sn="2089">yet</s><sn="4506">deliver</s> us; </v>
<vn='11'><sn="5216">Ye</s><sn="2532">also</s> helping <sn="4943">together</s> by <sn="1162">prayer</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="2257">us</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> for the <sn="5486">gift</s> bestowed <sn="1519">upon</s><sn="2248">us</s> by the means <sn="1537">of</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="4383">persons</s> thanks may be <sn="2168">given</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="4183">many</s> on our <sn="5228 2257">behalf</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2746">rejoicing</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3778">this</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3142">testimony</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="4893">conscience</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="572">simplicity</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2316">godly</s><sn="1505">sincerity</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="4559">fleshly</s><sn="4678">wisdom</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1722">by</s> the <sn="5485">grace</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, we have had our <sn="390">conversation</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="1161">and</s> more <sn="4056">abundantly</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="5209">you</s> -ward. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1063">For</s> we <sn="1125">write</s><sn="3756">none</s> other <sn="243">things</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="235 2228">than</s><sn="3739">what</s> ye <sn="314">read</s><sn="2228 *2532">or</s><sn="1921">acknowledge</s>; <sn="1161">and</s> I <sn="1679">trust</s> ye <sn="*3754">shall</s><sn="1921">acknowledge</s><sn="2532">even</s><sn="2193">to</s> the <sn="5056">end</s>; </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2531">As</s><sn="2532">also</s> ye have <sn="1921">acknowledged</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="575">in</s><sn="3313">part</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> we <sn="2070">are</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2745">rejoicing</s>, even <sn="2509">as</s><sn="5210">ye</s><sn="2532">also</s> are <sn="2257">ours</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s> in <sn="5026">this</s><sn="4006">confidence</s> I was <sn="1014">minded</s> to <sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="4386">before</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye might <sn="2192">have</s> a <sn="1208">second</s><sn="5485">benefit</s>; </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2532">And</s> to <sn="1330">pass</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="5216">you</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3109">Macedonia</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="2064">come</s><sn="3825">again</s> out <sn="575">of</s><sn="3109">Macedonia</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="5216">you</s> to be brought on my <sn="4311">way</s><sn="1519">toward</s><sn="2449">Judea</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>When I <sn="3767">therefore</s> was thus <sn="1011 5124">minded</s>, did <sn="*3385 686">I</s><sn="5530">use</s><sn="1644">lightness</s>? <sn="2228">or</s> the things <sn="3739">that</s> I <sn="1011">purpose</s>, do I <sn="1011">purpose</s><sn="2596">according</s> to the <sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3844">with</s><sn="1698">me</s> there should <sn="5600">be</s><sn="3483">yea</s><sn="3483">yea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">nay</s><sn="3756">nay</s>? </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1161">But</s> as <sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="4103 *3754">true</s>, <sn="2257">our</s><sn="3056">word</s><sn="4314">toward</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1096">was</s><sn="3756">not</s> yea and <sn="3483 2532 3756">nay</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, who was <sn="2784">preached</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="2257">us</s>, even <sn="1223">by</s><sn="1700">me</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4610">Silvanus</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5095">Timothy</s>, <sn="1096">was</s><sn="3756">not</s> yea and <sn="3483 2532 3756">nay</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1096">was</s><sn="3483">yea</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3745">all</s> the <sn="1860">promises</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="*3588">are</s><sn="3483">yea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846 *3588">him</s><sn="281">Amen</s>, <sn="4314">unto</s> the <sn="1391">glory</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="2257">us</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1161">Now</s> he which <sn="950">establisheth</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> hath <sn="5548">anointed</s><sn="2248">us</s>, is <sn="2316">God</s>; </v>
<vn='22'>Who hath also <sn="4972 2532">sealed</s><sn="2248">us</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1325">given</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="728">earnest</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">Moreover</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="1941">call</s><sn="2316">God</s> for a <sn="3144">record</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="1699">my</s><sn="5590">soul</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> to <sn="5339">spare</s><sn="5216">you</s> I <sn="2064">came</s> not as <sn="3765">yet</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2882">Corinth</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3756">Not</s> for <sn="3754">that</s> we have dominion <sn="2961">over</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2070">are</s><sn="4904">helpers</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="5479">joy</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> by <sn="4102">faith</s> ye <sn="2476">stand</s>. </v>