2 Corinthians · Young's Literal Translation
2 Corinthians 1 Young's Literal Translation
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1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
1 Παῦλος, ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφός, τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Κορίνθῳ σὺν τοῖς ἁγίοις πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ·
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
3 Blessed [is] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
3 Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν καὶ Θεὸς πάσης παρακλήσεως,
4 who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;
4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
4 ὁ παρακαλῶν ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει ἡμῶν, εἰς τὸ δύνασθαι ἡμᾶς παρακαλεῖν τοὺς ἐν πάσῃ θλίψει διὰ τῆς παρακλήσεως ἧς παρακαλούμεθα αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ·
5 because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
5 ὅτι καθὼς περισσεύει τὰ παθήματα τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ἡμᾶς, οὕτω διὰ Χριστοῦ περισσεύει καὶ ἡ παράκλησις ἡμῶν.
6 and whether we be in tribulation, [it is] for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation;
6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
6 εἴτε δὲ θλιβόμεθα, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν παρακλήσεως καὶ σωτηρίας τῆς ἐνεργουμένης ἐν ὑπομονῇ τῶν αὐτῶν παθημάτων ὧν καὶ ἡμεῖς πάσχομεν, καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν βεβαία ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν·
7 and our hope [is] stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings — so also of the comfort.
7 Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the comfort.
7 εἴτε παρακαλούμεθα, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν παρακλήσεως καὶ σωτηρίας, εἰδότες ὅτι ὥσπερ κοινωνοί ἐστε τῶν παθημάτων, οὕτω καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως.
8 For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above [our] power, so that we despaired even of life;
8 For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
8 Οὐ γὰρ θέλομεν ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, ὑπὲρ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν τῆς γενομένης ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ, ὅτι καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ἐβαρήθημεν ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, ὥστε ἐξαπορηθῆναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῦ ζῆν·
9 but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,
9 Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
9 ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἀπόκριμα τοῦ θανάτου ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα μὴ πεποιθότες ὦμεν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείροντι τοὺς νεκρούς·
10 who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;
10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,
10 ὃς ἐκ τηλικούτου θανάτου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς καὶ ῥύεται, εἰς ὃν ἠλπίκαμεν ὅτι καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται,
11 ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.
11 you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
11 συνυπουργούντων καὶ ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῇ δεήσει, ἵνα ἐκ πολλῶν προσώπων τὸ εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα διὰ πολλῶν εὐχαριστηθῇ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.
12 For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;
12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
12 Ἡ γὰρ καύχησις ἡμῶν αὕτη ἐστί, τὸ μαρτύριον τῆς συνειδήσεως ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐν ἁπλότητι καὶ εἰλικρινείᾳ Θεοῦ, οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ σαρκικῇ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν χάριτι Θεοῦ ἀνεστράφημεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, περισσοτέρως δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
13 for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,
13 For we write no other things to you than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end—
13 οὐ γὰρ ἄλλα γράφομεν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἃ ἀναγινώσκετε ἢ καὶ ἐπιγινώσκετε, ἐλπίζω δὲ ὅτι καὶ ἕως τέλους ἐπιγνώσεσθε,
14 according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye [are] ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus;
14 as also you acknowledged us in part—that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
14 καθὼς καὶ ἐπέγνωτε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ μέρους, ὅτι καύχημα ὑμῶν ἐσμεν, καθάπερ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἡμῶν, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.
15 and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,
15 In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,
15 Καὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πεποιθήσει ἐβουλόμην πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν πρότερον, ἵνα δευτέραν χάριν ἔχητε,
16 and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.
16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.
16 καὶ δι᾽ ὑμῶν διελθεῖν εἰς Μακεδονίαν, καὶ πάλιν ἀπὸ Μακεδονίας ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν προπεμφθῆναι εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν.
17 This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?
17 When I therefore planned this, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be the “Yes, yes” and the “No, no?”
17 τοῦτο οὖν βουλόμενος μήτι ἄρα τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ ἐχρησάμην; ἢ ἃ βουλεύομαι, κατὰ σάρκα βουλεύομαι, ἵνα ᾖ παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ τὸ ναὶ ναὶ καὶ τὸ οὒ οὔ;
18 and God [is] faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,
18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”
18 πιστὸς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν ὁ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ ἐγένετο ναὶ καὶ οὔ.
19 for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, among you through us having been preached — through me and Silvanus and Timotheus — did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath become Yes;
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”
19 ὁ γὰρ τοῦ Θεοῦ υἱὸς Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν δι᾽ ἡμῶν κηρυχθείς, δι᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ Σιλουανοῦ καὶ Τιμοθέου, οὐκ ἐγένετο ναὶ καὶ οὔ, ἀλλὰ ναὶ ἐν αὐτῷ γέγονεν·
20 for as many as [are] promises of God, in him [are] the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;
20 For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.
20 ὅσαι γὰρ ἐπαγγελίαι Θεοῦ, ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ ναὶ καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ ἀμήν, τῷ Θεῷ πρὸς δόξαν δι᾽ ἡμῶν.
21 and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and did anoint us, [is] God,
21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,
21 ὁ δὲ βεβαιῶν ἡμᾶς σὺν ὑμῖν εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ χρίσας ἡμᾶς Θεός,
22 who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
22 who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
22 ὁ καὶ σφραγισάμενος ἡμᾶς καὶ δοὺς τὸν ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν.
23 And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;
23 But I call God for a witness to my soul, that to spare you, I didn’t come to Corinth.
23 Ἐγὼ δὲ μάρτυρα τὸν Θεὸν ἐπικαλοῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν, ὅτι φειδόμενος ὑμῶν οὐκέτι ἦλθον εἰς Κόρινθον.
24 not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.
24 We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
24 οὐχ ὅτι κυριεύομεν ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως, ἀλλὰ συνεργοί ἐσμεν τῆς χαρᾶς ὑμῶν· τῇ γὰρ πίστει ἑστήκατε.
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Cross references (24)
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- 1 2 Timothy 1:1; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Titus 1:1; Colossians 1:1–2
- 2 Romans 1:7; Ephesians 6:23; Philippians 1:2; Philemon 3; 1 Thessalonians 1:1
- 3 Ephesians 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3; Romans 15:5–6; Psalm 86:5; Micah 7:18
- 4 1 Thessalonians 5:11; Isaiah 51:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; 2 Corinthians 7:6–7; Isaiah 40:1
- 5 Colossians 1:24; Philippians 3:10; Philippians 1:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; 2 Corinthians 4:10–11
- 6 2 Timothy 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:15–18; 2 Corinthians 1:4; Romans 8:28; Philippians 1:19
- 7 Romans 8:17–18; 2 Thessalonians 1:4–7; James 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3–4; James 1:2–4
- 8 2 Corinthians 4:7–12; 1 Corinthians 4:8; 1 Corinthians 15:32; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Acts 19:23–35
- 9 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Hebrews 11:19; 2 Corinthians 12:7–10; Romans 4:17–25
- 10 1 Timothy 4:10; 2 Peter 2:9; Psalm 34:19; 1 Samuel 17:37; Romans 15:31
- 11 Philippians 1:19; 2 Corinthians 4:15; Acts 12:5; Colossians 4:3; Hebrews 13:18
- 12 1 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 2:17; James 3:13–18; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Hebrews 13:18
- 13 Philemon 6; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 13:6; 2 Corinthians 5:11
- 14 1 Thessalonians 2:19–20; Philippians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Philippians 4:1
- 15 Romans 15:29; Romans 1:11; 1 Corinthians 4:19; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 1 Corinthians 11:34
- 16 1 Corinthians 16:5–7; Acts 19:21–22; Acts 21:5
- 17 Matthew 5:37; James 5:12; 2 Corinthians 10:2–3; 2 Corinthians 1:18–20; John 8:15
- 18 1 Corinthians 1:9; Revelation 3:7; Revelation 3:14; John 7:28; 2 Corinthians 11:31
- 19 Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 1:17; 2 John 9; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 2:18
- 20 1 John 2:24–25; Galatians 3:22; Revelation 7:12; Hebrews 13:8; Ephesians 1:6
- 21 1 John 2:27; 1 John 2:20; 1 Peter 5:10; Romans 8:9; Isaiah 61:1
- 22 Ephesians 4:30; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Ephesians 1:13–14; John 6:27; Romans 8:14–16
- 23 Galatians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 4:21; Romans 1:9; 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 13:2
- 24 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 2 Timothy 2:24–26; Romans 5:2; Philippians 1:25–26
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It is meet to enquire, first, why to the former Epistle he adds a second: and what can be his reason for thus beginning with the mercies and consolation of God. Why then does he add a second Epistle?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
For it is no small fruit, O Lord my God, that by many thanks should be given to Thee on our behalf, and that by many Thou shouldest be entreated for us.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Wherefore Paul also said, "I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that we were pressed out of measure beyond strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life;" and after this again, "Who delivered us from so great deaths." Signifying therefore hereby, that they ought to be confident, though the waves rise high, and that He orders all things for good, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Put off, by confession, the old man, which waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit, that ye may put on the new man, which is renewed according to knowledge of Him that created him. Get you the earnest of the Holy Spirit through faith, that ye may be able to be received into the everlasting habitations.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
How then is it possible to conceive that the judgment is accomplished without the Holy Spirit, wherein the word points out that He is Himself the prize of the righteous, when instead of the earnest is given that which is perfect, and the first condemnation of sinners, when they are deprived of that which they seem to have?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)