2 Corinthians 1

Greeting

1 Paul, a an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and b Timothy our brother,
To the church of God which is at Corinth, c with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

2 d Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

God of All Comfort

3 e Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who f comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any 1 trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as g the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our 2 consolation also abounds through Christ. 6 Now if we are afflicted, h it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that i as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.

8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of j our 3 trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should k not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 10 l who delivered us from so great a death, and 4 does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, 11 you also m helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on 5 our behalf n for the gift granted to us through many.

Paul's Change of Plans

12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in 6 simplicity and o godly sincerity, p not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. 13 For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end 14 (as also you have understood us in part), q that we are your boast as r you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

15 And in this confidence s I intended to come to you before, that you might have t a second benefit - 16 to pass by way of you to Macedonia, u to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea. 17 Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan v according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? 18 But as God is w faithful, our 7 word to you was not Yes and No. 19 For x the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us - by me, y Silvanus, and z Timothy - was not Yes and No, a but in Him was Yes. 20 b For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and c has anointed us is God, 22 who d also has sealed us and e given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

23 Moreover f I call God as witness against my soul, g that to spare you I came no more to Corinth. 24 Not h that we 8 have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for i by faith you stand.

  1. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:1
    Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother.
    Ephesians 1:1
    Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:
    Colossians 1:1
    Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother.
    1 Timothy 1:1
    Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope.
    2 Timothy 1:1
    Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 16:1
    Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek.
    1 Corinthians 16:10
    And if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear; for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.
  3. Cross References
    Philippians 1:1
    Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
    Colossians 1:2
    To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  4. Cross References
    Romans 1:7
    To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  5. Cross References
    Ephesians 1:3
    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.
    1 Peter 1:3
    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:12
    I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?
    Isaiah 66:13
    As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you; And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
    2 Corinthians 7:6
    Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.
    2 Corinthians 7:7
    And not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
    2 Corinthians 7:13
    Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort. And we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
  7. Cross References
    Acts 9:4
    Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?
    2 Corinthians 4:10
    Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
    Philippians 3:10
    That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.
    Colossians 1:24
    I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  8. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 4:15
    For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
    2 Corinthians 12:15
    And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
    Ephesians 3:1
    For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles -
    Ephesians 3:13
    Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
    2 Timothy 2:10
    Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  9. Cross References
    Romans 8:17
    And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
    2 Timothy 2:12
    If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
  10. Cross References
    Acts 19:23
    And about that time there arose a great commotion about the Way.
    1 Corinthians 15:32
    If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!
    1 Corinthians 16:9
    For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:5
    Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.
    Jeremiah 17:7
    Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.
  12. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:9
    Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment.
  13. Cross References
    Romans 15:30
    Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me.
    Philippians 1:19
    For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
  14. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 4:15
    For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
    2 Corinthians 9:11
    While you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.
  15. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 2:17
    For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
  16. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 2:4
    And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
  17. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:12
    For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.
  18. Cross References
    Philippians 2:16
    Holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.
    1 Thessalonians 2:19
    For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
  19. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 4:19
    But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
  20. Cross References
    Romans 1:11
    For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established -
    Romans 15:29
    But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
  21. Cross References
    Acts 19:21
    When these things were accomplished, Paul purposed in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
    1 Corinthians 16:3 - 6
    And when I come, whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem.
  22. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 10:2
    But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
    2 Corinthians 11:18
    Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
  23. Cross References
    1 John 5:20
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
  24. Cross References
    Mark 1:1
    The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, th...
    Luke 1:35
    And the angel answered and said to her, " The H...
    John 1:34
    "And I have seen and testified that this is the...
    John 20:31
    But these are written that you may believe that...
    1 John 5:5
    Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who b...
    1 John 5:20
    And we know that the Son of God has come and ha...
  25. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 1:1
    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
    2 Thessalonians 1:1
    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
    1 Peter 5:12
    By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
  26. Cross References
    Acts 18:5
    When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
    2 Corinthians 1:1
    Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ 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 all Achaia:
  27. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:8
    Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  28. Cross References
    Romans 15:8
    Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers.
    Romans 15:9
    And that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: "For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, And sing to Your name.
  29. Cross References
    1 John 2:20
    But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
    1 John 2:27
    But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
  30. Cross References
    Ephesians 4:30
    And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
  31. Cross References
    Romans 8:16
    The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
    2 Corinthians 5:5
    Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
    Ephesians 1:14
    Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
  32. Cross References
    Romans 1:9
    For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers.
    Galatians 1:20
    (Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)
    Philippians 1:8
    For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
  33. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 4:21
    What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
    2 Corinthians 2:3
    And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.
    2 Corinthians 12:20
    For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults.
  34. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:5
    Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one?
    2 Corinthians 4:5
    For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.
    2 Corinthians 11:20
    For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.
    1 Peter 5:3
    Nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
  35. Cross References
    Romans 11:20
    Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
    1 Corinthians 15:1
    Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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