格林多后书 1

1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother: to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in all Achaia:

2Grace unto you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.

4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation; that we also may be able to comfort them who are in all distress, by the exhortation wherewith we also are exhorted by God.

5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us: so also by Christ doth our comfort abound.

6Now whether we be in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and salvation: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation: or whether we be exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which worketh the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

7That our hope for you may be steadfast: knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you be also of the consolation.

8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation, which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure above our strength, so that we were weary even of life.

9But we had in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead.

10Who hath delivered and doth deliver us out of so great dangers: in whom we trust that he will yet also deliver us.

11You helping withal in prayer for us: that for this gift obtained for us, by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many in our behalf.

12For our glory is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.

13For we write no other things to you than what you have read and known. And I hope that you shall know unto the end:

14As also you have known us in part, that we are your glory, as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15And in this confidence I had a mind to come to you before, that you might have a second grace:

16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be brought on my way towards Judea.

17Whereas then I was thus minded, did I use lightness? Or, the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that there should be with me, It is, and It is not?

18But God is faithful, for our preaching which was to you, was not, It is, and It is not.

19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ who was preached among you by us, by me, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, was not, It is and It is not, but, It is, was in him.

20For all the promises of God are in him, It is; therefore also by him, amen to God, unto our glory.

21Now he that confirmeth us with you in Christ, and that hath anointed us, is God:

22Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

23But I call God to witness upon my soul, that to spare you, I came not any more to Corinth:

24not because we exercise dominion over your faith: but we are helpers of your joy: for in faith you stand.

1Paulus, Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater, ecclesiæ Dei, quæ est Corinthi cum omnibus sanctis, qui sunt in universa Achaia.

2Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo.

3Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, Pater misericordiarum, et Deus totius consolationis,

4qui consolatur nos in omni tribulatione nostra: ut possimus et ipsi consolari eos qui in omni pressura sunt, per exhortationem, qua exhortamur et ipsi a Deo.

5Quoniam sicut abundant passiones Christi in nobis: ita et per Christum abundat consolatio nostra.

6Sive autem tribulamur pro vestra exhortatione et salute, sive consolamur pro vestra consolatione, sive exhortamur pro vestra exhortatione et salute, quæ operatur tolerantiam earumdem passionum, quas et nos patimur:

7ut spes nostra firma sit pro vobis: scientes quod sicut socii passionum estis, sic eritis et consolationis.

8Non enim volumus ignorare vos, fratres, de tribulatione nostra, quæ facta est in Asia, quoniam supra modum gravati sumus supra virtutem, ita ut tæderet nos etiam vivere.

9Sed ipsi in nobismetipsis responsum mortis habuimus, ut non simus fidentes in nobis, sed in Deo, qui suscitat mortuos:

10qui de tantis periculis nos eripuit, et eruit: in quem speramus quoniam et adhuc eripiet,

11adjuvantibus et vobis in oratione pro nobis: ut ex multorum personis, ejus quæ in nobis est donationis, per multos gratiæ agantur pro nobis.

12Nam gloria nostra hæc est: testimonium conscientiæ nostræ, quod in simplicitate cordis et sinceritate Dei, et non in sapientia carnali, sed in gratia Dei, conversati sumus in hoc mundo: abundantius autem ad vos.

13Non enim alia scribimus vobis, quam quæ legistis, et cognovistis. Spero autem quod usque in finem cognoscetis,

14sicut et cognovistis nos ex parte, quod gloria vestra sumus, sicut et vos nostra, in die Domini nostri Jesu Christi.

15Et hac confidentia volui prius venire ad vos, ut secundum gratiam haberetis:

16et per vos transire in Macedoniam, et iterum a Macedonia venire ad vos, et a vobis deduci in Judæam.

17Cum ergo hoc voluissem, numquid levitate usus sum? aut quæ cogito, secundum carnem cogito, ut sit apud me Est et Non?

18Fidelis autem Deus, quia sermo noster, qui fuit apud vos, non est in illo Est et Non.

19Dei enim Filius Jesus Christus, qui in vobis per nos prædicatus est, per me, et Silvanum, et Timotheum, non fuit Est et Non, sed Est in illo fuit.

20Quotquot enim promissiones Dei sunt, in illo Est: ideo et per ipsum Amen Deo ad gloriam nostram.

21Qui autem confirmat nos vobiscum in Christo, et qui unxit nos Deus:

22qui et signavit nos, et dedit pignus Spiritus in cordibus nostris.

23Ego autem testem Deum invoco in animam meam, quod parcens vobis, non veni ultra Corinthum: non quia dominamur fidei vestæ, sed adjutores sumus gaudii vestri: nam fide statis.

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

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

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation.

4He consoles us in all our tribulation, so that we too may be able to console those who are in any kind of distress, through the exhortation by which we also are being exhorted by God.

5For just as the Passion of Christ abounds in us, so also, through Christ, does our consolation abound.

6So, if we are in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and salvation, or if we are in consolation, it is for your consolation, or if we are exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which results in the patient endurance of the same passion which we also endure.

7So may our hope for you be made firm, knowing that, just as you are participants in the suffering, so also shall you be participants in the consolation.

8For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our tribulation, which happened to us in Asia. For we were weighed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we became weary, even of life itself.

9But we had within ourselves the response to death, so that we would not have faith in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

10He has rescued us, and he is rescuing us, from great peril. In him, we hope that he will continue to rescue us.

11And you are assisting, with your prayers for us, so that from many persons, by that which is a gift in us, thanks may be given through many persons, because of us.

12For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.

13For we write nothing else to you other than what you have read and understood. And I hope that you will continue to understand, even unto the end.

14And just as you have acknowledged us in our role, that we are your glory, so also you are ours, unto the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15And with this confidence, I wanted to come to you sooner, so that you might have a second grace,

16and through you to pass into Macedonia, and to return to you again from Macedonia, and so be led by you on my way to Judea.

17Then, although I had intended this, did I act lightly? Or in the things that I consider, do I consider according to the flesh, so that there would be, with me, both Yes and No?

18But God is faithful, so our word, which was set before you, was not, in him, both Yes and No.

19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you through us, through myself and Sylvanus and Timothy, was not Yes, and No; but was simply Yes in him.

20For whatever promises are of God are, in him, Yes. For this reason, too, through him: Amen to God for our glory.

21Now the One who confirms us with you in Christ, and who has anointed us, is God.

22And he has sealed us, and he has placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

23But I call God as a witness to my soul, that I was lenient with you, in that I did not return to Corinth:

24not because we have dominion over your faith, but because we are assistants of your joy. For by faith you stand.