1:1 From Paul, 1 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, 2 with all the saints who are in all Achaia. 3 1:2 Grace and peace to you 4 from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
1:3 Blessed is 5 the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 1:4 who comforts us in all our troubles 6 so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble 7 with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 1:5 For just as the sufferings 8 of Christ 9 overflow 10 toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you. 11 1:6 But if we are afflicted, 12 it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer. 1:7 And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in 13 our sufferings, so also you will share in 14 our comfort. 1:8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, 15 regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, 16 that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living. 1:9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, 17 so that we would not trust in ourselves 18 but in God who raises the dead. 1:10 He 19 delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him 20 that 21 he will deliver us yet again,