SCRIPTURE
2 Corinthians 1:1–11
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- 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
- 1:2
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
- 1:4
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
- 1:5
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
- 1:6
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
- 1:7
And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
- 1:8
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
- 1:9
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
- 1:10
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- 1:11
as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.