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.

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

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

even as you have recognized us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us; by me and Silas and Timothy; was not yes and no, but in Him was, yes!

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

For it is God who said, "Out of darkness Light shall shine;" who shone in our hearts to give the brightness of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

always bearing about the dying of the Lord Jesus in the body, so that the life of Jesus also might be revealed in our body.

For we who live are always being delivered to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus might also be revealed in our body.

knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus shall also raise us up by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, in order that you might be made rich through His poverty.

For if, indeed, the one coming proclaims another Jesus, whom we have not proclaimed, or if you receive another spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel, which you never accepted, you might well endure these .

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I do not lie.

examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith, prove your own selves. Do you not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are reprobates?

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.