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:

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

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble by the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us:

For we write no other things to you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye will acknowledge even to the end;

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, to the glory of God by us.

And I wrote this same to you, lest, coming I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

But if any hath caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

For to this end also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men:

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Knowing, that he who raised the Lord Jesus, will raise us also by Jesus, and will present us with you.

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace may, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God.

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he hath done, whether good or bad.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

And that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and rose again.

Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

And all things are from God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you;

And I will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Great is my boldness of speech towards you, great is my glorying concerning you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

For behold this very thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what avenging! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: and exceedingly the more we rejoiced for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

For if I have boasted any thing to him concerning you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

And his tender affection is more abundant towards you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God:

Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

Now therefore finish the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;

And God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

While by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution to them, and to all men;

And having in a readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Let such one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you.

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

But though I am rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so will I keep myself.

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them who desire occasion; that in what they glory, they may be found even as we.

Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.