Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the holy who are in all Achaia:

knowing that as ye are sharers in the sufferings, so also ye will be sharers in the comfort.

who delivered us from such peril of death, and is delivering; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us,

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

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

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

"Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not anything unclean;" "and I will receive you,

and will be to you a father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God;

Now therefore perform 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.

Now, he that ministereth seed to the sower, and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

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

But we will not boast of things that are without our measure, but according to the measure of the line which God allotted us,a measure to reach even to you.

not boasting of things that are without measure, in other mens labors, but having hope, when your faith is increased, that our line will through you be still further extended,

and when I was present with you, and in want, I was a charge to no one; (for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied my wants;) and in every thing I kept myself and will keep myself from being burdensome to you.

But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off occasion from those who wish for an occasion, in order that in the matter of which they boast they may be found even as we.

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

If I must boast, I will boast of the things which belong to my weakness.

It is indeed not expedient for me to boast; I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities.

and he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ may abide upon me.

Behold, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more I love you, the less I am loved.

and lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many of those who have sinned already, and did not repent of the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they committed.

I said before, and now say beforehand, as when present the second time, so also absent now, to those who have sinned before, and to all the others, that if I come again, I will not spare;