Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, and all the saints that are in Achaia:

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, but what ye own and acknowledge, and I hope ye will always acknowledge.

knowing that He, who raised up the Lord Jesus, will raise up us also by Jesus, and 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 hath said, "I will dwell in them, and I will 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 ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch no unclean thing," and I will receive you:

and I will be a father unto you, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

And this they did not merely as we hoped, but first gave themselves unto the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

Now therefore perfect also the doing it; that as there was a readiness of will, so there may be also a performance according to your ability.

But we will not glory of things beyond our bounds, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath given to us, a measure to come even unto you.

And when I was present among you, and in want, I was chargeable to no one. For the brethren that came from Macedonia supplied my want: and in every thing I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself.

God knoweth. But what I do, I will do, that I may cut off occasion from those that desire an occasion of boasting or censure, that in what they boast of they may be found to do even as we do.

Since many boast in the flesh, I will boast also.

If I must boast, I will boast of the things which relate to my infirmity.

To boast indeed does not become me: but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

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

And He said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is manifested in thy weakness." With the greatest pleasure therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your substance, but your selves. For children are not expected to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

And I will with the greatest pleasure spend and be spent for your souls; even though the more I love you, the less I should be loved.

I said before, and I again tell you beforehand, as if I were present the second time; and being absent I now write to those who have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare:

But I hope ye will soon know that we are not disapproved.

Finally, my brethren, farewel: be reformed, be exhorted, be of one mind, live in peace: and the God of love and peace will be with you.