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2 Corinthians 1

1PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,anapostleἀπόστολοςapostolosG652ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424throughthewillofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,andTimothyΤιμόθεοςTimotheosG5095ourbrotherἀδελφὸςadelphosG80, untothechurchἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiaG1577ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316whichisG1510atCorinthΚορίνθῳKorinthōG2882,withallthesaintsἁγίοιςhagioisG40thatareG1510inthewholeG3650ofAchaiaἈχαΐᾳ·AchaiaG882:

2GraceχάριςcharisG5485toyouandpeaceεἰρήνηeirēnēG1515fromGodθεοῦtheouG2316ourFatherπατρὸςpatrosG3962andtheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦ.¶ChristouG5547.

3BlessedbetheGodθεὸςtheosG2316andFatherπατὴρpatērG3962ofourLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547,theFatherπατὴρpatērG3962ofmerciesandGodθεὸςtheosG2316ofallcomfortπαρακλήσεως,paraklēseōsG3874;

4whocomfortethusinallourafflictionG2347,thatwemaybeableδύνασθαιdunasthaiG1410tocomfortπαρακλήσεωςparaklēseōsG3874themthatareinanyafflictionG2347,throughthecomfortG3874wherewithweourselvesarecomfortedG3870ofGodθεοῦ·theouG2316.

5ForasthesufferingsofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547aboundG4052untous,evenG2532soourcomfortπαράκλησιςparaklēsisG3874alsoκαὶkaiG2532aboundeththroughChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547.

6Butwhetherweareafflicted,itisforyourcomfortπαρακλήσεωςparaklēseōsG3874andsalvationσωτηρίαςsōtēriasG4991;orwhetherwearecomfortedG3870,itisforyourcomfortπαρακλήσεωςparaklēseōsG3874,whichworkethinthepatientG5281enduringofthesameαὐτῶνautōnG846sufferingswhichwealsoG2532sufferπάσχομεν,paschomenG3958:

7andourhopeG1680foryouisG1510stedfast;knowingthat,asyeareG1510partakersG2844ofthesufferings,soalsoκαὶkaiG2532areG1510yeofthecomfortπαρακλήσεως.¶paraklēseōsG3874.

8Forwewouldnothaveyouignorantἀγνοεῖν,agnoeinG50,brethren,concerningG5228ourafflictionθλίψεωςthlipseōsG2347whichbefellusinAsiaἈσίᾳAsiaG773,thatwewereweigheddownG2596exceedingly,beyondourpowerδύναμινdunaminG1411, insomuchthatwedespairedevenκαὶkaiG2532oflife:

9yea,weourselveshavehadthesentenceofdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288withinourselves,thatweshouldnottrustπεποιθότεςpepoithotesG3982inourselves,butinGodθεῷtheōG2316whoraiseththedeadνεκρούς·nekrousG3498:

10whodeliveredἐρρύσατοerrusatoG4506usoutofsogreatτηλικούτουtēlikoutouG5082adeathθανάτουthanatouG2288,andwilldeliverῥύσεταιrhusetaiG4506:onwhomwehavesetourhopeἠλπίκαμενēlpikamenG1679thathewillalsoG2532stillἔτιetiG2089deliverῥύσεταιrhusetaiG4506us;

11yealsoκαὶkaiG2532helpingtogetheronourbehalfG5228byyoursupplicationδεήσει,deēseiG1162;that,forthegiftG5486bestoweduponusbymeansofmanyπολλῶνpollōnG4183,thanksεὐχαριστηθῇeucharistēthēaG2168maybegivenG2168bymanyπολλῶνpollōnG4183personsonourbehalfG5228.

12ForourgloryingisG1510this,thetestimonyμαρτύριονmarturionG3142ofourconscienceσυνειδήσεωςsuneidēseōsG4893,thatinholinessandsincerityεἰλικρινείᾳeilikrineiaG1505ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316,notinfleshlyσαρκικῇsarkikēaG4559wisdomσοφίᾳsophiaG4678butinthegraceχάριτιcharitiG5485ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,webehavedourselvesintheworldκόσμῳ,kosmōG2889,andmoreπερισσοτέρωςperissoterōsG4056abundantlytoyou-ward.

13ForwewriteγράφομενgraphomenG1125nootherἄλλαallaG243thingsG3739untoyou,thanwhatyereadἀναγινώσκετεanaginōsketeG314orevenκαὶkaiG2532acknowledge,andIhopeἐλπίζωelpizōG1679yewillacknowledgeuntotheendτέλουςtelousG5056:

14asalsoκαὶkaiG2532yedidacknowledgeusinpartμέρουςmerousG3313,thatweareG1510yourglorying,evenG2532asyealsoκαὶkaiG2532areG1510ours,inthedayἡμέρᾳhēmeraG2250ofourLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦ.¶IēsouG2424.

15AndinthisconfidenceπεποιθήσειpepoithēseiG4006Iwasmindedtocomeἐλθεῖν,eltheinG2064firstuntoyou,thatyemighthaveasecondG1208benefit;

16andbyyoutopassδιελθεῖνdieltheinG1330intoMacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonianG3109,andagainπάλινpalinG3825fromMacedoniaΜακεδονίαςMakedoniasG3109tocomeἐλθεῖνeltheinG2064untoyou,andofyoutobeset forwardonmyjourneyunto Judæa.

17WhenIthereforeοὖνounG3767wasᾖēG1510thusminded,didIshow fickleness?orthethingsG3778thatIpurposeβουλεύομαιbouleuomaiG1011,doIpurposeβουλεύομαι,bouleuomaiG1011accordingκατὰkataG2596tothefleshσάρκαsarkaG4561,thatwithmethereshouldbeG1510theyea yeaandthenay nay?

18ButasGodθεός,theosG2316isG1510faithfulπιστὸςpistosG4103,ourwordλόγοςlogosG3056towardyouisG1510notyeaandnay.

19FortheSonυἱὸςhuiosG5207ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,JesusἸησοῦςIēsousG2424ChristΧριστὸςChristosG5547,whowaspreachedG2784amongyoubyus,evenG2532bymeandSilvanusΣιλουανοῦSilouanouG4610andTimothyΤιμοθέου,TimotheouG5095,wasnotyeaandnay,butinhimisyea.

20ForhowG3745manyὅσαιhosaiG3745soeverbethepromisesG1860ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316,inhimistheyea:whereforealsoκαὶkaiG2532throughhimistheAmenἀμὴνamēnG281, untothegloryδόξανdoxanG1391ofGodθεῷtheōG2316throughus.

21NowδὲdeG1161hethatestablishethuswithyouinChristΧριστὸνChristonG5547,andanointedχρίσαςchrisasG5548us,isGodθεός,theosG2316;

22whoalsoG2532sealedσφραγισάμενοςsphragisamenosG4972us,andgaveG1325ustheearnestoftheSpiritπνεύματοςpneumatosG4151inourheartsκαρδίαιςkardiaisG2588.

23ButIcallἐπικαλοῦμαιepikaloumaiG1941GodθεὸνtheonG2316forawitnessμάρτυραmarturaG3144uponmysoulψυχὴνpsuchēnG5590,thattospareG5339youIforbaretocomeἦλθονēlthonG2064untoCorinthΚόρινθον·KorinthonG2882.

24Notthatwehavelordshipoveryourfaithπίστεως,pisteōsG4102,butareG1510helpersofyourjoyχαρᾶςcharasG5479:forinfaithπίστειpisteiG4102yestandG2476fast.

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