哥林多后书 1
1 问候
我是奉上帝旨意做基督耶稣使徒的保罗，与提摩太弟兄写信给在哥林多的上帝的教会以及亚该亚境内所有的圣徒。
2 愿我们的父上帝和主耶稣基督赐给你们恩典和平安！
上帝的安慰
3 我们主耶稣基督的父上帝当受赞美！祂是仁慈的父和赐一切安慰的上帝。4 我们遭遇任何患难，祂都安慰我们，使我们能够用祂给我们的安慰去安慰那些在各样患难中的人。5 正如我们多受基督所受的苦楚，也靠基督多得安慰。6 我们遭受患难，是为了使你们得到安慰和拯救；我们得到安慰，也是为了使你们得到安慰，以便你们能忍受像我们所遭遇的诸般苦难。7 我们对你们坚信不移，因为知道你们既和我们同受患难，也必和我们同得安慰。
8 弟兄姊妹，希望你们知道我们在亚细亚所遭遇的苦难。那时我们承受极大的压力，超过了我们的极限，甚至连活命的指望都没了。9 我们心里觉得必死无疑，这使我们不倚靠自己，只倚靠使死人复活的上帝。10 祂曾救我们脱离死亡的威胁，将来还要救我们。我们深信祂必继续救我们。11 你们也要用祈祷帮助我们，使恩典借着许多人的祷告临到我们，众人便因此而为我们感恩。
保罗改变计划
12 我们感到自豪的是：我们本着上帝所赐的圣洁和诚实为人处世，倚靠祂的恩典，不倚靠人的聪明才智，对待你们更是这样。这一点，我们的良心可以作证。13-14 我们不写任何你们读不懂、不明白的内容。你们现在对我们有几分认识，但我盼望你们最终完全认识到：当主耶稣再来的日子，你们将以我们为荣，正如我们将以你们为荣一样。
15 我有这样的把握，所以早就计划去你们那里，使你们有两次蒙福的机会。16 我打算从你们那里去马其顿，再从马其顿回到你们那里，然后你们为我送行前往犹太。17 我定了这计划，难道会反复无常吗？难道我是意气用事，出尔反尔吗？18 我在信实的上帝面前保证：我们对你们说的话绝不会忽是忽非！19 我和西拉、提摩太在你们当中所传扬的那位上帝的儿子耶稣基督绝不会忽是忽非，在祂只有“是”。20 因为上帝的一切应许在基督里都是确实的，所以我们也是借着基督说“阿们t”，将荣耀归于上帝。21 是上帝使我们和你们一同在基督里信心坚固。祂差遣t了我们，22 在我们身上盖了祂自己的印记，并让圣灵住在我们心中作担保。
23 我求上帝为我作证：我没有去哥林多，是为了宽容你们。24 我们并不是要操纵你们的信仰，而是要帮助你们，使你们喜乐，因为你们在信仰上已经站稳了。
2 Corinthians 1
Salutation
1 From Paul,t an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth,s with all the saints who are in all Achaia.t
2 Grace and peace to yout from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Thanksgiving for God’s Comfort
3 Blessed ist the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,4 who comforts us in all our troublest so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any troublet with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.5 For just as the sufferingst of Christt overflowt toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.t6 But if we are afflicted,t it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.7 And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share int our sufferings, so also you will share int our comfort.8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,t regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia,t that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us,t so that we would not trust in ourselvest but in God who raises the dead.10 Het delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on himt thats he will deliver us yet again,
11 as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to Godt on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.
Paul Defends His Changed Plans
12 For our reason for confidencet is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motivesst and sincerity which are from Godt – not by human wisdomt but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the moret toward you.13 For we do not write you anything other than whatt you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completelyt14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ourst in the day of the Lord Jesus.s15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,t16 and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come backt to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.17 Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I?t Or do I make my planst according to mere human standardst so that I would be sayingt both “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?18 But as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us – by me and Silvanuss and Timothy – was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has always been “Yes” in him.20 For every one of God’s promises are “Yes” in him; therefore also through him the “Amen” is spoken, to the glory we give to God.21 But it is God who establishest us together with you in Christ and who anointed us,t
22 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.ts
23 Now I appeal to God as my witness,t that to sparet you I did not come again to Corinth.ss24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.t
