哥林多后书 1
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1 奉上帝旨意作基督耶稣使徒的保罗和弟兄提摩太，写信给在哥林多上帝的教会和全亚该亚的众圣徒。 2 愿恩惠、平安t从我们的父上帝和主耶稣基督归给你们！
3 愿颂赞归于上帝—我们主耶稣基督的父；他是发慈悲的父，赐各样安慰的上帝。 4 我们在一切患难中，他安慰我们，使我们能用上帝所赐的安慰去安慰那些遭各样患难的人。 5 正如我们跟基督同受许多苦楚，我们也靠基督得许多安慰。 6 如果我们受患难，那是为使你们得安慰，得拯救；如果我们得安慰，那也是为使你们得安慰，这安慰能使你们忍受我们所受同样的苦楚。 7 我们为你们所存的盼望是确定的，因为知道你们分担了我们的痛苦，也要分享我们的安慰。
8 弟兄们，我们不要你们不知道，我们从前在亚细亚遭遇苦难，因受到无法忍受的压力，甚至连活命的指望都没有了。 9 自己心里也断定是必死无疑，这是要使我们不依靠自己，只依靠使死人复活的上帝。 10 他曾救我们脱离那极大的死亡，他要继续救我们，而且我们指望他将来还要救我们。 11 你们也要一同用祈祷来帮助我们，好使许多人为我们感恩，因着他们许多的祷告，我们获得了恩赐。
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12 我们所夸的是：我们在世为人，特别是跟你们的关系，是凭着上帝所赐的坦率和真诚，不是靠人的聪明，而是靠上帝的恩惠；这是我们的良心可以作证的。 13 我们现在写给你们的话，无非是你们所能诵读、所能明白的，我也盼望你们真能彻底明白。 14 你们已经有几分认识我们，在我们主耶稣t的日子，你们会以我们为荣，正像我们也以你们为荣。
15 既然我这样深信，早就有意先到你们那里去，让你们得加倍的益处。 16 我要路过你们那里往马其顿去，再从马其顿回到你们那里，让你们给我送行往犹太去。 17 我有此意，难道是反覆不定吗？难道我的意愿是从私欲起的，以致我忽是忽非吗？ 18 我指着信实的上帝说，我们向你们所传的道并非又是又非的。 19 因为，我、西拉和提摩太在你们中间传上帝的儿子耶稣基督，从没有“又是又非”的；在他只有一个“是”。 20 上帝的应许，不论有多少，在基督都是“是”的。所以，我们藉着他说“阿们”，使上帝因我们得荣耀。 21 那在基督里坚固我们和你们，并且膏抹我们的，就是上帝。 22 他在我们身上盖了印，并赐圣灵在我们心里作凭据。
23 我指着我的性命求告上帝作证，我没有再往哥林多去是为了要宽容你们。 24 我们并不是要控制你们的信心，而是要作你们的同工，让你们得快乐，因为你们在信仰上已经站得稳了。
2 CORINTHIANS 1
1 t From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and from Timothy, who is also a follower.
To God's church in Corinth and to all of God's people in Achaia.
2 I pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!Paul Gives Thanks
3 Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! The Father is a merciful God, who always gives us comfort. 4 He comforts us when we are in trouble, so that we can share this same comfort with others in trouble. 5 We share in the terrible sufferings of Christ, but also in the wonderful comfort he gives. 6 We suffer in the hope that you will be comforted and saved. And because we are comforted, you will also be comforted, as you patiently endure suffering like ours.
7 You never disappoint us. You suffered as much as we did, and we know that you will be comforted as we were.
8 t My friends, I want you to know what a hard time we had in Asia. Our sufferings were so horrible and so unbearable that death seemed certain. 9 In fact, we felt sure we were going to die. But this made us stop trusting in ourselves and start trusting God, who raises the dead to life. 10 God saved us from the threat of death, t and we are sure that he will do it again and again.
11 Please help us by praying for us. Then many people will give thanks for the blessings we receive in answer to all these prayers.Paul's Change of Plans
12 We can be proud of our clear conscience. We have always lived honestly and sincerely, especially when we were with you. And we were guided by God's gift of undeserved grace instead of by the wisdom of this world. 13 I am not writing anything you cannot read and understand. I hope you will understand it completely,
14 just as you already partly understand us. Then when our Lord Jesus returns, you can be as proud of us as we are of you.
15 I was so sure of your pride in us that I had planned to visit you first of all. In this way you would have the blessing of two visits from me— 16 tonce on my way to Macedonia and again on my return from there. Then you could send me on to Judea. 17 Do you think I couldn't make up my mind about what to do? Or do I seem like someone who says “Yes” or “No” simply to please others? 18 God can be trusted, and so can I, when I say our answer to you has always been “Yes” and never “No.”
19 t This is because Jesus Christ the Son of God is always “Yes” and never “No.” And he is the one Silas, t Timothy, and I told you about.
20 Christ says “Yes” to all God's promises. This is why we have Christ to say “Amen”t for us to the glory of God. 21 And so God makes it possible for you and us to stand firmly together with Christ. God is also the one who chose us
22 and put his Spirit in our hearts to show that we belong only to him.
23 God is my witness that I stayed away from Corinth, just to keep from being hard on you. 24 We are not bosses who tell you what to believe. We are working with you to make you glad, because your faith is strong.