II. Conintaians II. 1.

21 The salutation of_me_Paul with -mine own hand. ,
2 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, 'let_him_be « Anathema ; ™ Ma- ran-atha.
23 The grace of our “Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
24 My «love be with
you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. p
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF_ PAUL 7H# APOSTLE TO 7HEH
CORINTHIANS.
payL an apostle of_Jesus Christ by the will of_God, and Timothy our vbrether, unto_the church of_-God,
*|e1which is tat Corinth, with all the
saints which are in all “Achaia:
2 Grace be to_you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesug Christ.
3 Blessed be -God, even the Father of_our ~Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of_-mercies, and the God of_all co com- fort ;
4 -:Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we -smay_be-_able to_comfort them_which_are in any trtrouble, by the comfort wherewith we_ourselves are_comforted 2 of
5 For eas the sufferings of_-Christ abound in us, so our “consolation also aboundeth ‘by Christ.
6 And whether we_be_afflicted, it 2s for «your consolation and salvation, eswhich is_v effectual in the enduring of_the same sufferings which {we also suffer: or.whether we_be_comforted, it as for ~your consolation and salvation.
7 And our chope / of you 7s stedfast, “knowing, that as ye_are partakers of_ the sufferings, so shall ye be also of_the consolation.
8 For we_'would not, brethren, have you ignorant cof our «trouble which «came to_us in “Asia, that we_were_ pressed out-of measure, above strength, apsomuch that_we despaired even of clife:
® But we “had the sentence of_-death in ourselves, that we_'should not “trust in ourselves, but in “God -+which raiseth the =dead : ;
10 Who delivered us from so_great a death, and doth_deliver: in whom we- ‘trust that He_will ,« yet deliver us ;
M1 Ye also helping _ together by.
-|-prayer for us, that «for the / gift be-
stowed upon us by_the-means_of many persons thanks_*may_be_given by many on our behalf.
12 For our 4orrejoicing is this, the testimony of_our «conscience, that in
simplicity and sgodly sincerity, not
twith fleshly wisdom, but : by the grace of_God, we_have-_had _our_? conversa- tion in the world, and more_abundant- ly to you_ward. ;
13 Kor we_write none other_things unto_you, than what ye_read or ,«ac- knowledge; and I_h trust ye-shall_ac- knowledge even to the end;
14 e As also ye_have_acknowledged us in part, that we_are your Uorejoicing, even_as pe also are our’s in the day of- the Lord Jesus.
15 And in this_-confidence I_-was_ minded to_-come unto you before, that ye_'might_have a second benefit ;
16 And to_pass ‘by you into Mace- donia, and to_come again Jout_of Macedonia unto you, and byof you to_ *be_brought_on_my_way toward -Ju- dea.
17 1When_I therefore was thus mind- ed, did_I_use -lightness ? or the things_ that I_purpose, do_I_purpose accord- ing_to the flesh, that with me there_ 'should_be yea yea, and «nay nay?
18 But as -God is true, our «word ‘toward you was not yea and nay. ;
19 For the Son of_-God, Jesus Christ, who *+was_preached among you ‘by us, even tby me and Silvanus and # Timo- theus, was not yea and nay, but in Him “was yea.
20 For wall the promises of_God in Him are -yea, and in Him «Amen, unto the glory of_-God ¢by us.
21 Now He-_which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and -shath_anointed us, 7s God;
22 Who -shath also sealed us, and «given the earnest of_the Spirit in our chearts.
23 Moreover £ call -God for_a_wire- cord upon -my soul, that 4to_spare you I_came not-as_yet unto Corinth.
24 Not for_that we_have_dominion_ over your, your “joy: for by_-faith ye_stand.
2 BUT I_determined this with_my- self, that I_-would not come again to you in s heaviness.
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cometh. Aramaic.
A.D. 60 and 4— 64. a
in, b. behaviour.
aa. also. h. hope.
14, 1 Thess. 2, 19, 20.
e. Even-as.
bo. boasting.
15. Rom. 1, 11, 12.
t. through. J. from, by, by.
19. Acts 18. 5.
t. through.
ti. Timothy, as in v. 1.
aby
8, SOITOW.