1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:stylus2 Timothy 1:1, 2 Timothy 1:1, Ephesians 1:1, Philippians 1:1, Ephesians 1:12Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.stylusRomans 1:7, Romans 1:7, Philippians 1:2, Ephesians 6:23, Philippians 1:23Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,stylus1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:3, Ephesians 1:3, Ephesians 1:3, Romans 15:54who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.stylus1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:165For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.stylusColossians 1:24, Colossians 1:24, Philippians 3:10, Philippians 3:10, Philippians 1:206If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.stylus2 Timothy 2:10, 2 Timothy 2:10, 2 Corinthians 4:15, 2 Corinthians 4:18, 2 Corinthians 1:47And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.stylusRomans 8:17, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:17, Romans 8:18, 2 Thessalonians 1:48We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.stylus2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 4:12, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 4:12, 1 Corinthians 4:89Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.stylus2 Corinthians 3:5, 2 Corinthians 3:5, Hebrews 11:19, Hebrews 11:19, Romans 4:1710He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,stylus1 Timothy 4:10, 1 Timothy 4:10, 2 Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 2:9, Psalms 34:1911as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.stylusPhilippians 1:19, Philippians 1:19, 2 Corinthians 4:15, 2 Corinthians 4:15, Acts 12:512And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.stylus2 Corinthians 2:17, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 2 Corinthians 2:17, 1 Corinthians 2:13, James 3:1313For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,stylus2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 4:2, Philemon 1:6, Philemon 1:6, 2 Corinthians 5:1114as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.stylus1 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:20, Philippians 2:16, 1 Corinthians 1:815Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.stylusRomans 1:11, 1 Corinthians 4:19, Romans 1:11, 1 Corinthians 4:19, Romans 15:2916I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.stylus1 Corinthians 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:7, 1 Corinthians 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:7, Acts 21:517When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?stylusMatthew 5:37, Matthew 5:37, James 5:12, James 5:12, 2 Corinthians 10:218But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”stylus1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Corinthians 1:9, Revelation 3:14, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 3:1419For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”stylusHebrews 13:8, Hebrews 13:8, Revelation 1:17, 2 John 1:9, Revelation 1:1720For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.stylus1 John 2:24, 1 John 2:25, 1 John 2:24, 1 John 2:25, Hebrews 13:821Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,stylus1 John 2:27, 1 John 2:27, 1 John 2:20, 1 Peter 5:10, 1 John 2:2022placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.stylusEphesians 4:30, Ephesians 4:30, 2 Corinthians 5:5, 2 Corinthians 5:5, Ephesians 1:1323I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.stylusGalatians 1:20, Galatians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 4:21, 1 Corinthians 4:21, 2 Corinthians 13:224Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.stylus1 Peter 5:3, 1 Peter 5:3, 1 Corinthians 15:1, 1 Corinthians 15:1, 2 Timothy 2:24