2 Corinthians 8:1 — 2 Corinthians 8:24

1 Furthermore we make known to you, brothers, the ^1agrace of God which has been given in the churches of ^bMacedonia,

2 That in much ¹proving of affliction the abundance of their joy and the depth of their ^apoverty abounded unto the riches of their ^2bliberality;

3 That according to their power, I testify, and beyond their power, ^aof their own accord,

4 With much entreaty they besought of us the ¹grace and the fellowship of the ^aministry to the saints;

5 And this, not as we had hoped, but they ^agave themselves ¹first to the Lord, ²and to us ³through the will of God.

6 So we entreated ^aTitus that, even as he began before, so also he would complete for you this ^1bgrace ²as well.

7 But just as you ^aabound in everything, in faith and in ¹word and in ^bknowledge and in all ^2cearnestness and in ³the love in you ⁴from us, abound in this ⁵grace also.

8 I am ^anot speaking by way of command but through the earnestness of others, proving also the genuineness of your love.

9 For you know the ^1agrace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor in order that you, because of His poverty, might become ^brich.

10 And I give my ^1aopinion in this matter, for this is profitable for you who were the first to begin ^ba year ago not only to do this but even to intend to do this.

11 But now complete also the doing, so that as there was the ^aeagerness in intending, so also there would be the completing out of what you ^bhave.

12 For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

13 For it is not that to others there would be relief, yet to you affliction,

14 But it is out of equality; at the present time your abundance for their ^alack that their abundance also may be for your lack, so that there may be equality;

15 As it is written, ^1a“He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no lack.”

16 But ^athanks be to God who puts the same ^1bearnestness on your behalf in the heart of ^cTitus,

17 Because he not only received the ^1aentreaty, but being more earnest, he also went forth ^bof his own accord to you.

18 And we sent together with him the ^abrother whose praise in the gospel is throughout ^ball the churches,

19 And not only this, but who has also been selected by the churches as our fellow traveler in this ^1agrace which is being ministered by us, to the ^bglory of the Lord Himself and to demonstrate our ^ceagerness;

20 ¹Avoiding this, that anyone should find fault with us in this ²abundance which is being ministered by us.

21 For we ¹exercise foresight for what is honorable not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the sight of men.

22 And we sent with them ¹our brother, whom we have proved to be ²diligent in many things many times, yet now much more ²diligent because of the great ^aconfidence he has toward you.

23 Whether concerning ^aTitus, he is my ^bpartner and ^cfellow worker for you; or our brothers, they are ¹apostles of the churches, they are Christ’s glory.

24 Show therefore to them, in the face of the churches, the proof of your love and of our ^aboasting on your behalf.

2 Corinthians 7:1 — 2 Corinthians 7:16

1 ¹Therefore since we have ²these promises, beloved, let us ^acleanse ourselves from all ³defilement of flesh and of ^bspirit, ⁴perfecting ^choliness in the ^5dfear of God.

2 ^1aMake room for us; we have ^2bwronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken ^cadvantage of no one.

3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I have said before that you are ¹in our hearts for our dying together and our living together.

4 Great is my ^aboldness toward you, great is my ^bboasting on your behalf; I am filled with ^1ccomfort, I overflow with ^1djoy in all our ^eaffliction.

5 For even when we came into ^aMacedonia, our ¹flesh had no rest, but we were ^bafflicted in everything; without were ^cfightings, within were fears.

6 But He who ^acomforts those who are ¹downcast, that is, God, ^2bcomforted us by the ³coming of ^cTitus;

7 And not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted because of you, declaring to us your ^alonging, your lamentation, your ^bzeal for me, so that I ^crejoiced the more.

8 For though I caused you ^asorrow by the ¹letter, I do not regret it. Even if I ²did regret it (for I see that that letter, even if for an hour, ³caused you sorrow),

9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to ¹repentance; for you were made ^2asorrowful according to God, that in nothing you might suffer loss from us.

10 For sorrow according to God works ^arepentance unto ¹salvation, which is without regret; but the ^bsorrow of the world works out death.

11 For behold this very thing, your being made sorrowful according to God, what ^1aearnestness it has ²worked out in you, ³indeed what⁴defense, indeed what ⁵indignation, indeed what ⁶fear, indeed what ^7blonging, indeed what ^8czeal, indeed what ^9dpunishment! In everything you have commended yourselves to be pure in ¹⁰the matter.

12 So then, though I ^awrote to you, it was not for the sake of ¹him who did the wrong, nor for the sake of ²him who was wronged, but for the sake of ³manifesting to you before God your earnestness for us.

13 Because of this we have been ^acomforted. And in addition to our comfort, we ^brejoiced ¹more abundantly over the joy of ²Titus, because his ³spirit has been ^crefreshed by all of you.

14 For if in anything I ^aboasted to him on your behalf, I have not been put to shame; on the contrary, as we spoke all things in truth to you, so also our boasting before Titus turned out to be the truth.

15 And his ¹affections are abundantly toward you, he remembering the ^aobedience of you all, how you received him with ^bfear and trembling.

16 I ^arejoice that in everything I ¹have boldness because of you.

2 Corinthians 5:16 — 2 Corinthians 6:18

16 ¹So then we, from now on, ²know no one according to the ^aflesh; even though we have ²known Christ ^baccording to the flesh, yet now we ²know Him so no longer.

17 ¹So then if anyone is ^2ain Christ, he is a ^3bnew creation. The ^4cold things have ^dpassed away; ⁵behold, ⁶they have become ^enew.

18 But ¹all things are out from God, who has ^areconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given to us the ^bministry of reconciliation;

19 Namely, that God ^ain Christ was reconciling the ^bworld to Himself, ^cnot accounting their offenses to them, and has put in us the ¹word of reconciliation.

20 On behalf of Christ then we are ^1aambassadors, as God ^bentreats you through us; we beseech you on behalf of Christ, Be ²reconciled to God.

21 Him who did ¹not know sin He made ^2asin on our behalf that we might become the ^3brighteousness of God ⁴in Him.

CHAPTER 6

1 ¹And working ²together with Him, we also ^3aentreat you not to receive the ^4bgrace of God in vain;

2 For He says, ^a“In an ^bacceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the ^1cwell-acceptable time; behold, now is the ^dday of ²salvation.

3 ¹We give no occasion of stumbling in anything that the ²ministry may not be faulted,

4 But in everything we ^acommend ourselves as ^bministers of God, in much ^1cendurance, in ^dafflictions, in ^2enecessities, in ^fdistresses,

5 In ^astripes, in ^bimprisonments, in ^ctumults, in ^dlabors, in ^1ewatchings, in ²fastings;

6 In pureness, in ^1aknowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in a ^bholy ²spirit, in ^cunfeigned ¹love,

7 In the ^aword of truth, in the ^bpower of God; through the ^1cweapons of righteousness ²on the right and on the left,

8 Through ¹glory and ^adishonor, through ^2bevil report and good report; as ^3cdeceivers and yet ^dtrue;

9 As ¹unknown and yet well known; as ^2adying and yet behold we ^blive; as ³being disciplined and yet ^cnot being put to death;

10 As ¹made ^asorrowful yet always ^brejoicing; as ²poor yet ^cenriching many; as ^3dhaving nothing and yet possessing ^eall things.

11 Our mouth is ^1aopened to you, Corinthians; our heart is ^1benlarged.

12 You are not constricted in us, but you are ¹constricted in your ^2ainward parts.

13 But for a ¹recompense in kind, I speak as to ^2achildren, you also ³be enlarged.

14 ¹Do not become ^2adissimilarly yoked with unbelievers. For what ^3bpartnership do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what ^cfellowship does ^dlight have ⁴with ^edarkness?

15 And what concord does ^aChrist have ¹with Belial? Or what part does a believer have with an ^bunbeliever?

16 And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the ^atemple of the ^1bliving God, even as God said, ^c“I will dwell among them and walk among them; and ^dI will be their God, and they will be My people.”

17 Therefore ^a“come out from their midst and be ¹separated, says the Lord, and do not touch ²what is ^bunclean; and I will ³welcome you”;

18 “And I will be ¹a ^aFather to you, and you will be ^2bsons and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty.”

2 Corinthians 4:16 — 2 Corinthians 5:15

16 Therefore we do ^anot lose heart; but though our ^1bouter man is ²decaying, yet our ^1cinner man is being ^3drenewed day by day.

17 For our ^amomentary lightness of ¹affliction works out for us, ²more and more surpassingly, an ³eternal weight of ^4bglory,

18 Because we do not regard the ¹things which are ^aseen but the ²things which are ^bnot seen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are ^ceternal.

CHAPTER 5

1 ¹For we know that if our ²earthly ^3atabernacle dwelling is taken down, we have a ⁴building ⁵from God, a ⁶dwelling ^bnot made with hands, ^ceternal, ^7din the heavens.

2 For also in ¹this we ^agroan, longing to be ²clothed upon with our ³dwelling place ⁴from heaven,

3 If indeed, being clothed, we will not be found ^1anaked.

4 For also, we who are in this tabernacle groan, being ^1aburdened, ²in that we do not desire to be unclothed, but clothed upon, that ³what is ^bmortal may be ^4cswallowed up by life.

5 Now He who has ¹wrought us for this very thing is God, who has given to us the Spirit as a ^2apledge.

6 Therefore being always of good courage and knowing that while we are ¹at home in the body, we are ¹abroad from the Lord

7 (For we ¹walk by ^afaith, not by ^2bappearance) —

8 We are of good courage then and are well pleased rather ¹to be ^aabroad from the body and at home with the Lord.

9 Therefore also we are ¹determined, whether ²at home or abroad, to gain the honor of being ^awell pleasing to Him.

10 ¹For we must all be ^amanifested before the ^2bjudgment seat of Christ, that each one may ^3creceive the things done ⁴through the body according to what he has practiced, whether good or ⁵bad.

11 ¹Knowing therefore the ^2afear of the Lord, we ³persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; yet I hope that we are made manifest also in your ^bconsciences.

12 We are not again ^acommending ourselves to you, but so speak in order to give you an opportunity to ^bboast on our behalf, that you may ¹have an answer for those who are ^cboasting in ^doutward ²appearance and not in ^3eheart.

13 For whether we were ^1abeside ourselves, it was to God; or whether we are ^2bsober-minded, it is ^cfor you.

14 For the ^1alove of Christ ²constrains us because we ³have judged this, that ^4bOne died for all, ⁵therefore ^call died;

15 And He ^adied for all that those who ^blive may ¹no longer live to themselves but ^2cto Him who died for them and has been raised.

2 Corinthians 3:12 — 2 Corinthians 4:15

12 Therefore since we have such ¹hope, we use much ^2aboldness,

13 And are not like Moses, who put a ^aveil on his face so that the sons of Israel would not gaze ¹at the end of that which was being done away with.

14 But their ^1athoughts were ^bhardened; for until the present day the same veil remains at the ^creading of the old covenant, ²it not being unveiled to them that the veil is being done away with in Christ.

15 Indeed unto this day, whenever ¹Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart;

16 But whenever ¹their heart turns to the Lord, the ^aveil is taken away.

17 ¹And the ²Lord is the ^3aSpirit; and where the ^4bSpirit of the Lord is, there is ^5cfreedom.

18 ¹But ²we all with ³unveiled face, ^4abeholding and reflecting like a ^5bmirror the ^6cglory of the Lord, are ⁷being ^dtransformed into the ⁸same ^eimage ⁹from glory to ^fglory, even as ¹⁰from the ¹¹Lord Spirit.

CHAPTER 4

1 ¹Therefore having ²this ^aministry as we have been shown ^3bmercy, we do ^cnot lose heart;

2 But we have renounced the hidden things of ^ashame, not walking in ^bcraftiness nor ^1cadulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of the ^2dtruth ^ecommending ourselves to every ^fconscience of men before God.

3 And even if our gospel is ¹veiled, it is ^aveiled in those who are ^bperishing,

4 In whom the ^1agod of ^bthis age has ^2cblinded the ^3dthoughts of the unbelievers that the ^4eillumination of the gospel of the ^fglory of Christ, who is the ^gimage of God, might not ⁵shine on them.

5 ¹For we do not ^apreach ourselves but Christ Jesus as ^2bLord, and ourselves as your ^3cslaves for Jesus’ sake.

6 ¹Because the God who said, Out of ^adarkness ^blight shall shine, is the One who shined ²in ³our ^chearts to ^4dilluminate the knowledge of the ^eglory of God in the ⁵face of Jesus Christ.

7 ¹But we have this ^2atreasure in earthen ^bvessels that the ^3cexcellency of the ^dpower may be of God and not out of us.

8 We are ¹pressed on ^aevery side but not ²constricted; unable to find a way out but not ^butterly without a way out;

9 ^1aPersecuted but not ^2babandoned; ³cast down but ^cnot ⁴destroyed;

10 Always bearing about ^ain the body the ^1bputting to ^cdeath of Jesus ²that the ³life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

11 For we who are alive are always being delivered unto ^adeath for Jesus’ sake that the ^blife of ¹Jesus also may be manifested in our ^cmortal ²flesh.

12 So then ^adeath operates in us, but ¹life in you.

13 And having the ¹same ^2aspirit of ^bfaith according to that which is written, ^c“I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak,

14 Knowing that He who ^araised the Lord Jesus will ^1braise us also with Jesus and will ^cmake us stand before Him with you.

15 For ^aall things are ^bfor your sakes that the ^1cgrace which has abounded through the greater number may cause the ^dthanksgiving to abound to the ^eglory of God.