2 Corinthians 2:7 — 2 Corinthians 3:11

7 So that on the contrary you should rather ^1aforgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

8 Therefore I exhort you to ¹confirm your ^alove toward him.

9 For to this end also I ^awrote, that I might ¹know your ²approvedness, whether you are ^bobedient in all things.

10 But whom you ^1aforgive anything, I also ¹forgive; for also what I have ²forgiven, if I have ²forgiven anything, it is for your sake in the ³person of Christ;

11 That we may not be taken advantage of by ^1aSatan, for we are not ^bignorant of his ^2cschemes.

12 ¹Furthermore, when I came to ^aTroas for the gospel of Christ and a ^bdoor was open to me ²in the Lord,

13 I had no rest in my ^1aspirit, for I did not find ^bTitus my brother; but taking leave of them, I went forth into ^2cMacedonia.

14 But ^athanks be to God, who always ¹leads ²us in ^btriumph in ³the Christ and manifests the ^4csavor of the ^dknowledge of Him through ⁵us in every place.

15 For we ¹are a ^afragrance of Christ to God in those who are being ^bsaved and in those who are ^cperishing:

16 To some a ^asavor out of death ¹unto ^bdeath, and to the others a savor out of life ¹unto ^clife. And who is ^2dsufficient for these things?

17 For we are not like the many, ^1aadulterating the word of God for profit; but as out of ^bsincerity, but as out of God, before God we ²speak in Christ.

CHAPTER 3

1 Are we beginning again to ^acommend ourselves? Or do we need, as some do, ^bletters of commendation to you or from you?

2 You are ¹our ^aletter, inscribed in ²our hearts, known and read by all men,

3 Since you are being manifested that you are a ¹letter of Christ ²ministered by us, inscribed not with ink but ³with the ^aSpirit of the ^bliving God; not in ^ctablets of stone but in tablets of ^4dhearts of flesh.

4 And such ^aconfidence we have through Christ toward God,

5 Not that we are ^1asufficient of ourselves to ²account anything as from ourselves; but our ³sufficiency is ^bfrom God,

6 Who has also made us ^asufficient as ^bministers of a ^cnew covenant, ministers not of the ¹letter but of the ^2dSpirit; for the ³letter kills, but the ^4eSpirit gives life.

7 Moreover if the ¹ministry of ^adeath, engraved in ^bstone in letters, came about in ^2cglory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, a glory which was being done away with,

8 How shall the ^1aministry of the ^bSpirit not be more in ²glory?

9 For if there is glory with the ministry of ^1acondemnation, much more the ministry of ^2brighteousness ³abounds with glory.

10 For also that which has been ¹glorified ²in this respect ³has not been glorified on account of the surpassing glory.

11 For if that which was ¹being done away with was ²through ^aglory, much more that which remains is in ^bglory.

2 Corinthians 1:12 — 2 Corinthians 2:6

12 For our boasting is this, the testimony of our ^1aconscience, that in ²singleness and ^3bsincerity of God, not in ⁴fleshly ^cwisdom but in the ^5dgrace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

13 For no other things do we write to you than what you read or even know; and I hope that you will know unto the end,

14 Even as also you know us ^ain part, that we are your ^bboast, just as you also are ^cours in the ^1dday of our Lord Jesus.

15 And in this confidence I intended to ^acome to you previously that you might have ¹double ^bgrace,

16 And through you to pass through into ^1aMacedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you and be sent forward by you into ^bJudea.

17 This therefore intending, did I then use fickleness? Or the things which I purpose, do I purpose ^aaccording to the flesh, so that with me there should be Yes, yes and No, no?

18 ¹But as God is ^afaithful, our ^2bword toward you is not yes and no.

19 ¹For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you through us, through me and ²Silvanus and Timothy, did not become yes and no, but our word has become ^ayes in Him.

20 ¹For as many ^apromises of God as there are, in ²Him is the ³Yes; therefore also through ²Him is ⁴the ^bAmen to God, ⁵for ^cglory through ⁶us to God.

21 ¹But the One who ²firmly attaches ³us ⁴with you unto ⁵Christ and has ^6aanointed us is God,

22 He who has also ^1asealed us and given the Spirit in our ²hearts as a ^3bpledge.

23 But I call on God as a ^awitness ¹against my ^bsoul that to ^2cspare you I have not yet ^dcome to Corinth.

24 Not that we ^alord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy; for by ¹faith you ^bstand.

CHAPTER 2

1 But I ¹determined this for myself, that I would not ^acome again to you in ^bsorrow.

2 For if I cause you sorrow, who then is the one who makes me glad, except the one who is made sorrowful by me?

3 And I ^1awrote this very thing to you that when I come I would ^bnot have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice, having ^cconfidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I ^awrote to you through many ^btears, not that you would be made sorrowful but that you would know the ^clove which I have more abundantly toward you.

5 But if anyone has caused ^asorrow, he has not caused me to sorrow, but ^bin part (lest I ¹lay too heavy a burden) all of you.

6 Sufficient for such a one is this ^apunishment by the majority,

1 Corinthians 16:11 — 2 Corinthians 1:11

11 Let no one therefore ^adespise him, but ^bsend him forward in ^cpeace that he may come to me; for I am awaiting him with the brothers.

12 And ¹concerning our brother ^aApollos, ²I urged him many times to come to you with the brothers; yet it was ²not at all his desire to come now, but he ^bwill come when he has opportunity.

13 ^aWatch, ^1bstand firm in the ^2cfaith, be ^3dfull-grown men, be ^estrong.

14 Let all your matters be done in ^1alove.

15 Now I exhort you, brothers: You know the household of ^aStephanas, that it is the ^bfirstfruits of ^cAchaia, and they have set themselves to minister to the ^dsaints;

16 You also be ^asubject to such ones, and to everyone co-working and ^blaboring.

17 Now I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these have ^afilled up the lack caused by your absence;

18 For they ^1arefreshed my ^2bspirit and yours. ^cAcknowledge therefore such ones.

19 The ^achurches of ^bAsia greet you. ^cAquila and Prisca greet you much in the Lord, with the ¹church, which is in their ^dhouse.

20 All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy ^akiss.

21 ¹The greeting in my own ^ahand — Paul.

22 If anyone does not ^alove the Lord, let him be ^1baccursed! ²The ^cLord comes!

23 The ^1agrace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

24 My ^1alove in Christ Jesus be with you all.

CHAPTER 1

1 Paul, an ^aapostle of Christ Jesus through the ¹will of God, and ^bTimothy the brother, to the ^2cchurch of God which is ³in Corinth, ⁴with all the saints who are in the whole of ^5dAchaia:

2 ^aGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 ^aBlessed be the ^bGod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of ¹compassions and God of all ^2ccomfort;

4 Who ^acomforts us in all our ^baffliction that we may be ¹able to comfort those who are in every affliction through the ^ccomforting with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

5 For even as the ^1asufferings of ²the Christ abound unto us, so through ²the Christ our comfort also abounds.

6 But whether we are ^aafflicted, it is for your comforting and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comforting, which operates in the endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

7 And our hope for you is firm, knowing that as you are partakers of the ^asufferings, so also you are of the comfort.

8 For we do not want you to be ^aignorant, brothers, of our affliction which befell us in ^bAsia, that we were excessively ^1cburdened, beyond ourpower, so that we ^2ddespaired even of ³living.

9 ¹Indeed we ourselves had the ²response of ^adeath in ourselves, that we should ^bnot base our ^cconfidence on ourselves but ^don ³God, who ^eraises the dead;

10 Who has ^adelivered us out of so great a death, and ¹will deliver us; in whom we have ^bhoped that He will also yet deliver us,

11 If you also ¹help in this by ^apetition on our behalf, that for the ²gift to us through many, ^bthanks may be given by many ³persons on our behalf.