Author: The apostle Paul (1:1).Time of Writing: Approximately A.D. 60, before the Epistle to the Romans was written; see notes 11 and 31 in Acts 20.Place of Writing: Macedonia (2:13 and note 2; 7:5-6; 8:1; 9:2, 4).Recipients: The church of God in Corinth, with all the saints in the whole of Achaia (1:1).
2Co1:1- 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: 2Co1:2-aGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Co1:5- For even as the 1asufferings of 2the Christ abound unto us, so through 2the Christ our comfort also abounds. 2Co1:6- 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. 2Co1:7- And our hope for you is firm, knowing that as you are partakers of the asufferings, so also youare of the comfort. 2Co1:8- For we do not want you to be aignorant, brothers, of our affliction which befell us in bAsia, that we were excessively 1cburdened, beyond our power, so that we 2ddespaired even of 3living. 2Co1:9-1Indeed we ourselves had the 2response of adeath in ourselves, that we should bnot base our cconfidence on ourselves but don3God, who eraises the dead; 2Co1:10- 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, 2Co1:11- 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.
2Co1:12- For our boasting is this, the testimony of our 1aconscience, that in 2singleness and 3bsincerity of God, not in 4fleshlycwisdom but in the 5dgrace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you. 2Co1:13- 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, 2Co1:14- 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.
2Co1:15- And in this confidence I intended to acome to you previously that you might have 1doublebgrace, 2Co1:16- And through you to pass through into 1aMacedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you and be sent forward by you into bJudea. 2Co1:17- 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? 2Co1:18-1But as God is afaithful, our 2bword toward you is not yes and no. 2Co1:19-1For 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 ourword has become ayes in Him. 2Co1:20-1For as many apromises of God as thereare, in 2Him is the 3Yes; therefore also through 2Him is 4thebAmen to God, 5forcglory through 6ustoGod. 2Co1:21-1But the One who 2firmly attaches 3us4with you unto 5Christ and has 6aanointed us is God, 2Co1:22- He who has also 1asealed us and given the Spirit in our 2hearts as a 3bpledge.
2Co2:1- But I 1determined this for myself, that I would not acome again to you in bsorrow. 2Co2:2- For if I cause you sorrow, who then is the one who makes me glad, except the one who is made sorrowful by me? 2Co2:3- And I 1awrote this very thing toyou 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 thejoy of you all. 2Co2:4- 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. 2Co2:5- But if anyone has caused asorrow, he has not caused me to sorrow, but bin part (lest I 1laytooheavy a burden) all of you. 2Co2:6- Sufficient for such a one is this apunishment by the majority, 2Co2:7- So that on the contrary you should rather 1aforgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with excessive sorrow. 2Co2:8- Therefore I exhort you to 1confirmyouralove toward him. 2Co2:9- For to this end also I awrote, that I might 1know your 2approvedness, whether you are bobedient in all things. 2Co2:10- But whom you 1aforgive anything, I also 1forgive; for also what I have 2forgiven, if I have 2forgiven anything, itis for your sake in the 3person of Christ; 2Co2:11- That we may not be taken advantage of by 1aSatan, for we are not bignorant of his 2cschemes.
2Co3:7- 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, aglory which was being done away with, 2Co3:8- How shall the 1aministry of the bSpirit not be more in 2glory? 2Co3:9- For if there is glory with the ministry of 1acondemnation, much more the ministry of 2brighteousness3abounds with glory. 2Co3:10- For also that which has been 1glorified2in this respect 3has not been glorified on account of the surpassing glory. 2Co3:11- For if that which was 1being done away with was 2throughaglory, much more that which remains is in bglory.
2Co6:14-1Do not become 2adissimilarly yoked with unbelievers. For what 3bpartnership do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what cfellowship does dlight have 4withedarkness? 2Co6:15- And what concord does aChrist have 1with Belial? Or what part does a believer have with an bunbeliever? 2Co6:16- 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.” 2Co6:17- 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”; 2Co6:18- “And I will be 1aaFather to you, and you will be 2bsons and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty.”
2Co7:2-1aMake room for us; we have 2bwronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken cadvantage of no one. 2Co7:3- 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. 2Co7:4- 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. 2Co7:5- For even when we came into aMacedonia, our 1flesh had no rest, but wewerebafflicted in everything; without were cfightings, within were fears. 2Co7:6- But He who acomforts those who are 1downcast, thatis, God, 2bcomforted us by the 3coming of cTitus; 2Co7:7- 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. 2Co7:8- 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), 2Co7:9- 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. 2Co7:10- For sorrow according to God works arepentance unto 1salvation, whichis without regret; but the bsorrow of the world works out death. 2Co7:11- For behold this very thing, your being made sorrowful according to God, what 1aearnestness it has 2worked out in you, 3indeedwhat4defense, indeed what5indignation, indeed what6fear, indeed what7blonging, indeed what8czeal, indeed what9dpunishment! In everything you have commended yourselves to be pure in 10the matter. 2Co7:12- So then, though I awrote to you, itwas 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. 2Co7:13- Because of this we have been acomforted. And in addition to our comfort, we brejoiced1more abundantly over the joy of 2Titus, because his 3spirit has been crefreshed by all of you. 2Co7:14- 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. 2Co7:15- And his 1affections are abundantly toward you, he remembering the aobedience of you all, how you received him with bfear and trembling. 2Co7:16- I arejoice that in everything I 1have boldness because of you.
2Co8:1- Furthermore we make known to you, brothers, the 1agrace of God which has been given in the churches of bMacedonia, 2Co8:2- That in much 1proving of affliction the abundance of their joy and the depth of their apoverty abounded unto the riches of their 2bliberality; 2Co8:3- That according to their power, I testify, and beyond their power, aof their own accord, 2Co8:4- With much entreaty they besought of us the 1grace and the fellowship of the aministry to the saints; 2Co8:5- And this, not as we had hoped, but they agave themselves 1first to the Lord, 2and to us 3through the will of God. 2Co8:6- So we entreated aTitus that, even as he began before, so also he would complete for you this 1bgrace2as well. 2Co8:7- 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. 2Co8:8- I am anot speaking by way of command but through the earnestness of others, proving also the genuineness of your love. 2Co8:9- 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. 2Co8:10- And I give my1aopinion 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. 2Co8:11- But now complete also the doing, so that as therewas the aeagerness in intending, so also therewouldbe the completing out of what you bhave. 2Co8:12- For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have. 2Co8:13- For itis not that to others therewouldbe relief, yet to you affliction, 2Co8:14- But itis 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; 2Co8:15- As it is written, 1a“He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no lack.”
2Co8:16- But athanks be to God who puts the same 1bearnestness on your behalf in the heart of cTitus, 2Co8:17- Because he not only received the 1aentreaty, but being more earnest, he also went forth bof his own accord to you. 2Co8:18- And we sent together with him the abrother whose praise in the gospel is throughout ball the churches, 2Co8:19- 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 todemonstrateourceagerness; 2Co8:20-1Avoiding this, that anyone should find fault with us in this 2abundance which is being ministered by us. 2Co8:21- For we 1exercise foresight for what is honorable not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the sight of men. 2Co8:22- 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 aconfidencehehas toward you. 2Co8:23- Whether concerning aTitus, heis my bpartner and cfellow worker for you; or our brothers, theyare1apostles of the churches, theyare Christ’s glory. 2Co8:24- Show therefore to them, in the face of the churches, the proof of your love and of our aboasting on your behalf.
2Co9:1- For concerning the aministry to the saints, it is superfluous for me to bwrite to you; 2Co9:2- For I know your aeagerness, of which I bboast on your behalf to the Macedonians, that 1Achaia has been prepared since clast year; and your zeal has stirred up the greater number ofthem. 2Co9:3- But I sent the abrothers that our boasting on your behalf might not be made void in this respect, that, as I said, you might be prepared; 2Co9:4- Lest, if the aMacedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we, not to mention you, be put to shame in this 1bconfidence. 2Co9:5- Therefore I thought it necessary to entreat the brothers to go before to you and make ready beforehand your previously promised 1ablessing, that thus this might be ready 2as a blessing and not 2asamatterof covetousness.
2Co9:6- But takenoteof this: He who asows sparingly shall also sparingly reap; and he who sows with 1blessings shall also with 2blessings reap; 2Co9:7- Each one as he has purposed in his heart, anot out of sorrow or out of 1necessity, for 2God loves a 3cheerful giver. 2Co9:8- And God is able to make 1all grace abound unto you, that, in everything always having all sufficiency, you may aabound unto every good work; 2Co9:9- Even as it is written, a“He has 1bscattered abroad; he has given to the 2cpoor; his 3righteousness abides forever.” 2Co9:10- Now 1He who bountifully supplies aseed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and cause the fruits of your righteousness to increase. 2Co9:11- You in everything are being aenriched unto all 1liberality, which works out through us bthanksgiving to God, 2Co9:12- Because the aministry of this 1service is not only filling up the black of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God. 2Co9:13- They, through the 1approving of this ministry, are aglorifying God based upon the subjection unto the gospel of Christ that issues from your bconfession, and upon the cliberality of the 2dfellowship to them and to all; 2Co9:14- While in petition on your behalf they also long after you on account of the 1surpassing2grace of God upon you. 2Co9:15-aThanks be to God for His 1indescribable2bgift!
2Co10:7- You look at things aaccording to their appearance. If someone 1has confidence in himself to be bof Christ, let him take account of this again concerning himself, that even as he is cof Christ, dso also are we. 2Co10:8- For even if I should aboast somewhat more abundantly concerning our bauthority, which the Lord has given for 1cbuildingyou up and not for overthrowing you, I will not be put to shame. 2Co10:9- I say this so as not to seem as if I am terrifying you through my letters, 2Co10:10- Because while his letters, someone says, are weighty and strong, his abodily presence is 1bweak and his cspeech2contemptible. 2Co10:11- Let such a one take account of this, that such as we are in word by letters when absent, such also weare in deed when present. 2Co10:12- For we do not adare to class or compare ourselves with any of those who bcommend themselves; but they, measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding. 2Co10:13- But we will 1notaboast beyond our measure but 2according to the measure of the 3rule which the God of measure has bapportioned to us, to reach even as far as you. 2Co10:14- For we are not 1extending ourselves beyond our bounds, as if we did not reach you, for we were the first to acome even as far as unto you in the bgospel of Christ. 2Co10:15-Weareanot boasting beyond our measure in bothers’ labors, but have the hope, as your faith is increasing, to be 1magnified in you according to our rule unto abundance, 2Co10:16- So that we may announce the gospel unto those parts beyond you, not so that we may boast in another man’s rule in things already prepared. 2Co10:17- But he who aboasts, let him boast in the Lord; 2Co10:18- For itis not the one who acommends himself who is bapproved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
2Co11:1- I wish that you would abear with me in a little 1bfoolishness; but indeed you do bear with me. 2Co11:2- For I am jealous over you with a 1ajealousy of God; for I bbetrothed you to one husband to cpresentyouas a pure 2dvirgin to Christ. 2Co11:3- But I fear lest somehow, as the aserpentbdeceivedcEve by his dcraftiness, your 1ethoughts would be corrupted from the 2fsimplicity and the gpurity toward Christ. 2Co11:4- For if indeed he who comes preaches 1aanother Jesus, whom we have not preached, or you receive a 1bdifferent spirit, which you have not received, or a 1cdifferent gospel, which you have not accepted, you dbear2well with him. 2Co11:5- But I count myself to be inferior to the 1asuper-apostles in nothing. 2Co11:6- But even if I am a 1layman in aspeech, yet I am not in bknowledge; indeed in every way we have made thiscmanifest in all things to you. 2Co11:7- Or did I commit a sin, abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I announced the gospel of God to you afree of charge? 2Co11:8- I robbed other churches, taking wages for the ministry to you. 2Co11:9- And when I was present with you and alacked, I was not a bburden to anyone; for the brothers who came from cMacedoniadfilled up my lack, and in everything I kept myself from being eburdensome to you, and will keep myself. 2Co11:10- The 1truthfulness of Christ is in me, that this aboasting shall not be stopped as it regards me in the regions of bAchaia. 2Co11:11- Why? Because I do not alove you? God bknows. 2Co11:12- But what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the opportunity of those desiring an opportunity, that in the thing in which they boast, they may be found even as we. 2Co11:13- For such ones are 1afalse apostles, deceitful bworkers, 2transfiguring themselves into apostles of Christ. 2Co11:14- And no wonder, for 1aSatan himself transfigures himself into an 2bangel of light. 2Co11:15- Therefore it is no great thing if also his ministers transfigure themselves into 1ministers of righteousness, whose aend will be according to their works.
2Co12:1- To aboast is 1necessary, though indeed not bexpedient; yet I will 2come to 3cvisions and drevelations of the Lord. 2Co12:2- I know a 1manain Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body I do not know, or outside the body I do not know; God bknows) such a one was 2caught away 3to the 4third heaven. 2Co12:3-1And I know such a man (whether in the body or 2outside the body, I do not know; God knows), 2Co12:4- That he was caught away into 1Paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is anot allowed for a man to speak. 2Co12:5- On behalf of such a one I will aboast, but on behalf of myself I will not bboast, except in my cweaknesses. 2Co12:6- For if I desire to aboast, I will not be foolish, for I will bspeak the truth; but I refrain lest anyone account of me something above what he csees me tobe or dhears from me. 2Co12:7- And because of the 1transcendence of the revelations, in order that I might not be exceedingly alifted up, there was given to me a 2bthorn in the flesh, a messenger of cSatan, that he might 3buffet me, in order that I might not be exceedingly lifted up. 2Co12:8- Concerning this I entreated the Lord athree times that it might depart from me. 2Co12:9- And He has said to me, My 1agrace is sufficient for you, for My 2bpower is perfected in cweakness. Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses that the dpower of Christ might 3etabernacle over me. 2Co12:10- Therefore I am 1well pleased in aweaknesses, in 2insults, in 3bnecessities, in cpersecutions and 4ddistresses, on behalf of Christ; for when I am 5eweak, then I am 5powerful.
2Co12:11- I have become afoolish; you yourselves have compelled me. For itis I who should have been bcommended by you; for in nothing am I inferior to the 1csuper-apostles, even though I am dnothing. 2Co12:12- Indeed the 1signs of an aapostle were wrought among you in all bendurance by 2csigns and 3wonders and 4works of power. 2Co12:13- For what is there in which you were 1treated in a manner inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a aburden to you? 2Graciously forgive me this 2injustice! 2Co12:14- Behold, this athird time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden; for I do bnot seek what is yours but you. For the cchildren ought not to store up for the parents, but the dparents for the children. 2Co12:15- But I, I will most gladly 1spend and 2abe utterly spent on behalf of your souls. If I blove you more abundantly, am I loved less? 2Co12:16- But 1let it be so! I did anot burden you; but, assomeofyousay, being 2crafty, I took you by guile. 2Co12:17- Did I take aadvantage of you through anyone whom I have sent bto you? 2Co12:18- I entreated aTitus and sent with him the bbrother. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not walk in the same 1cspirit? In the same dsteps?
2Co12:19- All this time you have been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you. 1aBefore God bin Christ we speak; but all things, beloved, are for your cbuilding up. 2Co12:20- For I afear that perhaps when I come, I may find you not such as I wish, and I may be found by you not such as you wish; that perhaps theremaybe1bstrife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, cselfish ambitions, 2slanders, 3whisperings, 4demonstrations of being puffed up, 5dtumults; 2Co12:21- That when I come again my God may humble me before you and I may mourn over many who have asinned before and who have not brepented of the cuncleanness and dfornication and licentiousness which they have practiced.
2Co13:1- This athird time I am coming to you; at the mouth of two or three bwitnesses shall every word be established. 2Co13:2- I have previously said and I say beforehand, when I was present the second time and being aabsent now, to those who have bsinned before and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will cnot spare, 2Co13:3- Since you seek a proof of the Christ who is speaking in me, who is not weak unto you but is 1apowerful in you. 2Co13:4- For indeed He was acrucified out of 1weakness, but He blives2by the power of God. For indeed 3we are cweak in Him, but we will dlive together with Him 2by the epower of God directed toward you. 2Co13:5- Test yourselves whether you are in the 1faith; 2prove yourselves. Or do you not realize about yourselves that 3Jesus Christ is ain you, unless you are 4bdisapproved? 2Co13:6- But I hope that you will know that 1we are not disapproved. 2Co13:7- Now we pray to God that you do nothing wrong, 1not that we may appear approved, but that you yourselves may do what is good and we may be as if disapproved. 2Co13:8-1For we are not able todo anything against the 2truth but rather for the truth. 2Co13:9- For we rejoice whenever we are 1aweak and you are powerful; this also we pray for, your 2bperfecting. 2Co13:10- Therefore I write these things while being aabsent in order that when bpresent I would not haveto use cseverity, according to the dauthority which the Lord has given me for ebuilding up and not for overthrowing.