1:1 |
tNIV | Paul, 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: | Paul, 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 his holy people throughout Achaia: | Paul, 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 his holy people throughout Achaia: |
1:4 |
tNIV | who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. | who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received receive from God. | who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received receive from God. |
1:5 |
tNIV | For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. | For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also our comfort abounds through Christ our comfort overflows. | For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also our comfort abounds through Christ our comfort overflows. |
1:8 |
tNIV | We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. | We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the hardships troubles we suffered experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life itself. | We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the hardships troubles we suffered experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life itself. |
1:9 |
tNIV | Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. | Indeed, in our hearts we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. | Indeed, in our hearts we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. |
1:10 |
tNIV | He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, | He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, | He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, |
1:12 |
tNIV | Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God’s grace. | Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness with integrity and godly sincerity that are from God. We have done so, relying not according to on worldly wisdom but according to on God’s grace. | Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness with integrity and godly sincerity that are from God. We have done so, relying not according to on worldly wisdom but according to on God’s grace. |
1:15 |
tNIV | Because I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. | Because I was confident of this, I planned wanted to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. | Because I was confident of this, I planned wanted to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. |
1:16 |
tNIV | I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. | I planned wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. | I planned wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. |
1:17 |
tNIV | When I planned this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, “Yes, yes” and “No, no”? | When Was I planned this, did fickle when I intended to do it lightly this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”? | When Was I planned this, did fickle when I intended to do it lightly this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”? |
1:19 |
tNIV | For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” | For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy, — was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” | For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy, — was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” |
1:23 |
tNIV | I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. | I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it— that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. | I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it— that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. |