Study Desk

And if Timothy come to you, see that he may be without fear among you; for he doeth the work of the Lord, as I do.

Therefore, let no one despise him; but conduct him on in peace, that he may come to me; for I wait for him with the brethren.

As for Apollos, my brethren, I entreated him much to go with the brethren to you; but his inclination was not to go to you now; but when he shall have opportunity, he will go to you.

I beseech you, my brethren, concerning the household of Stephanas; (for ye know, that they were the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to ministering to the saints;)

And I rejoice at the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have supplied that wherein ye were deficient towards me.

For, as the sufferings of the Messiah abound in us, so also our consolation aboundeth by the Messiah.

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and for your life that we are afflicted; or whether we be comforted, it is, that ye may be comforted; and that there may be in you an eagerness, wherewith ye may endure those sufferings which we also suffer.

And our hope concerning you is steadfast: for we know, that if ye partake of the sufferings, ye will also partake of the consolation.

by the aid of your prayers in our behalf; so that his gift to us may be a favor done for the sake of many, and many may praise him on our account.

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and purity, and by the grace of God, and not in the wisdom of the flesh, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you.

19 For the Son of God, Jesus the Messiah, who was preached to you by us, [fn] by me, by Sylvanus, and by Timotheus, was not Yes and No; but it was Yes in him.

20 For all the promises of God in him, the Messiah, are Yes; for which cause, we through him give [fn] Amen, to the glory of God.

Moreover, I call God for a witness on my soul, that it was in order to spare you, that I came not to Corinth.

Not that we are lords over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy; for it is by faith ye stand.

For if I should make you sad, who would make me joyful, unless he whom I had made sad?

And I wrote that very thing to you, lest when I came, those persons whom I ought to make joyful, should make me sad. For I have confidence concerning you, that my joy is the joy of you all.

And in much affliction, and in anguish of heart, I wrote those things to you, with many tears; not that ye might have sorrow, but that ye might know the exceeding love I have for you.

And sufficient for him, is this rebuke proceeding from many:

9 For it was for this also that I wrote [fn] , that I might learn by a trial, whether ye would be obedient in every thing.

10 And whom ye forgive, I also [fn] : for that which I forgave to any one, for your sakes I forgave it, in the presence of the Messiah;