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¹Povlauj uas yog Yexus Khetos tus tubtxib raws li Vajtswv lub siab nyiam thiab peb tus kwv Timaute xa mus rau Vajtswv pawg ntseeg hauv lub moos Khaulee thiab rau txhua tus xov dawb uas nyob thoob plaws lub xeev Akhaya. ²Thov txojkev hlub thiab txojkev siab tus ntawm Vajtswv uas yog peb leej Txiv thiab ntawm tus Tswv Yexus Khetos nrog nraim nej nyob.

Povlauj ua Vajtswv tsaug

³Qhuas Vajtswv uas yog peb tus Tswv Yexus Khetos leej Txiv, yog leej Txiv uas muaj lub siab khuvleej thiab yog Vajtswv uas txhawb siab txhua yam. ⁴Nws txhawb peb lub siab rau txhua yam kev ceeblaj uas peb raug xwv peb thiaj muab qhov uas Vajtswv txhawb peb lub siab ntawd mus txhawb tau cov uas raug ceeblaj lub siab tsis hais yam twg. ⁵Vim peb koom nrog Khetos tej kev txom nyem ntau npaum li cas, peb kuj koom kev txhawb siab rau hauv Khetos ntau npaum li ntawd. ⁶Qhov uas peb raug ceeblaj kuj yog ua rau nej tau txais kev txhawb siab thiab tau txojkev dim. Thiab qhov uas peb tau txais kev txhawb siab kuj ua rau nej tau txais kev txhawb siab rau qhov uas nej tiv kev txom nyem ib yam li peb tiv ntawd. ⁷Peb yeej cia siab hlo rau nej, vim peb paub tias nej koom nrog peb raug kev txom nyem li cas, nej kuj koom nrog peb tau kev txhawb siab ib yam li ntawd.
⁸Cov kwvtij, peb xav kom nej paub txog tej kev ceeblaj uas peb raug hauv lub xeev Axia. Peb raug txojkev txom nyem hnyav kawg dhau peb lub zog ua rau peb tag kev vam tias peb yuav tsis muaj txojsia nyob. ⁹Qhov tseeb peb xav tias peb twb raug txiav txim tuag lawm. Tej no ua rau peb tsis txhob cia siab rau peb tus kheej tiamsis cia siab rau Vajtswv uas tsa cov neeg tuag ciaj sawv rov los. ¹⁰Vajtswv cawm peb dim tej xwm txheej kev tuag los lawm, thiab nws yuav cawm peb dua thiab. Peb cia siab rau hauv nws tias nws yuav cawm peb ntxiv mus, ¹¹vim nej koom nrog peb ua haujlwm rau thaum nej thov Vajtswv pab. Thiab yuav muaj neeg coob ua Vajtswv tsaug txog peb vim yog txojkev hlub uas muab pub rau peb vim qhov uas neeg coob coob tej lus thov.

Povlauj hloov sijhawm mus xyuas lawv

¹²Peb khav li no. Peb lub siab ua timkhawv tias peb muaj lub siab dawb huv thiab lub siab dawb paug los ntawm Vajtswv thiaj xyaum zoo rau hauv lub ntiajteb, tsis yog xyaum raws li neeg li tswvyim tiamsis xyaum raws li Vajtswv txojkev hlub, thiab peb yimhuab xyaum zoo rau nej. ¹³Peb tsis sau dua lwm zaj tuaj rau nej tsuas yog zaj uas nej nyeem tau thiab nkag siab tau xwb. Kuv vam tias nej yuav nkag siab tag huvsi, ¹⁴ib yam li nej twb nkag siab ib txhia lawm, mas txog tus Tswv Yexus hnub nej yuav khav tau txog peb ib yam li uas peb khav txog nej.
¹⁵Vim kuv ruaj siab li no kuv thiaj xav tuaj xyuas nej ua ntej, xwv nej thiaj tau koob hmoov ob zaug. ¹⁶Thaum kuv taug kev mus rau lub xeev Makhedaunia, kuv xav los xyuas nej, thiab thaum rov qab ntawm Makhedaunia los kuv yuav los xyuas nej dua thiab nej li xa kuv mus rau lub xeev Yudia. ¹⁷Qhov uas kuv npaj siab li no kuv tseem ua ywj fab ywj fwj lov? Kuv npaj siab yam li neeg ntiajteb kuv thiaj hais tias “Yog” thiab “Tsis yog” ua ke lov? ¹⁸Muaj Vajtswv uas tso siab tau pom, tej lus uas peb hais rau nej tsis muaj lo uas hais tias “Yog” thiab “Tsis yog” ua ke. ¹⁹Rau qhov Vajtswv leej Tub uas yog Yexus Khetos uas kuv thiab Xivana thiab Timaute peb tshaj tawm rau hauv nej tsis yog “Yog” thiab “Tsis yog” ua ke, tiamsis hauv Tswv Yexus puavleej “yog” xwb. ²⁰Vajtswv tej lus cog tseg huvsi puavleej “Yog” hauv Yexus. Vim li no peb thiaj hais tias “Amee” ntawm Yexus, thiaj ua rau Vajtswv tau koob meej. ²¹Tus uas ua rau peb nrog nej nyob ruaj rau hauv Khetos thiab tus uas tsa⚓ peb yog Vajtswv. ²²Vajtswv nias lub hom thawj rau peb thiab pub Vaj Ntsuj Plig rau hauv peb lub siab ua puav pheej.
²³Kuv thov Vajtswv ua timkhawv txog kuv tias qhov uas kuv tsis tau rov mus rau lub moos Khaulee, twb yog kuv tsis xav cia nej raug kev nyuaj siab. ²⁴Peb tsis yog cov uas tswjhwm nej txojkev ntseeg, tiamsis peb nrog nej koom tes kom nej tau txojkev xyiv fab, vim tias nej nyob ruaj khov hauv txojkev ntseeg lawm.

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Greeting

¹Paul, ⚓an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and ⚓Timothy our brother,
To the church of God which is at Corinth, ⚓with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
²⚓Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Comfort in Suffering

³⚓Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, ⁴who ⚓comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. ⁵For as ⚓the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. ⁶Now if we are afflicted, ⚓it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. ⁷And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that ⚓as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.

Delivered from Suffering

⁸For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of ⚓our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. ⁹Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should ⚓not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, ¹⁰⚓who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, ¹¹you also ⚓helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf ⚓for the gift granted to us through many.

Paul’s Sincerity

¹²For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and ⚓godly sincerity, ⚓not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. ¹³For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end ¹⁴(as also you have understood us in part), ⚓that we are your boast as ⚓you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Sparing the Church

¹⁵And in this confidence ⚓I intended to come to you before, that you might have ⚓a second benefit— ¹⁶to pass by way of you to Macedonia, ⚓to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea. ¹⁷Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan ⚓according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? ¹⁸But as God is⚓faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. ¹⁹For ⚓the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, ⚓Silvanus, and ⚓Timothy—was not Yes and No, ⚓but in Him was Yes. ²⁰⚓For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. ²¹Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and ⚓has anointed us is God, ²²who ⚓also has sealed us and ⚓given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
²³Moreover ⚓I call God as witness against my soul, ⚓that to spare you I came no more to Corinth. ²⁴Not ⚓that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for ⚓by faith you stand.