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¹Kuv yog Paulus tus uas yog Yexus Khetos ib tug timthawj raws li Vajtswv lub siab nyiam, thiab Timautes uas yog peb tus kwv, sau tsab ntawv no tuaj rau cov ntseeg Vajtswv uas nyob hauv lub nroog Kauleethaus, thiab cov ntseeg Vajtswv txhua tus uas nyob thoob plaws hauv lub xeev Akhayas:
²Thov Vajtswv tus uas yog peb Leej Txiv thiab Tswv Yexus Khetos foom koob hmoov rau nej thiab pub kom nej tau nyob kaj siab lug.

Paulus Ua Vajtswv Tsaug

³Peb cia li ua Vajtswv tus uas yog peb tus Tswv Yexus Khetos Leej Txiv tsaug. Leej Txiv tus uas yog Vajtswv, nws hlub peb thiab txhawb peb lub zog. ⁴Nws txhawb peb lub zog thaum peb raug txhua yam kev nyuaj siab, kom peb thiaj txhawb tau lwm tus lub zog thaum lawv raug tej kev nyuaj siab; peb txhawb lwm tus lub zog ib yam li Vajtswv twb txhawb peb lub zog lawm. ⁵Peb ua Yexus Khetos tes haujlwm, peb raug kev txomnyem ib yam li Yexus raug; tiamsis Vajtswv yuav pab peb ib yam li Vajtswv tau pab Yexus lawm. ⁶Qhov uas peb raug kev txomnyem yeej yuav txhawb tau nej lub zog, thiab pab kom nej dim; qhov uas Vajtswv txhawb peb lub zog, yuav txhawb nej lub zog ib yam nkaus, kom nej ua taus siab ntev tiv kev txomnyem ib yam li peb twb tiv los lawm. ⁷Yog li ntawd peb thiaj cia siab tau rau nej, rau qhov peb paub hais tias nej cov uas raug kev txomnyem ib yam li peb, Vajtswv yeej yuav txhawb nej ib yam li nws txhawb peb.
⁸Cov kwvtij, peb xav kom nej paub hais tias thaum peb mus pem lub xeev Axias, peb raug txomnyem heev kawg li, peb tiv yuav luag tsis dhau, peb xav hais tias peb yeej yuav tuag xwb. ⁹Peb zoo li tej neeg raug txim uas luag yuav coj mus tua. Tiamsis cia peb raug kev txomnyem li no, peb thiaj tsis cia siab rau peb lub tswvyim, tiamsis kom peb cia siab rau Vajtswv tus uas tsa tau neeg tuag sawv rov qab los. ¹⁰Nws pab peb dim ntawm txojkev tuag uas txaus ntshai heev, nws yeej yuav pab kom peb dim; thiab peb cia siab hais tias, nws tseem yuav pab peb mus lawm yav tom ntej, ¹¹rau qhov nej niaj hnub thov Vajtswv pab peb. Yog muaj coob leej thov Vajtswv pab peb, Vajtswv yuav teb sawvdaws tej lus thov, thiab Vajtswv yuav foom koob hmoov rau peb; thiab yuav muaj coob leej ua Vajtswv tsaug vim Vajtswv pab peb.

Paulus Ncua Tsis Mus Xyuas Cov Ntseeg Lawm

¹²Peb yeej khav tau hais tias peb lub siab qhia rau peb paub hais tias, peb ua peb lub neej hauv ntiajteb no peb ua ncaj ua ncees, thiab muaj nplooj siab dawb paug. Txawm yog thaum peb nrog nej nyob los nej puavleej pom li ntawd. Peb ua tau li ntawd, rau qhov Vajtswv pab peb tsis yog peb ua raws li peb lub tswvyim. ¹³Tej uas peb sau tuaj rau nej, peb tsuas sau tej uas nej nyeem tau thiab totaub xwb; kuv xav hais tias nej yuav totaub hauvpaus nto ntsis, ¹⁴tiamsis nej twb totaub qee yam lawm, kuv cia siab hais tias nej yuav totaub txhua yam huv tibsi, yog li ntawd thaum txog hnub uas peb tus Tswv Yexus rov qab los nej yuav ua rau peb zoo siab ib yam li peb ua rau nej zoo siab.
¹⁵Thaum kuv paub li no lawm, kuv thiaj xav hais tias kuv yuav xub tuaj xyuas nej, kom nej tau koob hmoov ob npaug. ¹⁶Kuv xav hais tias, kuv yuav tuaj xyuas nej thaum kuv tuaj mus pem Makedaunias, thiab thaum kuv rov ped los, kuv yuav rov los xyuas nej dua ib zaug, kom nej thiaj tau xa kuv mus nram lub xeev Yudas. ¹⁷Kuv twb npaj siab tau li no lawm, kuv tseem yuav hloov siab thiab los? Kuv puas yog ib tug neeg uas hais tias “Tuaj, tuaj,” tiamsis ho “Tsis tuaj” los? ¹⁸Vajtswv yog tus ncaj ncees, tej lus uas kuv hais rau nej tsis yog tej lus uas hais tias, “Ua, ua,” tiamsis ho “Tsis ua.” ¹⁹Rau qhov Vajtswv tus tub Yexus Khetos uas Xilas, Timautes thiab kuv qhia rau nej, nws tsis yog tus uas hais tias, “Ua, ua,” tiamsis ho “Tsis ua.” Tiamsis nws yeej ibtxwm ua li nws hais; ²⁰rau qhov tej uas Yexus ua puavleej tiav raws li Vajtswv tej lus cog tseg. Twb yog vim li ntawd peb cov uas ntseeg Yexus Khetos peb thiaj hais tias, “Amees”, yog peb ua rau Vajtswv tau koob meej. ²¹Vajtswv ua rau peb thiab nej paub hais tias peb nrog Yexus Khetos koom ib txojsia, thiab Vajtswv muab peb tshwj rau ibcag, ²²nws nias cim rau peb thiab nws pub Vaj Ntsujplig tus Dawbhuv los kav peb lub siab, ua timkhawv hais tias peb yuav tau tej uas nws npaj tseg rau peb lawm.
²³Vajtswv yeej paub kuv lub siab, kuv thiaj thov nws ua kuv tus timkhawv! Qhov uas kuv tsis tuaj rau hauv lub nroog Kauleethaus twb yog kuv tsis xav kom nej nyuaj siab. ²⁴Peb tsis tau yuam kom nej yuav tsum ntseeg li ub li no; peb yeej paub hais tias nej twb ntseeg lawm. Tiamsis peb xav pab nej kom nej muaj kev kaj siab xwb.

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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.