A   Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ, by the will of God, and brother Timotheus. Vnto the congregacion of God which is at Corinth&ubar;, with all the sayntes which are &ibar; all Achaia.

^noteGrace be with you, and peace fr&obar; God oure father, and from the LORDE Iesus Christ.

Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father of mercy and þe; God of all comforte, which comforteth vs in all oure trouble: in so moch þt; we are able to comforte them that are in eny maner of trouble, with the same comforte wher with we oure selues are comforted of God. For as the afflicci&obar;s of Christ are plenteous in vs, euen so is o&highr; c&obar;solacion plenteous by Christ. But whether we haue trouble or comforte, it is done for youre welth. Yf it be trouble, it is done for youre c&obar;forte and health, which health sheweth hir power, in that ye suffre the same affliccions which we suffre. Yf it be comforte, it is done also for youre comforte and health. Therfore is oure hope fast for you, in as moch as we knowe, that, like as ye are partakers of the afflicci&obar;s, so shal ye be partakers also of the consolacion.

B   Brethren we wolde not haue you ignoraunt of oure trouble, ^note which happened vnto vs in Asia, for we were greued out off measure passynge strength, so that we euen dispared of life, and had concluded in oure selues þt; we must nedes dye. But this was done, because we shulde not put oure trust

in oure selues, but in God, which rayseth vp the deed to life agayne: which delyuered vs from so greate a death, and yet delyuereth daylie, On whom we trust, that he wil delyuer vs here after also, by the helpe of youre prayer for vs ^note that on oure behalfe many thankes maye be geuen by many personnes, for the gifte that is geuen vs.

For oure reioysinge is this, euen the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes ∧ godly purenesse, not in fleshlye wy&esset;dome, but in the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersacion in the worlde, but most of all with you. For we wryte nothinge els vnto you, then that ye rede and also knowe. Yee ∧ I trust that ye shal fynde vs vnto the ende, euen as ye haue founde vs partly.

C   For we are youre reioysinge, eu&ebar; as ye also are oure ^note reioysinge in þe; daye of the LORDE Iesus. And in this confidence was I mynded the other tyme to come vnto you (that ye mighte haue yet another pleasure more) ∧ to passe by you in to Macedonia, ^note ∧ to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you ∧ to be led forth to Iewrye warde of you.

Whan I thus wyse was mynded, dyd I vse ligthnesse? Or are my thoughtes fleshly.? Not so ^note but with me yee is yee, and nay is naye. O faithfull God, that oure worde vnto you hath not bene yee and naye. For Gods sonne Iesus Christ, which was preached amonge you by vs (namely, by me and Siluanus and Timotheus) was not yee and naye, but in him it was yee. For all the promyses of God are yee in him, ∧ are Am&ebar; in him, to the prayse of God by vs. But it is God which stablysheth vs &wt; you in Christ, and hath anoynted us, and sealed us, and geuen the ernest of the sprete in oure hertes. ^note

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