Aramaic NT Parallel English Translations

 1:1 ¶ PAULOS, apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, by the will of Aloha; and Timotheos a brother: to the church of Aloha which is in Kurinthos, and to all the saints who are in all Akaia.

 1:1 PAUL a legate of Jesus the Messiah, by the good pleasure of God; and Timothy a brother; to the church of God that is at Corinth, and to all the saints that are in all Achaia.

 1:2 Grace be with you and peace, from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

 1:2 Grace be with you, and peace, from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

 1:3 Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation,

 1:3 Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation;

 1:4 who consoleth us in all our afflictions, that we may be able to console those who are in all afflictions by that consolation by which we are consoled of Aloha.

 1:4 who comforteth us in all our afflictions, that we also might be able to comfort those who are in all afflictions, with the consolation wherewith we are comforted by God.

 1:5 For as the sufferings of the Meshiha abound in us, so, through the Meshiha, our consolation aboundeth also.

 1:5 For, as the sufferings of the Messiah abound in us, so also our consolation aboundeth by the Messiah.

 1:6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and for your salvation that we be afflicted: and if we are consoled, it is that you may be consoled, that there may be in you perseverance to endure those sufferings which we also suffer.

 1:6 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.

 1:7 And our hope concerning you is steadfast: for we know that if you participate in the sufferings, you also participate in the consolation.

 1:7 And our hope concerning you is steadfast: for we know, that if ye partake of the sufferings, ye will also partake of the consolation.

 1:8 ¶ FOR I would have you to know, my brethren, of the affliction that befell us in Asia: for we were greatly pressed beyond our strength, until our life was nigh to be dissolved,

 1:8 But, my brethren, we wish you to know, respecting the affliction that was upon us in Asia, that we were afflicted exceedingly, beyond our strength, insomuch that our life was ready to terminate.

 1:9 and because of these we had concluded (for) death; that we should not have hope in ourselves, but in Aloha, who raiseth the dead:

 1:9 And we passed a sentence of death upon ourselves, that our confidence might not be in ourselves, but in God, who raiseth up the dead;

 1:10 who from deaths of violence delivered us, and who will again, we trust, deliver us,

 1:10 who rescued us from imminent death: and we hope that he will again rescue us,

 1:11 through the help of your prayers for us; that his gift towards us may be a benefit effected for many, and many may praise him on our behalf.

 1:11 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.

 1:12 For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and purity, and by the grace of Aloha, we are conversant in the world; and not with the wisdom of the flesh, and especially with you yourselves.

 1:12 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.

 1:13 For we write no other (things) to you than those which you know and acknowledge, and which I am confident you will acknowledge unto the end:

 1:13 We write no other things unto you, than those which ye know and acknowledge. And I trust, ye will acknowledge them to the end:

 1:14 even as you have in part acknowledged that we are your glorying, as you also are ours in the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

 1:14 as ye have also partially acknowledged that we are your rejoicing, as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

 1:15 And in this confidence I have willed from the first to come to you, that doubly you may receive benefit,

 1:15 And in this confidence, I was before disposed to come to you, that ye might receive the grace doubly;

 1:16 and that I may pass by you to Makedunia, and again from Makedunia I may come to you, and you may lead me forth unto Jihud.

 1:16 and to pass by you into Macedonia, and again to come to you from Macedonia, and [so] ye would accompany me to Judaea.

 1:17 This then that I have purposed, have I purposed boastingly? or are they things of the flesh that I purpose, that I should have in them Yes, yes, or No, no?

 1:17 When therefore I thus purposed, did I purpose as one inconsiderate? Or, were the things I purposed, things of the flesh; so that there should be in them Yes, yes, and No, no?

 1:18 Faithful is Aloha that our word with you was not Yes and No.

 1:18 God is the witness, that our word to you was not Yes and No.

 1:19 For the Son of Aloha, Jeshu Meshiha, who by us hath been preached unto you, by me and by Sylvanas and by Timotheos, was not Yes and No, but it was Yes in him.

 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus the Messiah, who was preached to you by us, [namely,] by me, by Sylvanus, and by Timotheus, was not Yes and No; but it was Yes in him.

 1:20 For all the promises of Aloha in him, in the Meshiha, are Yes; for which by him we give Amen to the glory of Aloha.

 1:20 For all the promises of God in him, the Messiah, are Yes; for which cause, we through him give [our] Amen, to the glory of God.

 1:21 But Aloha himself confirmeth us with you in the Meshiha, who himself hath anointed us,

 1:21 Now it is God who establisheth us, with you, in the Messiah, and hath anointed us,

 1:22 and hath sealed us, and given us the earnest-pledge of his Spirit in our hearts.

 1:22 and hath sealed us, and hath given the earnest of his Spirit in our hearts.

 1:23 ¶ BUT I testify to Aloha on my soul that because I am sparing of you, I have not come to Kurinthos.

 1:23 Moreover, I call God for a witness on my soul, that it was in order to spare you, that I came not to Corinth.

 1:24 Not because we are lords of your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.

 1:24 Not that we are lords over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy; for it is by faith ye stand.