1:1 Paulos, a Shliach Yeshua (ישוע) Moshiach by the will of Elohim (אלהים), and Timotheos [our] brother, unto the Assembly of Elohim (אלהים) which is at Kórinthos, with all the Kidushim which are in all Achaia:
1:2 Grace [be] to you and shalom from Elohim (אלהים) Avinu, and [from] Adonay Yeshua (ישוע) ha Moshiach.
1:3 Baruch hu Elohim (אלהים), even ha Avi Adoneinu Yeshua (ישוע) Moshiach, the Father of mercies, and Elohim (אלהים) of all comfort;
1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of Elohim (אלהים).
1:5 For as the Chevlei Moshiach (birth pangs of Moshiach) abound in us, so our encouragement also aboundeth by Moshiach.
1:6 And if we be afflicted, [it is] for your encouragement and deliverance: which is effective in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, [it is] for your encouragement and delieverance.
1:7 And our tikvah (hope) of you [is] unwavering, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, ye are also partakers in the comfort.
1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
1:9 But we had sentences our nefeshot unto death, that we should not have confidence in our nefeshot, but in Elohim (אלהים) which raiseth the dead:
1:10 who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our tikvah (hope). And He will yet deliver us,
1:11 Ye also helping together by your tefillah for us, that for the gift [bestowed] upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
(1:12-2:17)
1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the edut (testimony) of our conscience, that in simplicity and with sincerity of Elohim (אלהים), not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of Elohim (אלהים), we have had our conversation in the olam hazeh, and more abundantly towards you.
1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also [are] ours in the day of Adonay Yeshua (ישוע) .
1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
1:16 And to pass by you into Makedonía, and to come again out of Makedonía unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Yehudah.
1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
1:18 But [as] Elohim (אלהים) [is] true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
1:19 For Ben Elohim (אלהים), Yeshua (ישוע) Moshiach, who was proclaimed among you by us, [even] by me and Silouanós and Timotheos, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
1:20 For all the promises of Elohim (אלהים) in him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of Elohim (אלהים) by us.
1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Moshiach, and hath anointed us, [is] Elohim (אלהים);
1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Ruach in our hearts.
1:23 Moreover I call Elohim (אלהים) for a record upon my nefesh, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Kórinthos.
1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith you stand.
Simplicity Haplotes-aJplovthß Purity, singleness, sincerity, mental honestly, liberty, with integrity; pure motives, Holiness, set apart, the virture of one who is free from pretence and hypocrisy; not self seeking openess of heart manifesting itself by generosity; not having an ulterior or double motive. used only in a moral sense as the opposite of duplicity meaning sincerity, faithfulness toward others, manifest in helpfulness and giving assistance to others. While in Korinthos Bet 11:3, "the simplicity that is in Moshiach" means frankness, truthfulness, intergrity, fidelity. (Korinthos Bet 1:12)
also see Ro 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.