1 Παῦλος, ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ*35 A [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 21 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφός, τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Κορίνθῳ, σὺν τοῖς ἁγίοις πᾶσιν τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ·* 2 Χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

3 Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ Πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν καὶ Θεὸς πάσης παρακλήσεως, 4 ὁ παρακαλῶν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ* ¦ εν C [20%] OC πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει ἡμῶν, εἰς τὸ δύνασθαι ἡμᾶς παρακαλεῖν τοὺς ἐν πάσῃ θλίψει, διὰ τῆς παρακλήσεως ἧς παρακαλούμεθα αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ. 5 Ὅτι καθὼς περισσεύει τὰ παθήματα τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ἡμᾶς, οὕτως διὰ τοῦ*35 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [95%] RP,HF,CP,NU ¦ --- [5%] OC,TR Χριστοῦ περισσεύει* ¦ περισσευη [1%] CP καὶ ἡ παράκλησις ἡμῶν. 6 Εἴτε δὲ θλιβόμεθα, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν παρακλήσεως καὶ σωτηρίας, τῆς ἐνεργουμένης ἐν ὑπομονῇ τῶν αὐτῶν* ¦ αυτου [30%] ¦ αυτω [1%] ¦ --- [1%] παθημάτων ὧν καὶ ἡμεῖς πάσχομεν 7 (καί, ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν βεβαία ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν)· εἴτε παρακαλούμεθα, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν παρακλήσεως καὶ σωτηρίας,*35 (90.6%) RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ ∼ 1-13,21-28,14-20 (1%) TR ¦ 3-28 B (1.2%) ¦ ∼ 1 2,21 26,3-20 ℵA,C (4.7%) NU ¦ 1-20 (0.5%) ¦ 3-20 (0.8%) ¦ ∼ 1-2,21-26,3-9 𝕻46 (0.3%) ¦ four further variations (0.8%) εἰδότες ὅτι ὥσπερ*35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ως ℵA,B,C [3.5%] NU ¦ οι [0.5%] κοινωνοί ἐστε τῶν παθημάτων, οὕτως καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως.

8 Οὐ γὰρ θέλομεν ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, ὑπὲρ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν τῆς γενομένης ἡμῖν*35 (90.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C (8.8%) NU ¦ υμιν (0.7%) ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ· ὅτι καθ᾿ ὑπερβολὴν ἐβαρήθημεν, ὑπὲρ δύναμιν,*35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 231 ℵA,B,C [5%] NU ὥστε ἐξαπορηθῆναι ἡμᾶς* ¦ υμας [1%] CP καὶ τοῦ ζῆν. 9 Ἀλλὰ* ¦ αλλ ℵA,C [10%] CP αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἀπόκριμα τοῦ θανάτου ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα μὴ πεποιθότες ὦμεν ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείροντι*35 (ℵ)A,B,C [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ εγειραντι 𝕻46 [11.5%] ¦ εγιροντα [0.5%] τοὺς νεκρούς· 10 ὃς ἐκ τηλικούτου θανάτου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ ῥύεται·*35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 ρυσεται 𝕻46ℵB,C [3%] NU ¦ --- A [1%] εἰς ὃν ἠλπίκαμεν ὅτι*35 ℵA,C [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ --- 𝕻46B [7%] καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται, 11 συνυπουργούντων καὶ ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῇ δεήσει· ἵνα ἐκ πολλῶν προσώπων τὸ εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα διὰ πολλῶν εὐχαριστηθῇ, ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν.*35 𝕻46B [75%] RP,HF,CP ¦ ημων ℵA,C [25%] OC,TR,NU

12 Ἡ γὰρ καύχησις ἡμῶν αὕτη ἐστίν· τὸ μαρτύριον τῆς συνειδήσεως ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐν ἁπλότητι καὶ εἱλικρινείᾳ*35 [25%] ¦ εἰλικρινεια [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ειλικρινια [5%] ¦ 1 του 𝕻46B [7%] NU ¦ ειλικρινια του ℵA,C [3%] Θεοῦ,*35 ℵA,C [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και 𝕻46 B [3%] [NU] οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ σαρκικῇ ἀλλ᾿ ἐν χάριτι Θεοῦ, ἀνεστράφημεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, περισσοτέρως δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς. 13 Οὐ γὰρ ἄλλα γράφομεν ὑμῖν ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἃ ἀναγινώσκετε ἢ καὶ ἐπιγινώσκετε· ἐλπίζω δὲ ὅτι καὶ*35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [4%] NU ἕως τέλους ἐπιγνώσεσθε 14 (καθὼς καὶ ἐπέγνωτε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ μέρους) ὅτι καύχημα ὑμῶν ἐσμεν, καθάπερ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἡμῶν, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου*35 𝕻46vA,C [92%] RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ 1 ημων ℵB [8%] CP[NU] Ἰησοῦ.* ¦ 1 χριστου [15%] CP

15 Καὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πεποιθήσει ἐβουλόμην πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν τὸ πρότερον*35 (21.6%) ¦ 1235 (2.3%) OC,TR ¦ 123 ℵ (0.3%) ¦ ∼ 31245 (61.1%) RP,HF,CP ¦ ∼ 3125 (4%) ¦ ∼ 45123 (1.5%) ¦ ∼ 5123 A,B,C (7%) NU ¦ ∼ 5312 (1.7%) ¦ two further variations (0.3%) (The only real question here is the position of ελθειν, before or after προς υμας—note that all the early MSS agree with f35 about that.) (ἵνα δευτέραν χάριν ἔχητε),*35 A [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ σχητε ℵB,C [3%] NU 16 καὶ δι᾿ ὑμῶν διελθεῖν*35 (ℵ)B,C [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ελθειν [13%] CP ¦ απελθειν A [2%] εἰς Μακεδονίαν, καὶ πάλιν ἀπὸ Μακεδονίας ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ὑφ᾿* ¦ αφ 𝕻46 [12%] ὑμῶν προπεμφθῆναι εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν. 17 Τοῦτο οὖν βουλευόμενος,*35 [80%] RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ βουλομενος 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [20%] OC,NU μήτι ἄρα τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ ἐχρησάμην; Ἢ ἃ βουλεύομαι, κατὰ σάρκα βουλεύομαι, ἵνα ᾖ παρ᾿ ἐμοὶ τὸ ‹ναί, ναὶ› καὶ τὸ ‹οὔ, οὔ›; 18 Πιστὸς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν ὁ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ ἐγένετο*35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εστιν 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [3%] NU ‹ναὶ› καὶ ‹οὔ,› 19 ὁ γὰρ τοῦ Θεοῦ*35 [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 231 ℵA,B,C [4%] NU ¦ ∼ 213 𝕻46 ¦ 13 [0.5%] ¦ long omission [5%] Υἱός, Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν δι᾿ ἡμῶν κηρυχθείς—δι᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ Σιλουανοῦ καὶ Τιμοθέου—οὐκ ἐγένετο ‹ναὶ› καὶ ‹οὔ.› Ἀλλά, ‹ναὶ› ἐν αὐτῷ γέγονεν, 20 ὅσαι γὰρ ἐπαγγελίαι*35 𝕻46ℵB,C [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 1 του A [20%] CP Θεοῦ, ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ* ¦ τω f35pt [10%] ¦ --- 𝕻46 [0.5%] ‹ναί›· καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ*35 (90.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ και δι αυτου 𝕻46 (1.3%) ¦ διο και δι αυτου ℵA,B,C (6.7%) NU ¦ three conflations (0.8%) ¦ three other variants (0.5%) τὸ* ¦ τω f35pt [10%] ¦ --- ℵ [0.5%] ‹ἀμήν›, τῷ Θεῷ πρὸς δόξαν δι᾿* ¦ --- C [10%] ἡμῶν. 21 Ὁ δὲ βεβαιῶν ἡμᾶς σὺν ὑμῖν* ¦ υμας 2 ημιν C [5%] CP ¦ 12 ημιν [4%] εἰς Χριστόν, καὶ χρίσας ἡμᾶς, Θεός, 22 ὁ* ¦ --- ℵA,C [10%] καὶ σφραγισάμενος ἡμᾶς καὶ δοὺς τὸν ἀρραβῶνα* ¦ αραβωνα ℵA [10%] ¦ αρραβονα [3%] τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν.

23 Ἐγὼ δέ, μάρτυρα τὸν Θεὸν ἐπικαλοῦμαι, ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν, ὅτι φειδόμενος ὑμῶν οὐκέτι ἦλθον εἰς Κόρινθον. 24 (Οὐχ ὅτι κυριεύομεν ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως, ἀλλὰ συνεργοί ἐσμεν τῆς χαρᾶς ὑμῶν, τῇ γὰρ πίστει ἑστήκατε.)