1 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди и҆мꙋ́ще слꙋже́нїе сїѐ, ꙗ҆́коже поми́ловани бы́хомъ, не стꙋжа́емъ сѝ: 2 но ѿреко́хомсѧ та́йныхъ сра́ма, не въ лꙋка́вствїи ходѧ́ще, ни льстѧ́ще словесѐ бж҃їѧ, но ꙗ҆вле́нїемъ и҆́стины представлѧ́юще себѐ ко всѧ́цѣй со́вѣсти человѣ́честѣй, пред̾ бг҃омъ. 3 А҆́ще ли же є҆́сть покрове́но бл҃говѣствова́нїе на́ше, въ ги́бнꙋщихъ є҆́сть покрове́но, 4 въ ни́хже бо́гъ вѣ́ка сегѡ̀ ѡ҆слѣпѝ ра́зꙋмы невѣ́рныхъ, во є҆́же не возсїѧ́ти и҆̀мъ свѣ́тꙋ бл҃говѣствова́нїѧ сла́вы хрⷭ҇то́вы, и҆́же є҆́сть ѡ҆́бразъ бг҃а неви́димагѡ. 5 Не себе́ бо проповѣ́даемъ, но хрⷭ҇та̀ і҆и҃са гдⷭ҇а: себе́ же самѣ́хъ рабѡ́въ ва́мъ і҆и҃са (гдⷭ҇а) ра́ди: 6 ꙗ҆́кѡ бг҃ъ рекі́й и҆з̾ тьмы̀ свѣ́тꙋ возсїѧ́ти, и҆́же возсїѧ̀ въ сердца́хъ на́шихъ, къ просвѣще́нїю ра́зꙋма сла́вы бж҃їѧ ѡ҆ лицы̀ і҆и҃съ хрⷭ҇то́вѣ. 7 И҆́мамы же сокро́вище сїѐ въ скꙋде́льныхъ сосꙋ́дѣхъ, да премно́жество си́лы бꙋ́детъ бж҃їѧ, а҆ не ѿ на́съ: 8 во все́мъ скорбѧ́ще, но не стꙋжа́юще сѝ: неча́еми, но не ѿчаѧва́еми: 9 гони́ми, но не ѡ҆ставлѧ́еми: низлага́еми, но не погиба́юще: 10 всегда̀ ме́ртвость гдⷭ҇а і҆и҃са въ тѣ́лѣ носѧ́ще, да и҆ живо́тъ і҆и҃совъ въ тѣ́лѣ на́шемъ ꙗ҆ви́тсѧ. 11 Прⷭ҇нѡ бо мы̀ живі́и въ сме́рть предае́мсѧ і҆и҃са ра́ди, да и҆ живо́тъ і҆и҃совъ ꙗ҆ви́тсѧ въ ме́ртвеннѣй пло́ти на́шей: 12 тѣ́мже сме́рть ᲂу҆́бѡ въ на́съ дѣ́йствꙋетъ, а҆ живо́тъ въ ва́съ. 13 И҆мꙋ́ще же то́йже дх҃ъ вѣ́ры, по пи́санномꙋ: вѣ́ровахъ, тѣ́мже возглаго́лахъ: и҆ мы̀ вѣ́рꙋемъ, тѣ́мже и҆ глаго́лемъ, 14 вѣ́дѧще, ꙗ҆́кѡ воздви́гїй гдⷭ҇а і҆и҃са, и҆ на́съ со і҆и҃сомъ воздви́гнетъ, и҆ предпоста́витъ съ ва́ми. 15 Всѧ̑ бо ва́съ ра́ди, да блгⷣть ᲂу҆мно́жившаѧсѧ, мно́жайшими благодарє́нїи и҆збы́точествитъ въ сла́вꙋ бж҃їю. 16 Тѣ́мже не стꙋжа́емъ сѝ: но а҆́ще и҆ внѣ́шнїй на́шъ человѣ́къ тлѣ́етъ, ѻ҆ба́че внꙋ́треннїй ѡ҆бновлѧ́етсѧ по всѧ̑ дни̑. 17 Є҆́же бо нн҃ѣ ле́гкое печа́ли на́шеѧ, по преꙋмноже́нїю въ преспѣ́ѧнїе тѧготꙋ̀ вѣ́чныѧ сла́вы содѣ́ловаетъ на́мъ, 18 не смотрѧ́ющымъ на́мъ ви́димыхъ, но неви́димыхъ: ви̑димаѧ бо вре́мєнна, неви̑димаѧ же вѣ̑чна.
2 Corinthians · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Thessalonians 3:13; Galatians 6:9; Ephesians 3:13; Revelation 2:3; Philippians 4:13
- 2 2 Corinthians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:3–5; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; 1 Corinthians 4:5
- 3 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11; 2 Corinthians 2:15–16; Matthew 11:25
- 4 John 12:40; 2 Corinthians 3:14; Acts 26:18; Isaiah 6:10; 1 John 5:19
- 5 1 Thessalonians 2:5–6; 2 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 1:23; Galatians 5:13; 2 Corinthians 5:14–15
- 6 Isaiah 60:2; Genesis 1:3; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 1:19; Ephesians 5:8
- 7 2 Corinthians 3:5–6; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Ephesians 2:8–9; 1 Corinthians 1:28; Colossians 2:3
- 8 James 1:2–4; Romans 8:35–37; 1 Peter 4:12–14; 2 Corinthians 12:10; Psalm 56:2–3
- 9 Isaiah 43:2; Micah 7:8; Psalm 37:24–25; Proverbs 24:16; Psalm 42:11
- 10 Romans 6:5; 2 Timothy 2:11; 1 Peter 4:13; Romans 6:8; Philippians 3:10–11
- 11 1 Corinthians 15:49; 1 Corinthians 15:53–54; Psalm 44:22; Romans 8:36; 1 Corinthians 15:31
- 12 2 Corinthians 13:9; 1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 John 3:16; Acts 20:24; Philippians 2:17
- 13 Psalm 116:10; Hebrews 11:1–40; 2 Corinthians 3:12; Proverbs 21:28; 1 Corinthians 12:9
- 14 Romans 8:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; 1 Corinthians 6:14; John 11:25–26; Jude 24
- 15 Romans 8:28; Ephesians 3:20–21; 2 Corinthians 9:11–12; Psalm 50:23; 2 Corinthians 1:11
- 16 Isaiah 40:31; Colossians 3:10; Isaiah 40:29; Romans 12:2; Psalm 73:26
- 17 Romans 8:18; 1 Peter 5:10; Romans 5:3–5; James 1:12; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 18 2 Corinthians 5:7; Romans 8:24–25; Hebrews 11:1; 1 John 2:16–17; 1 John 2:25
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Seeing he had uttered great things and had set himself and all the faithful before Moses, aware of the height and greatness of what he had said, observe how he moderates his tone again.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
As to their affirming that Paul said plainly in the Second [Epistle] to the Corinthians, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not," and maintaining that there is indeed one god of this world, but another who is beyond all principality, and beginning, and power, we are not to blame if they, …
… contrary, it so thoroughly adopts it, that even while a man is alive, and body and soul are united, it calls each of them singly by the name "man," speaking of the soul as the "inward man," and of the body as the "outward man," as if there were two men, though both together are indeed but one.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Hear, for instance, how of those passions Paul is ashamed, even after his deliverance from them, saying, "For what fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed?" But virtue, even after his labor, he affirms to be light, calling the laboriousness of our affliction momentary and "light," and rejoicing in his sufferings, and glorying in his …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For it is Paul who saith, In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the Gospel should shine unto them." But Archelaus made a good retort, saying, "Read a little before: But if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that are perishing.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)