2 Corinthians · Darby Translation
2 Corinthians 10 Darby Translation
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1 But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, [when present] [am] mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;
1 Αὐτὸς δὲ ἐγὼ Παῦλος παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς διὰ τῆς πρᾳότητος καὶ ἐπιεικείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς κατὰ πρόσωπον μὲν ταπεινὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀπὼν δὲ θαρρῶ εἰς ὑμᾶς·
2 but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.
2 δέομαι δὲ τὸ μὴ παρὼν θαρρῆσαι τῇ πεποιθήσει ᾗ λογίζομαι τολμῆσαι ἐπί τινας τοὺς λογιζομένους ἡμᾶς ὡς κατὰ σάρκα περιπατοῦντας.
3 For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.
3 Ἐν σαρκὶ γὰρ περιπατοῦντες οὐ κατὰ σάρκα στρατευόμεθα·
4 For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the] overthrow of strongholds;
4 τὰ γὰρ ὅπλα τῆς στρατείας ἡμῶν οὐ σαρκικά, ἀλλὰ δυνατὰ τῷ Θεῷ πρὸς καθαίρεσιν ὀχυρωμάτων· —
5 overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;
5 λογισμοὺς καθαιροῦντες καὶ πᾶν ὕψωμα ἐπαιρόμενον κατὰ τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντες πᾶν νόημα εἰς τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
6 and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled.
6 καὶ ἐν ἑτοίμῳ ἔχοντες ἐκδικῆσαι πᾶσαν παρακοήν, ὅταν πληρωθῇ ὑμῶν ἡ ὑπακοή.
7 Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, let him think this again in himself, that even as he [is] of Christ, so also [are] we.
7 Τὰ κατὰ πρόσωπον βλέπετε! εἴ τις πέποιθεν ἑαυτῷ Χριστοῦ εἶναι, τοῦτο λογιζέσθω πάλιν ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, ὅτι καθὼς αὐτὸς Χριστοῦ, οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς Χριστοῦ.
8 For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given [to us] for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;
8 ἐάν τε γὰρ [καὶ] περισσότερόν τι καυχήσωμαι περὶ τῆς ἐξουσίας ἡμῶν, ἧς ἔδωκεν ὁ Κύριος ἡμῖν εἰς οἰκοδομὴν καὶ οὐκ εἰς καθαίρεσιν ὑμῶν, οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσομαι,
9 that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
9 ἵνα μὴ δόξω ὡς ἂν ἐκφοβεῖν ὑμᾶς διὰ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν.
10 because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.
10 ὅτι αἱ μὲν ἐπιστολαί, φησί, βαρεῖαι καὶ ἰσχυραί, ἡ δὲ παρουσία τοῦ σώματος ἀσθενὴς καὶ ὁ λόγος ἐξουθενημένος.
11 Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters [when] absent, such also present in deed.
11 τοῦτο λογιζέσθω ὁ τοιοῦτος, ὅτι οἷοί ἐσμεν τῷ λόγῳ δι᾽ ἐπιστολῶν ἀπόντες, τοιοῦτοι καὶ παρόντες τῷ ἔργῳ.
12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent.
12 Οὐ γὰρ τολμῶμεν ἐγκρῖναι ἢ συγκρῖναι ἑαυτούς τισι τῶν ἑαυτοὺς συνιστανόντων· ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἑαυτοὺς μετροῦντες καὶ συγκρίνοντες ἑαυτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς οὐ συνιοῦσιν.
13 Now we will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.
13 ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐχὶ εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα καυχησόμεθα, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ μέτρον τοῦ κανόνος οὗ ἐμέρισεν ἡμῖν ὁ Θεὸς μέτρου, ἐφικέσθαι ἄχρι καὶ ὑμῶν.
14 For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the Christ;)
14 οὐ γὰρ ὡς μὴ ἐφικνούμενοι εἰς ὑμᾶς ὑπερεκτείνομεν ἑαυτούς· ἄχρι γὰρ καὶ ὑμῶν ἐφθάσαμεν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
15 not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly
15 οὐκ εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα καυχώμενοι ἐν ἀλλοτρίοις κόποις, ἐλπίδα δὲ ἔχοντες, αὐξανομένης τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν, ἐν ὑμῖν μεγαλυνθῆναι κατὰ τὸν κανόνα ἡμῶν εἰς περισσείαν,
16 to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.
16 εἰς τὰ ὑπερέκεινα ὑμῶν εὐαγγελίσασθαι, οὐκ ἐν ἀλλοτρίῳ κανόνι εἰς τὰ ἕτοιμα καυχήσασθαι.
17 But he that boasts, let him boast in the Lord.
17 Ὁ δὲ καυχώμενος ἐν Κυρίῳ καυχάσθω·
18 For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
18 οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἑαυτὸν συνιστῶν, ἐκεῖνός ἐστι δόκιμος, ἀλλ᾽ ὃν ὁ Κύριος συνίστησιν.
Cross references (18)
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- 1 2 Corinthians 10:10; Matthew 11:29; Galatians 5:2; Romans 12:1; Isaiah 42:3–4
- 2 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 13:2; Galatians 5:16–25; Ephesians 2:2–3; 1 Corinthians 4:18–21
- 3 2 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Peter 4:1–2; Galatians 2:20; Romans 8:13; 2 Timothy 2:3–4
- 4 2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:13–18; Jeremiah 1:10; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 1 Samuel 17:45–50
- 5 Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 55:7; 1 Peter 1:14–15; Romans 7:23; Matthew 15:19
- 6 2 Corinthians 2:9; Numbers 16:26–30; 2 Corinthians 7:15; 2 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 5:3–5
- 7 John 7:24; 1 Corinthians 14:37; 2 Corinthians 5:12; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 1 John 4:6
- 8 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Timothy 1:12; Galatians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 13:8; 2 Corinthians 1:24
- 9 1 Corinthians 4:19–21; 2 Corinthians 10:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5
- 10 1 Corinthians 1:17; Exodus 4:10; 2 Corinthians 11:6; Jeremiah 1:6; 2 Corinthians 12:5–9
- 11 2 Corinthians 12:20; 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 13:2–3; 1 Corinthians 4:19–20
- 12 Proverbs 27:2; Proverbs 26:12; 2 Corinthians 10:18; Luke 18:11; Romans 15:18
- 13 1 Peter 4:10; Romans 12:6; 2 Corinthians 10:14–15; Romans 15:20; Ephesians 4:7
- 14 Romans 1:16; 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 Corinthians 4:15; Romans 15:18–19; Acts 20:24
- 15 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Romans 15:20; 2 Corinthians 10:13; Acts 5:13
- 16 Romans 15:24–28; Acts 19:21
- 17 Jeremiah 9:23–24; 1 Corinthians 1:31; James 1:9–10; Isaiah 65:16; Psalm 105:3
- 18 Proverbs 21:2; Luke 16:15; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Romans 2:29; 2 Corinthians 10:12
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Having completed, in such sort as behoved his discourse of almsgiving, and having shown that he loves them more than he is loved, and having recounted the circumstances of his patience and trials, he now opportunely enters upon points involving more of reproof, making allusion to the false apostles, and concluding his discourse with more disagreeable matter, and with commendations …
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)