1 O da biste malo potrpeli moje bezumlje! No i potrpite me. 2 Jer revnujem za vas Božjom revnosti, jer vas obrekoh mužu jednom, da devojku čistu izvedem pred Hrista. 3 Ali se bojim da kako kao što zmija Evu prevari lukavstvom svojim tako i razumi vaši da se ne odvrate od prostote koja je u Hristu. 4 Jer ako onaj koji dolazi drugog Isusa propoveda kog mi ne propovedasmo, ili drugog Duha primite kog ne primiste, ili drugo jevanđelje koje ne primiste, dobro biste potrpeli. 5 Jer mislim da ni u čemu nisam manji od prevelikih apostola. 6 Jer ako sam i prostak u reči, ali u razumu nisam. No u svemu smo poznati među vama. 7 Ili greh učinih ponižujući se da se vi povisite? Jer vam zabadava Božije jevanđelje propovedih. 8 Od drugih crkava oteh uzevši platu za služenje vama; i došavši k vama, i bivši u sirotinji, i ne dosadih nikome. 9 Jer moju sirotinju popuniše braća koja dođoše iz Makedonije, i u svemu bez dosade vama sebe držah i držaću. 10 Kao što je istina Hristova u meni tako se hvala ova neće uzeti od mene u ahajskim krajevima. 11 Zašto? Što vas ne ljubim? Bog zna. A šta činim i činiću, 12 da odsečem uzrok onima koji traže uzrok, da bi u onome čime se hvale našli se kao i mi. 13 Jer takvi lažni apostoli i prevarljivi poslenici pretvaraju se u apostole Hristove. 14 I nije čudo, jer se sam sotona pretvara u anđela svetla. 15 Nije dakle ništa veliko ako se i sluge njegove pretvaraju kao sluge pravde, kojima će svršetak biti po delima njihovim. 16 Opet velim da niko ne pomisli da sam ja bezuman; ako li ne, a ono barem kao bezumnog primite me, da se i ja šta pohvalim. 17 A šta govorim ne govorim po Gospodu, nego kao u bezumlju, u ovoj struci hvale. 18 Budući da se mnogi hvale po telu, i ja ću da se hvalim. 19 Jer ljubazno primate bezumne kad ste sami mudri. 20 Jer primate ako vas ko natera da budete sluge, ako vas ko jede, ako ko uzme, ako vas ko po obrazu bije, ako se ko veliča. 21 Na sramotu govorim, jer kao da mi oslabismo. Na šta je ko slobodan (po bezumlju govorim), i ja sam slobodan. 22 Jesu li Jevreji? I ja sam. Jesu li Izrailjci? I ja sam. Jesu li seme Avraamovo? I ja sam. 23 Jesu li sluge Hristove? (Ne govorim po mudrosti) ja sam još više. Više sam se trudio, više sam boja podneo, više puta sam bio u tamnici, mnogo puta sam dolazio do straha smrtnog; 24 od Jevreja primio sam pet puta četrdeset manje jedan udarac; 25 triput sam bio šiban, jednom su kamenje bacali na me, tri puta se lađa sa mnom razbijala, noć i dan proveo sam u dubini morskoj. 26 Mnogo puta sam putovao, bio sam u strahu na vodama, u strahu od hajduka, u strahu od rodbine, u strahu od neznabožaca, u strahu u gradovima, u strahu u pustinji, u strahu na moru, u strahu među lažnom braćom; 27 u trudu i poslu, u mnogom nespavanju, u gladovanju i žeđi, u mnogom pošćenju, u zimi i golotinji; 28 osim što je spolja, navaljivanje ljudi svaki dan, i briga za sve crkve. 29 Ko oslabi, i ja da ne oslabim? Ko se sablazni, i ja da se ne raspalim? 30 Ako mi se valja hvaliti, svojom ću se slabošću hvaliti. 31 Bog i Otac Gospoda našeg Isusa Hrista, koji je blagosloven vavek, zna da ne lažem. 32 U Damasku neznabožački knez cara Arete čuvaše grad Damask i htede da me uhvati; 33 i kroz prozor spustiše me u kotarici preko zida, i izbegoh iz njegovih ruku.
2 Corinthians · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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Aretas
The king whose governor guarded Damascus to seize Paul; Paul escaped in a basket through a window in the wall.
Cited in the guide: 2 Corinthians 11:32
Cross references (33)
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- 1 2 Corinthians 11:4; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 2 Corinthians 11:21; 2 Corinthians 11:19; 2 Corinthians 5:13
- 2 Hosea 2:19–20; Ephesians 5:26–27; Isaiah 54:5; Colossians 1:28; Leviticus 21:13–15
- 3 Colossians 2:8; Galatians 1:6; Ephesians 4:14; 1 John 4:1; Colossians 2:4
- 4 Galatians 1:6–8; 1 Corinthians 3:11; 1 Timothy 2:5; Ephesians 4:4–5; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11
- 5 1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 12:11–12; Galatians 2:6–9
- 6 1 Corinthians 1:17; Ephesians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 2 Peter 3:15–16
- 7 2 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Corinthians 4:10–12; 2 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 9:6
- 8 2 Corinthians 11:9; Philippians 4:14–16; Philippians 4:18
- 9 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:6; Philippians 4:10–16; Hebrews 11:37
- 10 Romans 9:1; Acts 18:12; Romans 1:9; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 11:31
- 11 2 Corinthians 12:15; 2 Corinthians 7:3; 2 Corinthians 6:11–12; 2 Corinthians 12:2–3; Revelation 2:23
- 12 1 Corinthians 9:12; 2 Corinthians 10:17; Galatians 1:7; 2 Corinthians 11:9; 2 Corinthians 11:18
- 13 Galatians 1:7; Revelation 2:2; 1 John 4:1; Philippians 3:2; Galatians 2:4
- 14 Galatians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Revelation 12:9; Matthew 4:1–10
- 15 Philippians 3:19; 2 Corinthians 3:9; Revelation 9:11; Jeremiah 23:14–15; Jude 4
- 16 2 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Corinthians 12:6; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 11:19; 2 Corinthians 11:21–23
- 17 1 Corinthians 7:12; Philippians 3:3–6; 2 Corinthians 9:4; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2 Corinthians 11:18–27
- 18 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Philippians 3:3–4; 1 Peter 1:24; 2 Corinthians 12:5–6
- 19 1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Corinthians 10:15; 1 Corinthians 8:1; Revelation 3:17
- 20 Galatians 2:4; Galatians 5:1; Galatians 4:3; Galatians 4:9; Isaiah 50:6
- 21 2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 10:1–2; 2 Corinthians 11:17; 2 Corinthians 11:22–27; 2 Corinthians 13:10
- 22 Philippians 3:5; Romans 11:1; Romans 9:4; Exodus 7:16; Exodus 9:13
- 23 2 Corinthians 6:4–5; Colossians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 6:9; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10; 2 Corinthians 11:24–25
- 24 Mark 13:9; Deuteronomy 25:2–3; Matthew 10:17
- 25 Acts 14:19; Hebrews 11:37; Acts 27:1–44; Acts 16:37; Acts 16:33
- 26 Acts 14:5; Acts 20:19; Acts 25:3; Acts 17:5; Acts 13:50
- 27 2 Corinthians 6:5; Philippians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 4:11–12
- 28 1 Corinthians 7:17; Romans 15:16; Acts 20:18–35; Romans 11:13; Acts 15:40–41
- 29 1 Corinthians 8:13; 1 Corinthians 9:22; Galatians 4:8–20; Nehemiah 13:23–25; Nehemiah 13:15–20
- 30 2 Corinthians 12:5–11; Proverbs 25:27; 1 Corinthians 2:3; Jeremiah 9:23–24; Proverbs 27:2
- 31 Romans 9:5; Ephesians 1:3; John 10:30; Romans 15:6; 1 Peter 1:3
- 32 Acts 9:24–25; 2 Corinthians 11:26
- 33 Acts 9:25; Joshua 2:18; 1 Samuel 19:12
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Being about to enter upon his own praises he uses much previous correction. And he does this not once or twice, although the necessity of the subject, and what he had often said, were sufficient excuse for him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
For the devil it was, transforming himself into an angel of light. And he much allured proud flesh, in that he had no fleshly body.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Wherefore Paul also said, "That wherein they glory, they may be found even as we." But if when we are in a strange country, and are going unto persons unknown to us, we must seek nothing more than our food for the day, much more when abiding at home.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The devil also transfigures himself into an angel of light; not that he may reascend to where he was, for having made his heart hard as an anvil, he has henceforth a will that cannot repent; but in order that he may envelope those who are living an Angelic life in a mist of blindness, and a pestilent condition …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… not in his own voice, doth he call on that other deep, for whom being jealous he feareth, lest that, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so their minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in our Bridegroom, Thine only Son. What a light of beauty will that be when "we shall see Him as He …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)