1 Zato imajući ovu službu kao što bismo pomilovani, ne dosađuje nam se; 2 nego se odrekosmo tajnog srama da ne živimo u lukavstvu, niti da izvrćemo reč Božiju, nego javljanjem istine da se pokažemo svakoj savesti čovečijoj pred Bogom. 3 Ako li je pak pokriveno jevanđelje naše u onima je pokriveno koji ginu, 4 u kojima bog sveta ovog oslepi razume nevernika, da im ne zasvetli videlo jevanđelja slave Hristove, koji je obličje Boga, koji se ne vidi. 5 Jer sebe ne propovedamo nego Hrista Isusa Gospoda, a sebe same vaše sluge Isusa Gospoda radi. 6 Jer Bog koji reče da iz tame zasvetli videlo, zasvetli u srcima našim na svetlost poznanja slave Božije u licu Isusa Hrista. 7 Ali ovo blago imamo u zemljanim sudovima, da premnoštvo sile bude od Boga, a ne od nas. 8 U svemu imamo nevolje, ali nam se ne dosađuje; zbunjeni smo, ali ne gubimo nadu; 9 progone nas, ali nismo ostavljeni; obaljuju nas, ali ne ginemo. 10 I jednako nosimo na telu smrt Gospoda Isusa, da se i život Isusov na telu našem pokaže. 11 Jer mi živi jednako se predajemo na smrt za Isusa, da se i život Isusov javi na smrtnom telu našem. 12 Zato dakle smrt vlada u nama, a život u vama. 13 Imajući pak onaj isti duh vere kao što je napisano: verovah, zato govorih; mi verujemo, zato i govorimo. 14 Znajući da će Onaj koji podiže Isusa, i nas podignuti s Isusom, i postaviti s vama. 15 Jer je sve vas radi, da blagodat umnožena izobiluje hvalama na slavu Božiju. 16 Zato nam se ne dosađuje; no ako se naš spoljašnji čovek i raspada, ali se unutrašnji obnavlja svaki dan. 17 Jer naša laka sadašnja briga donosi nam večnu i od svega pretežniju slavu. 18 Nama koji ne gledamo na ovo što se vidi, nego na ono što se ne vidi; jer je ovo što se vidi, za vreme, a ono što se ne vidi, večno.
2 Corinthians · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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Notes on this text (3)
- 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).
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).
How these were chosen
“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)