1 ثُمَّ نُعَرِّفُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ نِعْمَةَ ٱللهِ ٱلْمُعْطَاةَ فِي كَنَائِسِ مَكِدُونِيَّةَ، 2 أَنَّهُ فِي ٱخْتِبَارِ ضِيقَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ فَاضَ وُفُورُ فَرَحِهِمْ وَفَقْرِهِمِ ٱلْعَمِيقِ لِغِنَى سَخَائِهِمْ، 3 لِأَنَّهُمْ أَعْطَوْا حَسَبَ ٱلطَّاقَةِ، أَنَا أَشْهَدُ، وَفَوْقَ ٱلطَّاقَةِ، مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، 4 مُلْتَمِسِينَ مِنَّا، بِطِلْبَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، أَنْ نَقْبَلَ ٱلنِّعْمَةَ وَشَرِكَةَ ٱلْخِدْمَةِ ٱلَّتِي لِلْقِدِّيسِينَ. 5 وَلَيْسَ كَمَا رَجَوْنَا، بَلْ أَعْطَوْا أَنْفُسَهُمْ أَوَّلًا لِلرَّبِّ، وَلَنَا، بِمَشِيئَةِ ٱللهِ. 6 حَتَّى إِنَّنَا طَلَبْنَا مِنْ تِيطُسَ أَنَّهُ كَمَا سَبَقَ فَٱبْتَدَأَ، كَذَلِكَ يُتَمِّمُ لَكُمْ هَذِهِ ٱلنِّعْمَةَ أَيْضًا. 7 لَكِنْ كَمَا تَزْدَادُونَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ: فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ وَٱلْكَلَامِ وَٱلْعِلْمِ وَكُلِّ ٱجْتِهَادٍ وَمَحَبَّتِكُمْ لَنَا، لَيْتَكُمْ تَزْدَادُونَ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ أَيْضًا. 8 لَسْتُ أَقُولُ عَلَى سَبِيلِ ٱلْأَمْرِ، بَلْ بِٱجْتِهَادِ آخَرِينَ، مُخْتَبِرًا إِخْلَاصَ مَحَبَّتِكُمْ أَيْضًا. 9 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمُ ٱفْتَقَرَ وَهُوَ غَنِيٌّ، لِكَيْ تَسْتَغْنُوا أَنْتُمْ بِفَقْرِهِ. 10 أُعْطِي رَأْيًا فِي هَذَا أَيْضًا، لِأَنَّ هَذَا يَنْفَعُكُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقْتُمْ فَٱبْتَدَأْتُمْ مُنْذُ ٱلْعَامِ ٱلْمَاضِي، لَيْسَ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَقَطْ بَلْ أَنْ تُرِيدُوا أَيْضًا. 11 وَلَكِنِ ٱلْآنَ تَمِّمُوا ٱلْعَمَلَ أَيْضًا، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلنَّشَاطَ لِلْإِرَادَةِ، كَذَلِكَ يَكُونُ ٱلتَّتْمِيمُ أَيْضًا حَسَبَ مَا لَكُمْ. 12 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ ٱلنَّشَاطُ مَوْجُودًا فَهُوَ مَقْبُولٌ عَلَى حَسَبِ مَا لِلْإِنْسَانِ، لَا عَلَى حَسَبِ مَا لَيْسَ لَهُ. 13 فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لِلْآخَرِينَ رَاحَةٌ وَلَكُمْ ضِيقٌ، 14 بَلْ بِحَسَبِ ٱلْمُسَاوَاةِ. لِكَيْ تَكُونَ فِي هَذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ فُضَالَتُكُمْ لِإِعْوَازِهِمْ، كَيْ تَصِيرَ فُضَالَتُهُمْ لِإِعْوَازِكُمْ، حَتَّى تَحْصُلَ ٱلْمُسَاوَاةُ. 15 كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ كَثِيرًا لَمْ يُفْضِلْ، وَٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ قَلِيلًا لَمْ يُنْقِصْ». 16 وَلَكِنْ شُكْرًا لِلهِ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ هَذَا ٱلِٱجْتِهَادَ عَيْنَهُ لِأَجْلِكُمْ فِي قَلْبِ تِيطُسَ، 17 لِأَنَّهُ قَبِلَ ٱلطِّلْبَةَ. وَإِذْ كَانَ أَكْثَرَ ٱجْتِهَادًا، مَضَى إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِهِ. 18 وَأَرْسَلْنَا مَعَهُ ٱلْأَخَ ٱلَّذِي مَدْحُهُ فِي ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْكَنَائِسِ. 19 وَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ هُوَ مُنْتَخَبٌ أَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلْكَنَائِسِ رَفِيقًا لَنَا فِي ٱلسَّفَرِ، مَعَ هَذِهِ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ ٱلْمَخْدُومَةِ مِنَّا لِمَجْدِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْوَاحِدِ، وَلِنَشَاطِكُمْ. 20 مُتَجَنِّبِينَ هَذَا أَنْ يَلُومَنَا أَحَدٌ فِي جَسَامَةِ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَخْدُومَةِ مِنَّا. 21 مُعْتَنِينَ بِأُمُورٍ حَسَنَةٍ، لَيْسَ قُدَّامَ ٱلرَّبِّ فَقَطْ، بَلْ قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَيْضًا. 22 وَأَرْسَلْنَا مَعَهُمَا أَخَانَا، ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَبَرْنَا مِرَارًا فِي أُمُورٍ كَثِيرَةٍ أَنَّهُ مُجْتَهِدٌ، وَلَكِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ أَشَدُّ ٱجْتِهَادًا كَثِيرًا بِٱلثِّقَةِ ٱلْكَثِيرَةِ بِكُمْ. 23 أَمَّا مِنْ جِهَةِ تِيطُسَ فَهُوَ شَرِيكٌ لِي وَعَامِلٌ مَعِي لِأَجْلِكُمْ. وَأَمَّا أَخَوَانَا فَهُمَا رَسُولَا ٱلْكَنَائِسِ، وَمَجْدُ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. 24 فَبَيِّنُوا لَهُمْ، وَقُدَّامَ ٱلْكَنَائِسِ، بَيِّنَةَ مَحَبَّتِكُمْ، وَٱفْتِخَارِنَا مِنْ جِهَتِكُمْ.
2 Corinthians · Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
2 Corinthians 8 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
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- Fully vowelled Arabic, read right to left.
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Verse divisions occasionally differ from English Bibles (e.g. 1 Timothy 6:21–22, 3 John 14–15).
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Titus
A Greek coworker of Paul, not compelled to be circumcised, who carried Paul's letters to Corinth, and whom Paul left in Crete to set things in order.
Cited in the guide: 2 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 8:23; Galatians 2:3
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- 1 Acts 16:9; 2 Corinthians 9:2; 2 Corinthians 11:9; Acts 11:23; 2 Corinthians 9:12
- 2 James 2:5; Proverbs 11:25; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Deuteronomy 15:4; 2 Corinthians 9:13
- 3 Exodus 35:29; Exodus 35:5; 2 Corinthians 9:6–7; Exodus 35:21–22; Philemon 14
- 4 Galatians 6:10; Acts 24:17; 2 Corinthians 9:1; Hebrews 6:10; 1 John 3:16–18
- 5 Romans 12:1; Romans 14:7–9; Romans 6:13; 2 Corinthians 8:1; 2 Chronicles 30:12
- 6 2 Corinthians 12:18; 2 Corinthians 8:19; 2 Corinthians 8:16–17; 2 Corinthians 8:4; Philippians 4:18
- 7 2 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Peter 1:5–8; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Philippians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 13:2
- 8 1 Corinthians 7:6; 1 John 3:17–19; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Corinthians 9:7; James 2:14–16
- 9 Romans 8:32; Philippians 2:6–8; Matthew 20:28; Romans 5:8; 2 Corinthians 6:10
- 10 Hebrews 13:16; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Proverbs 19:17; James 2:15–16; 2 Corinthians 9:2
- 11 2 Corinthians 9:2
- 12 Mark 12:42–44; Luke 21:1–4; Exodus 35:29; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Exodus 35:21–22
- 13 Acts 4:34; Romans 15:26–27
- 14 2 Corinthians 9:12; Acts 4:34
- 15 Exodus 16:18; Luke 22:35
- 16 Revelation 17:17; Jeremiah 32:40; 2 Corinthians 2:13–14; 2 Corinthians 7:12; Ezra 7:27
- 17 2 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 13:22; 2 Corinthians 8:10; 2 Corinthians 8:8
- 18 2 Corinthians 12:18; 1 Corinthians 7:17; 2 Corinthians 8:19; 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 8:22–23
- 19 1 Corinthians 16:3–4; 2 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Corinthians 4:15; 1 Peter 4:10–11; 2 Corinthians 9:12–14
- 20 Ephesians 5:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Romans 14:16; Matthew 10:16; 1 Corinthians 16:3
- 21 Romans 12:17; 1 Peter 2:12; Philippians 4:8; Titus 2:5–8; Romans 14:18
- 22 Philippians 2:20–22
- 23 Philippians 2:25; Philemon 17; 3 John 8; 2 Corinthians 8:6; Philippians 4:3
- 24 2 Corinthians 7:14; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 2 Corinthians 8:8; 2 Corinthians 9:2–4
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See again his exhortation accompanied with commendations, greater commendations. And he said not, that ye give,' but "that ye abound; in faith," namely, of the gifts, and "in utterance," the word of wisdom, and "knowledge," namely, of the doctrines, and "in all earnestness," to the attaining of all other virtue.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
And since His voice is acknowledged in the prophecy, "Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell," He has brought Him down to hell and brought Him up again. By this poverty of His we are made rich; for "the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich." But that we may know what this is, let us hear what follows: "He …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For having spoken of the noble spirit they had shown in regard of their goods, he saith, "They gave also their own selves to the Lord, and to us."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For while he pursues an upright life, he takes care to maintain a good reputation as well, providing things honest in the sight of God and men, fearing God, and caring for men.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For this cause "He became poor, that He might make us rich;" for this cause He underwent all those sufferings, that He might incite us to ask.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)