2 Corinthians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
2 Corinthians 1 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Παύλος, απόστολος Ιησού Χριστού διά θελήματος Θεού, και Τιμόθεος ο αδελφός, προς την εκκλησίαν του Θεού την ούσαν εν Κορίνθω μετά πάντων των αγίων των όντων εν όλη τη Αχαΐα·
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2 χάρις υμίν και ειρήνη από Θεού Πατρός ημών και Κυρίου Ιησού Χριστού.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Ευλογητός ο Θεός και Πατήρ του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού, ο Πατήρ των οικτιρμών και Θεός πάσης παρηγορίας,
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
4 ο παρηγορών ημάς εν πάση τη θλίψει ημών, διά να δυνάμεθα ημείς να παρηγορώμεν τους εν πάση θλίψει διά της παρηγορίας, με την οποίαν παρηγορούμεθα ημείς αυτοί υπό του Θεού·
4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
5 διότι καθώς περισσεύουσι τα παθήματα του Χριστού εις ημάς, ούτω διά του Χριστού περισσεύει και η παρηγορία ημών.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
6 Και είτε θλιβόμεθα, θλιβόμεθα υπέρ της παρηγορίας σας και σωτηρίας της ενεργουμένης διά της υπομονής των αυτών παθημάτων, τα οποία και ημείς πάσχομεν· είτε παρηγορούμεθα, παρηγορούμεθα υπέρ της παρηγορίας σας και σωτηρίας· και η ελπίς, την οποίαν έχομεν, είναι βεβαία υπέρ υμών·
6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
7 επειδή εξεύρομεν ότι καθώς είσθε κοινωνοί των παθημάτων, ούτω και της παρηγορίας.
7 Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the comfort.
8 Διότι δεν θέλομεν να αγνοήτε, αδελφοί, περί της θλίψεως ημών, ήτις συνέβη εις ημάς εν τη Ασία, ότι καθ' υπερβολήν εστενοχωρήθημεν υπέρ δύναμιν, ώστε απηλπίσθημεν και του ζήν·
8 For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
9 αλλ' ημείς αυτοί εν εαυτοίς, ελάβομεν την απόφασιν του θανάτου, διά να μη έχωμεν την πεποίθησιν εις εαυτούς, αλλ' εις τον Θεόν τον εγείροντα τους νεκρούς·
9 Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
10 όστις ηλευθέρωσεν ημάς εκ τοσούτου μεγάλου θανάτου και ελευθερόνει, εις τον οποίον ελπίζομεν ότι και έτι θέλει ελευθερώσει,
10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,
11 ενώ και σεις συνεργείτε υπέρ ημών διά της δεήσεως, διά να γείνη εκ πολλών προσώπων ευχαριστία υπέρ ημών διά το δοθέν εις ημάς χάρισμα διά πολλών.
11 you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
12 Διότι το καύχημα ημών είναι τούτο, η μαρτυρία της συνειδήσεως ημών, ότι εν απλότητι και ειλικρινεία Θεού, ουχί εν σοφία σαρκική, αλλ' εν χάριτι Θεού επολιτεύθημεν εν τω κόσμω, περισσότερον δε προς εσάς.
12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
13 Διότι δεν σας γράφομεν άλλο, παρ' εκείνα τα οποία αναγινώσκετε ή και γνωρίζετε, ελπίζω δε ότι και έως τέλους θέλετε γνωρίσει.
13 For we write no other things to you than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end—
14 Καθώς και μας εγνωρίσατε κατά μέρος, ότι είμεθα καύχημα εις εσάς, καθώς σεις εις ημάς, εν τη ημέρα του Κυρίου Ιησού.
14 as also you acknowledged us in part—that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
15 Και με ταύτην την πεποίθησιν ήθελον να έλθω προς εσάς πρότερον, διά να έχητε δευτέραν χάριν,
15 In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,
16 και δι' υμών να διαβώ εις Μακεδονίαν, και πάλιν από Μακεδονίας να έλθω προς εσάς και από σας να προπεμφθώ εις την Ιουδαίαν.
16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.
17 Τούτο λοιπόν βουλευόμενος μήπως τάχα μετεχειρίσθην ελαφρότητα; ή όσα βουλεύομαι, κατά σάρκα βουλεύομαι, διά να ήναι εις εμέ το ναι ναι, και το ου ου;
17 When I therefore planned this, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be the “Yes, yes” and the “No, no?”
18 Αλλ' όμως πιστός ο Θεός ότι ο λόγος ημών ο λαληθείς προς εσάς δεν έγεινε ναι και ου.
18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”
19 Διότι ο Υιός του Θεού Ιησούς Χριστός ο κηρυχθείς μεταξύ σας δι' ημών, δι' εμού και του Σιλουανού και του Τιμοθέου, δεν έγεινε ναι και ου, αλλά ναι έγεινεν εν αυτώ.
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”
20 Διότι πάσαι αι επαγγελίαι του Θεού είναι εν αυτώ, το ναι και εν αυτώ το αμήν, προς δόξαν του Θεού δι' ημών.
20 For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.
21 Ο δε βεβαιών ημάς μεθ' υμών εις Χριστόν και ο χρίσας ημάς είναι ο Θεός,
21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,
22 όστις και εσφράγισεν ημάς και έδωκε τον αρραβώνα του Πνεύματος εν ταις καρδίαις ημών.
22 who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 Εγώ δε μάρτυρα τον Θεόν επικαλούμαι εις την ψυχήν μου, ότι φειδόμενος υμών δεν ήλθον έτι εις Κόρινθον.
23 But I call God for a witness to my soul, that to spare you, I didn’t come to Corinth.
24 Ουχί διότι έχομεν εξουσίαν επί της πίστεώς σας, αλλ' είμεθα συνεργοί της χαράς σας· επειδή εν τη πίστει στέκεσθε.
24 We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
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Corinth straddled the isthmus linking mainland Greece to the Peloponnese — a hub of commerce and immorality. Paul founded the church here; a Roman bema traditionally linked to his hearing before…
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Cross references (24)
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- 1 2 Timothy 1:1; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Titus 1:1; Colossians 1:1–2
- 2 Romans 1:7; Ephesians 6:23; Philippians 1:2; Philemon 3; 1 Thessalonians 1:1
- 3 Ephesians 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3; Romans 15:5–6; Psalm 86:5; Micah 7:18
- 4 1 Thessalonians 5:11; Isaiah 51:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; 2 Corinthians 7:6–7; Isaiah 40:1
- 5 Colossians 1:24; Philippians 3:10; Philippians 1:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; 2 Corinthians 4:10–11
- 6 2 Timothy 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:15–18; 2 Corinthians 1:4; Romans 8:28; Philippians 1:19
- 7 Romans 8:17–18; 2 Thessalonians 1:4–7; James 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3–4; James 1:2–4
- 8 2 Corinthians 4:7–12; 1 Corinthians 4:8; 1 Corinthians 15:32; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Acts 19:23–35
- 9 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Hebrews 11:19; 2 Corinthians 12:7–10; Romans 4:17–25
- 10 1 Timothy 4:10; 2 Peter 2:9; Psalm 34:19; 1 Samuel 17:37; Romans 15:31
- 11 Philippians 1:19; 2 Corinthians 4:15; Acts 12:5; Colossians 4:3; Hebrews 13:18
- 12 1 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 2:17; James 3:13–18; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Hebrews 13:18
- 13 Philemon 6; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 13:6; 2 Corinthians 5:11
- 14 1 Thessalonians 2:19–20; Philippians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Philippians 4:1
- 15 Romans 15:29; Romans 1:11; 1 Corinthians 4:19; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 1 Corinthians 11:34
- 16 1 Corinthians 16:5–7; Acts 19:21–22; Acts 21:5
- 17 Matthew 5:37; James 5:12; 2 Corinthians 10:2–3; 2 Corinthians 1:18–20; John 8:15
- 18 1 Corinthians 1:9; Revelation 3:7; Revelation 3:14; John 7:28; 2 Corinthians 11:31
- 19 Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 1:17; 2 John 9; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 2:18
- 20 1 John 2:24–25; Galatians 3:22; Revelation 7:12; Hebrews 13:8; Ephesians 1:6
- 21 1 John 2:27; 1 John 2:20; 1 Peter 5:10; Romans 8:9; Isaiah 61:1
- 22 Ephesians 4:30; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Ephesians 1:13–14; John 6:27; Romans 8:14–16
- 23 Galatians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 4:21; Romans 1:9; 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 13:2
- 24 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 2 Timothy 2:24–26; Romans 5:2; Philippians 1:25–26
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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).
It is meet to enquire, first, why to the former Epistle he adds a second: and what can be his reason for thus beginning with the mercies and consolation of God. Why then does he add a second Epistle?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
For it is no small fruit, O Lord my God, that by many thanks should be given to Thee on our behalf, and that by many Thou shouldest be entreated for us.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Wherefore Paul also said, "I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that we were pressed out of measure beyond strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life;" and after this again, "Who delivered us from so great deaths." Signifying therefore hereby, that they ought to be confident, though the waves rise high, and that He orders all things for good, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Put off, by confession, the old man, which waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit, that ye may put on the new man, which is renewed according to knowledge of Him that created him. Get you the earnest of the Holy Spirit through faith, that ye may be able to be received into the everlasting habitations.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
How then is it possible to conceive that the judgment is accomplished without the Holy Spirit, wherein the word points out that He is Himself the prize of the righteous, when instead of the earnest is given that which is perfect, and the first condemnation of sinners, when they are deprived of that which they seem to have?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)