2 Corinthians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
2 Corinthians 2 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).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Απεφάσισα δε τούτο κατ' εμαυτόν, το να μη έλθω πάλιν προς εσάς με λύπην.
1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
1 Ἔκρινα δὲ ἐμαυτῷ τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ πάλιν ἐν λύπῃ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
2 Διότι εάν εγώ σας λυπώ, και τις είναι ο ευφραίνων εμέ ειμή ο λυπούμενος υπ' εμού;
2 For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?
2 εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ λυπῶ ὑμᾶς, καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ εὐφραίνων με εἰ μὴ ὁ λυπούμενος ἐξ ἐμοῦ;
3 Και έγραψα προς εσάς τούτο αυτό, ώστε όταν έλθω να μη έχω λύπην απ' εκείνων, αφ' ων έπρεπε να έχω χαράν, έχων πεποίθησιν εις πάντας υμάς ότι η χαρά μου είναι πάντων υμών.
3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you.
3 καὶ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν τοῦτο αὐτό, ἵνα μὴ ἐλθὼν λύπην ἔχω ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἔδει με χαίρειν, πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ πάντας ὑμᾶς ὅτι ἡ ἐμὴ χαρὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἐστιν.
4 Διότι εκ πολλής θλίψεως και στενοχωρίας καρδίας έγραψα προς εσάς μετά πολλών δακρύων, ουχί διά να λυπηθήτε, αλλά διά να γνωρίσητε την αγάπην, ην έχω περισσοτέρως εις εσάς.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
4 ἐκ γὰρ πολλῆς θλίψεως καὶ συνοχῆς καρδίας ἔγραψα ὑμῖν διὰ πολλῶν δακρύων, οὐχ ἵνα λυπηθῆτε, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀγάπην ἵνα γνῶτε ἣν ἔχω περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς.
5 Αλλ' εάν τις ελύπησε, δεν ελύπησεν εμέ, ειμή κατά μέρος, διά να μη επιβαρύνω πάντας υμάς.
5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
5 Εἰ δέ τις λελύπηκεν, οὐκ ἐμὲ λελύπηκεν, ἀλλά, ἀπὸ μέρους ἵνα μὴ ἐπιβαρῶ, πάντας ὑμᾶς.
6 Αρκετόν είναι εις τον τοιούτον αύτη η επίπληξις η υπό των πλειοτέρων·
6 This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
6 ἱκανὸν τῷ τοιούτῳ ἡ ἐπιτιμία αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν πλειόνων·
7 ώστε το εναντίον πρέπει μάλλον να συγχωρήσητε αυτόν, και να παρηγορήσητε, διά να μη καταποθή ο τοιούτος υπό της υπερβαλλούσης λύπης.
7 so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
7 ὥστε τοὐναντίον μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς χαρίσασθαι καὶ παρακαλέσαι, μήπως τῇ περισσοτέρᾳ λύπῃ καταποθῇ ὁ τοιοῦτος.
8 Διά τούτο σας παρακαλώ να βεβαιώσητε προς αυτόν την αγάπην σας.
8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
8 διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς κυρῶσαι εἰς αὐτὸν ἀγάπην.
9 Επειδή διά τούτο και έγραψα, διά να γνωρίσω την δοκιμασίαν σας, αν ήσθε κατά πάντα υπήκοοι·
9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
9 εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἔγραψα, ἵνα γνῶ τὴν δοκιμὴν ὑμῶν, εἰ εἰς πάντα ὑπήκοοί ἐστε.
10 εις όντινα δε συγχωρείτέ τι, συγχωρώ και εγώ· διότι εάν εγώ συνεχώρησά τι, εις όντινα συνεχώρησα, διά σας έκαμον τούτο ενώπιον του Χριστού,
10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
10 ᾧ δέ τι χαρίζεσθε, καὶ ἐγώ· καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ εἴ τι κεχάρισμαι ᾧ κεχάρισμαι, δι᾽ ὑμᾶς ἐν προσώπῳ Χριστοῦ,
11 διά να μη υπερισχύση καθ' ημών ο Σατανάς· διότι δεν αγνοούμεν τα διανοήματα αυτού.
11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
11 ἵνα μὴ πλεονεκτηθῶμεν ὑπὸ τοῦ σατανᾶ· οὐ γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὰ νοήματα ἀγνοοῦμεν.
12 Ότε δε ήλθον εις την Τρωάδα διά να κηρύξω το ευαγγέλιον του Χριστού, και ηνοίχθη εις εμέ θύρα εν Κυρίω,
12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
12 Ἐλθὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν Τρῳάδα εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ θύρας μοι ἀνεῳγμένης ἐν Κυρίῳ,
13 δεν έλαβον άνεσιν εις το πνεύμά μου, διότι δεν εύρον Τίτον τον αδελφόν μου, αλλ' αποχαιρετήσας αυτούς εξήλθον εις Μακεδονίαν.
13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
13 οὐκ ἔσχηκα ἄνεσιν τῷ πνεύματί μου τῷ μὴ εὑρεῖν με Τίτον τὸν ἀδελφόν μου, ἀλλὰ ἀποταξάμενος αὐτοῖς ἐξῆλθον εἰς Μακεδονίαν.
14 Πλην χάρις εις τον Θεόν, όστις πάντοτε κάμνει ημάς να θριαμβεύωμεν διά του Χριστού και φανερόνει εν παντί τόπω δι' ημών την οσμήν της γνώσεως αυτού·
14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
14 Τῷ δὲ Θεῷ χάρις τῷ πάντοτε θριαμβεύοντι ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ καὶ τὴν ὀσμὴν τῆς γνώσεως αὐτοῦ φανεροῦντι δι᾽ ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ·
15 διότι του Χριστού ευωδία είμεθα προς τον Θεόν εις τους σωζομένους και εις τους απολλυμένους·
15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are being saved and in those who perish:
15 ὅτι Χριστοῦ εὐωδία ἐσμὲν τῷ Θεῷ ἐν τοῖς σῳζομένοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις,
16 εις τούτους μεν οσμή θανάτου διά θάνατον, εις εκείνους δε οσμή ζωής διά ζωήν. Και προς ταύτα τις είναι ικανός;
16 to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
16 οἷς μὲν ὀσμὴ θανάτου εἰς θάνατον, οἷς δὲ ὀσμὴ ζωῆς εἰς ζωήν. καὶ πρὸς ταῦτα τίς ἱκανός;
17 Διότι ημείς καθώς οι πολλοί δεν καπηλεύομεν τον λόγον του Θεού, αλλ' ως από ειλικρινείας, αλλ' ως από Θεού κατενώπιον του Θεού λαλούμεν εν Χριστώ.
17 For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
17 οὐ γάρ ἐσμεν ὡς οἱ λοιποὶ καπηλεύοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐξ εἰλικρινείας, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐκ Θεοῦ κατενώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ λαλοῦμεν.
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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
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 12:20–21; 2 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 4:21
- 2 2 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Romans 12:15; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 11:29
- 3 Galatians 5:10; 2 Corinthians 8:22; Philemon 21; 2 Thessalonians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 7:12
- 4 2 Corinthians 7:12; Proverbs 27:5–6; Leviticus 19:17–18; Luke 19:41–44; 2 Corinthians 11:2
- 5 1 Corinthians 5:12–13; Galatians 4:12; Galatians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 5:1–5; Proverbs 17:25
- 6 1 Corinthians 5:4–5; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 7:11
- 7 Ephesians 4:32; Galatians 6:1–2; Colossians 3:13; Isaiah 28:7; Proverbs 17:22
- 8 Jude 22–23; Galatians 6:10; Galatians 5:13; Galatians 6:1–2
- 9 2 Corinthians 10:6; Philemon 21; Philippians 2:22; 2 Corinthians 7:12–15; 2 Corinthians 8:24
- 10 John 20:23; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Matthew 18:18; 1 Corinthians 5:4
- 11 1 Peter 5:8; Ephesians 6:11–12; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Luke 22:31
- 12 Acts 16:8; Acts 14:27; Colossians 4:3; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Revelation 3:7–8
- 13 2 Corinthians 7:5–6; 2 Corinthians 12:18; Galatians 2:1; 2 Timothy 4:10; 2 Corinthians 8:6
- 14 Ephesians 5:2; Romans 8:37; 2 Corinthians 2:15–16; 2 Corinthians 9:15; Romans 6:17
- 15 Ephesians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 1:18; Ezekiel 20:41; Philippians 4:18; Genesis 8:21
- 16 2 Corinthians 3:5–6; John 9:39; 1 Peter 2:7–8; Luke 2:34; 1 Corinthians 15:10
- 17 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Peter 2:1–3; 2 Timothy 4:3–4; 1 Timothy 4:1–3
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What the Fathers said
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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).
These words seem on the one hand to be unworthy of Paul, if because of a brother's absence he threw away so great an opportunity of saving; and on the other, to hang apart from the context. What then?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
… strain also the Apostle Paul, inasmuch as he had a good conscience, said to the Corinthians: "For we are not as many, who corrupt the Word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ;" "We have injured no man, corrupted no man, circumvented no man."
To the one we are the savor of life unto life, to the other the savor of death unto death: and who is sufficient for these things?" The lesson of the holy Gospel before us affords us the opportunity of so speaking of that savor, that we on our part may give worthy utterance, and you diligent heed, to what …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Now if ye grieve at hearing these things, I thank you much, for "who is he that maketh me glad, but he which is made sorry by me?" Do not then ever cease to grieve and be vexed for them, for the sorrow that comes of such things will be to you a beginning of a change for the better.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Then on the nostrils; that receiving the sacred ointment ye may say, We are to God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)