1 Διά τούτο, έχοντες την διακονίαν ταύτην, καθώς ηλεήθημεν, δεν αποκάμνομεν, 2 αλλ' απηρνήθημεν τα κρυπτά της αισχύνης, μη περιπατούντες εν πανουργία μηδέ δολόνοντες τον λόγον του Θεού, αλλά με την φανέρωσιν της αληθείας συνιστώντες εαυτούς προς πάσαν συνείδησιν ανθρώπων ενώπιον του Θεού. 3 Εάν δε και ήναι το ευαγγέλιον ημών κεκαλυμμένον, εις τους απολλυμένους είναι κεκαλυμμένον, 4 των οποίων απίστων όντων ο Θεός του κόσμου τούτου ετύφλωσε τον νούν, διά να μη επιλάμψη εις αυτούς ο φωτισμός του ευαγγελίου της δόξης του Χριστού, όστις είναι εικών του Θεού. 5 Διότι ημείς δεν κηρύττομεν εαυτούς, αλλά τον Χριστόν Ιησούν τον Κύριον, εαυτούς δε δούλους υμών διά τον Ιησούν. 6 Διότι ο Θεός ο ειπών να λάμψη φως εκ του σκότους, είναι όστις έλαμψεν εν ταις καρδίαις ημών προς φωτισμόν της γνώσεως της δόξης του Θεού διά του προσώπου του Ιησού Χριστού. 7 Έχομεν δε τον θησαυρόν τούτον εις οστράκινα σκεύη, διά να ήναι η υπερβολή της δυνάμεως του Θεού και ουχί εξ ημών, 8 κατά πάντα θλιβόμενοι αλλ' ουχί στενοχωρούμενοι, απορούμενοι αλλ' ουχί απελπιζόμενοι, 9 διωκόμενοι αλλ' ουχί εγκαταλειπόμενοι, καταβαλλόμενοι αλλ' ουχί απολλύμενοι, 10 πάντοτε την νέκρωσιν του Κυρίου Ιησού περιφέροντες εν τω σώματι, διά να φανερωθή εν τω σώματι ημών και η ζωή του Ιησού. 11 Διότι ημείς οι ζώντες παραδιδόμεθα πάντοτε εις τον θάνατον διά τον Ιησούν, διά να φανερωθή και η ζωή του Ιησού εν τη θνητή ημών σαρκί. 12 Ώστε ο μεν θάνατος ενεργείται εν ημίν, η δε ζωή εν υμίν. 13 Έχοντες δε το αυτό πνεύμα της πίστεως κατά το γεγραμμένον, Επίστευσα, διό ελάλησα, και ημείς πιστεύομεν, διό και λαλούμεν, 14 εξεύροντες ότι ο αναστήσας τον Κύριον Ιησούν θέλει αναστήσει και ημάς διά του Ιησού και παραστήσει μεθ' υμών. 15 Διότι τα πάντα είναι διά σας, ώστε η χάρις, πλεονάσασα διά την ευχαριστίαν των πλειοτέρων, να περισσεύση εις την δόξαν του Θεού. 16 Διά τούτο δεν αποκάμνομεν, αλλ' εάν και ο εξωτερικός ημών άνθρωπος φθείρηται, ο εσωτερικός όμως ανανεούται καθ' εκάστην ημέραν. 17 Διότι η προσωρινή ελαφρά θλίψις ημών εργάζεται εις ημάς καθ' υπερβολήν εις υπερβολήν αιώνιον βάρος δόξης, 18 επειδή ημείς δεν ενατενίζομεν εις τα βλεπόμενα, αλλ' εις τα μη βλεπόμενα· διότι τα βλεπόμενα είναι πρόσκαιρα, τα δε μη βλεπόμενα αιώνια.
2 Corinthians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
2 Corinthians 4 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).
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)