1 Έχοντες λοιπόν, αγαπητοί, ταύτας τας επαγγελίας, ας καθαρίσωμεν εαυτούς από παντός μολυσμού σαρκός και πνεύματος, εκπληρούντες αγιωσύνην εν φόβω Θεού. 2 Δέχθητε ημάς εν υμίν· ουδένα ηδικήσαμεν, ουδένα εφθείραμεν, εις ουδένα εστάθημεν πλεονέκται. 3 Δεν λέγω τούτο προς κατάκρισίν σας· διότι προείπον ότι είσθε εν ταις καρδίαις ημών, ώστε να συναποθάνωμεν και να συζώμεν. 4 Πολλήν παρρησίαν έχω προς εσάς, πολλήν καύχησιν έχω διά σάς· είμαι πλήρης παρηγορίας, έχω υπερπερισσεύουσαν την χαράν εις όλην την θλίψιν ημών. 5 Διότι αφού ήλθομεν εις Μακεδονίαν ουδεμίαν άνεσιν έλαβεν η σαρξ ημών, αλλά κατά πάντα εθλιβόμεθα· έξωθεν μάχαι, έσωθεν φόβοι. 6 Αλλ' ο Θεός ο παρηγορών τους ταπεινούς παρηγόρησεν ημάς διά της παρουσίας του Τίτου· 7 και ουχί μόνον διά της παρουσίας αυτού, αλλά και διά της παρηγορίας, την οποίαν παρηγορήθη διά σας, αναγγέλλων προς ημάς τον μέγαν πόθον σας, τον οδυρμόν σας, τον ζήλον σας υπέρ εμού, ώστε περισσότερον εχάρην, 8 διότι εάν και σας ελύπησα διά της επιστολής, δεν μετανοώ, αν και μετενόουν· επειδή βλέπω ότι η επιστολή εκείνη, αν και προς ώραν, σας ελύπησε. 9 Τώρα χαίρω, ουχί ότι ελυπήθητε, αλλ' ότι ελυπήθητε προς μετάνοιαν· διότι ελυπήθητε κατά Θεόν, διά να μη ζημιωθήτε εξ ημών εις ουδέν. 10 Διότι η κατά Θεόν λύπη γεννά μετάνοιαν προς σωτηρίαν αμεταμέλητον· η λύπη όμως του κόσμου γεννά θάνατον. 11 Διότι ιδού, αυτό τούτο, το ότι ελυπήθητε κατά Θεόν, πόσην σπουδήν εγέννησεν εις εσάς, αλλά απολογίαν, αλλά αγανάκτησιν, αλλά φόβον, αλλά πόθον, αλλά ζήλον, αλλ' εκδίκησιν. Κατά πάντα απεδείξατε εαυτούς ότι είσθε καθαροί εις τούτο το πράγμα. 12 Λοιπόν, αν και σας έγραψα, δεν έκαμον τούτο διά τον αδικήσαντα, ουδέ διά τον αδικηθέντα, αλλά διά να φανερωθή προς εσάς η σπουδή ημών, την οποίαν έχομεν διά σας ενώπιον του Θεού. 13 Διά τούτο παρηγορήθημεν διά την παρηγορίαν σας, και έτι περισσότερον εχάρημεν διά την χαράν του Τίτου, ότι ανεπαύθη το πνεύμα αυτού παρά πάντων υμών· 14 διότι εάν εκαυχήθην τι προς αυτόν διά σας, δεν κατησχύνθην, αλλά καθώς σας ελαλήσαμεν πάντα εν αληθεία, ούτω και η καύχησις ημών η προς τον Τίτον έγεινεν αλήθεια. 15 Και η αγάπη αυτού αυξάνει περισσότερον προς εσάς, όταν ενθυμήται την υπακοήν πάντων υμών, πως μετά φόβου και τρόμου εδέχθητε αυτόν. 16 Χαίρω λοιπόν ότι κατά πάντα έχω θάρρος εις εσάς.
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- 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 (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 1 Peter 2:11; James 4:8; Proverbs 8:13; Psalm 51:10
- 2 Acts 20:33; 2 Corinthians 6:12–13; 2 Corinthians 11:9; Romans 16:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:3–6
- 3 Philippians 1:8–9; 2 Corinthians 6:11–12; Ruth 1:16–17; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; 2 Corinthians 12:15
- 4 2 Corinthians 1:4; James 1:2; 2 Corinthians 3:12; Romans 5:3; 1 Corinthians 1:4
- 5 2 Corinthians 2:13; Deuteronomy 32:25; 2 Corinthians 11:23–30; Matthew 11:28–30; Acts 20:1
- 6 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; 3 John 2–4; 2 Corinthians 7:13; Jeremiah 31:13
- 7 Jude 3; 2 John 4; James 5:17; James 4:9–10; Colossians 2:5
- 8 Revelation 3:19; John 16:6; Exodus 5:22–23; Hebrews 12:9–11; Jeremiah 20:7–9
- 9 Luke 15:7; Jeremiah 31:18–20; Ecclesiastes 7:3; 2 Corinthians 13:8–10; 2 Corinthians 7:10–11
- 10 Acts 3:19; Acts 11:18; 2 Timothy 2:25–26; 2 Samuel 12:13; Luke 18:13
- 11 Romans 14:18; 1 Timothy 5:21–22; 2 Timothy 2:15; Psalm 2:11; Ephesians 5:11
- 12 2 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:5; 2 Corinthians 7:8; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 2:3–4
- 13 2 Corinthians 7:6; Romans 15:32; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Corinthians 16:13; Romans 12:15
- 14 2 Corinthians 7:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:18–20; 2 Corinthians 9:2–4; 2 Corinthians 8:24
- 15 Philippians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 2:9; 1 John 3:17; Psalm 119:120; Isaiah 66:2
- 16 2 Corinthians 2:3; Philemon 8; Philemon 21; 2 Thessalonians 3:4
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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).
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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).
Again he raiseth the discourse about love, mitigating the harshness of his rebuke. For since he had convicted and reproached them as being beloved indeed, yet not loving in an equal degree, but breaking away from his love and mixing up with other pestilent fellows; again he softens the vehemence of his rebuke, saying, "Make room for us," that is, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
For, behold, this selfsame thing that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you!" Consequently the Stoics may defend themselves by replying, that sorrow is indeed useful for repentance of sin, but that this can have no place in the mind of the wise man, inasmuch as no sin attaches to him of which he could …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
This Paul also clearly declared, when he said, "The sorrow of the world worketh death, but godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, not to be repented of." These then He too Himself calls blessed, whose sorrow is of that kind; yet not simply them that sorrow did He designate, but them that sorrow intensely.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… spectacle to angels and men, and pressing onwards for the prize of his high calling, --very joyfully do we with the eyes of faith behold him rejoicing with them that rejoice, and weeping with them that weep; though hampered by fightings without and fears within; desiring to depart and to be with Christ; longing to see the Romans, that he …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Declaring this, Paul said, "Without were fightings, within were fears;" and, "In perils among false brethren;" and in his discourse to the Milesians too He said, "Also of you shall some arise speaking perverse things;" and He Himself too said, "The man's foes shall be they of his own household." But when He said, "It must needs be," it is …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)