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1 So then, since God in his mercy has given us this new way of relating to him, we don't give up.
1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
1 Διὰ τοῦτο, ἔχοντες τὴν διακονίαν ταύτην καθὼς ἠλεήθημεν, οὐκ ἐκκακοῦμεν,
2 But we have given up secret, shameful acts. We don't behave in deceitful ways and we don't distort the word of God. We demonstrate who we are by revealing the truth before God so everybody can decide in their own minds.
2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
2 ἀλλ᾽ ἀπειπάμεθα τὰ κρυπτὰ τῆς αἰσχύνης, μὴ περιπατοῦντες ἐν πανουργίᾳ μηδὲ δολοῦντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ τῇ φανερώσει τῆς ἀληθείας συνιστῶντες ἑαυτοὺς πρὸς πᾶσαν συνείδησιν ἀνθρώπων ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ.
3 Even if the good news we share is veiled, it is veiled to those who are dying.
3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,
3 εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔστι κεκαλυμμένον τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν, ἐν τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις ἐστὶ κεκαλυμμένον,
4 The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don't trust in God. They can't see the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
4 ἐν οἷς ὁ θεὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου ἐτύφλωσε τὰ νοήματα τῶν ἀπίστων εἰς τὸ μὴ αὐγάσαι αὐτοῖς τὸν φωτισμὸν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τῆς δόξης τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ Θεοῦ.
5 We are not promoting ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord. In fact we are your servants for Jesus' sake.
5 For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
5 οὐ γὰρ ἑαυτοὺς κηρύσσομεν, ἀλλὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν Κύριον, ἑαυτοὺς δὲ δούλους ὑμῶν διὰ Ἰησοῦν.
6 For God who said, “Let light shine out of the darkness,” shone in our minds to illuminate the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
6 seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
6 ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ὁ εἰπὼν ἐκ σκότους φῶς λάμψαι, ὃς ἔλαμψεν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν πρὸς φωτισμὸν τῆς γνώσεως τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν προσώπῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, to show that this supreme power comes from God and not from ourselves.
7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
7 Ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, ἵνα ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἡμῶν,
8 We are attacked from every direction, but we are not crushed. We are at a loss as to what to do, but never in despair.
8 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
8 ἐν παντὶ θλιβόμενοι ἀλλ᾽ οὐ στενοχωρούμενοι, ἀπορούμενοι ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐξαπορούμενοι,
9 We are persecuted, but never abandoned by God. We are knocked down, but not dead yet!
9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
9 διωκόμενοι ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐγκαταλειπόμενοι, καταβαλλόμενοι ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀπολλύμενοι,
10 In our bodies we always share in the death of Jesus, so that we can also demonstrate the life of Jesus in our bodies.
10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
10 πάντοτε τὴν νέκρωσιν τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματι περιφέροντες, ἵνα καὶ ἡ ζωὴ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματι ἡμῶν φανερωθῇ.
11 While we live we are always under the threat of death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal bodies.
11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
11 ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες εἰς θάνατον παραδιδόμεθα διὰ Ἰησοῦν, ἵνα καὶ ἡ ζωὴ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ φανερωθῇ ἐν τῇ θνητῇ σαρκὶ ἡμῶν.
12 As a result, we are facing death so that you may have life!
12 So then death works in us, but life in you.
12 ὥστε ὁ μὲν θάνατος ἐν ἡμῖν ἐνεργεῖται, ἡ δὲ ζωὴ ἐν ὑμῖν.
13 Since we have the same spirit of trust in God that Scripture refers to when it says, “I trusted in God, and so I spoke out,” we also trust in God and speak out for him.
13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,
13 ἔχοντες δὲ τὸ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα τῆς πίστεως κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, ἐπίστευσα, διὸ ἐλάλησα, καὶ ἡμεῖς πιστεύομεν, διὸ καὶ λαλοῦμεν,
14 We know that God who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus, and will bring us into his presence with you.
14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also through Jesus, and will present us with you.
14 εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ ἐγείρας τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἡμᾶς διὰ Ἰησοῦ ἐγερεῖ καὶ παραστήσει σὺν ὑμῖν.
15 It's all for you! As God's grace reaches many more, thankfulness to God will be even greater, to his glory.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
15 τὰ γὰρ πάντα δι᾽ ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ἡ χάρις πλεονάσασα διὰ τῶν πλειόνων τὴν εὐχαριστίαν περισσεύσῃ εἰς τὴν δόξαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.
16 So we don't give up. Even though our physical bodies are falling apart, our inner selves are being renewed daily.
16 Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
16 Διὸ οὐκ ἐκκακοῦμεν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰ καὶ ὁ ἔξω ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος διαφθείρεται, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ἔσωθεν ἀνακαινοῦται ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ.
17 These trivial troubles we have only last for a little while, but they produce for us an ever-increasing degree of glory.
17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
17 τὸ γὰρ παραυτίκα ἐλαφρὸν τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν εἰς ὑπερβολὴν αἰώνιον βάρος δόξης κατεργάζεται ἡμῖν,
18 We don't concern ourselves with what can be seen, for we look forward to what can't be seen. What we see is temporary, but what we can't see is eternal.
18 while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
18 μὴ σκοπούντων ἡμῶν τὰ βλεπόμενα, ἀλλὰ τὰ μὴ βλεπόμενα· τὰ γὰρ βλεπόμενα πρόσκαιρα, τὰ δὲ μὴ βλεπόμενα αἰώνια.
Referencias cruzadas (18)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Tesalonicenses 3:13; Gálatas 6:9; Efesios 3:13; Apocalipsis 2:3; Filipenses 4:13
- 2 2 Corintios 2:17; 1 Tesalonicenses 2:3–5; 2 Corintios 5:11; 2 Corintios 11:13–15; 1 Corintios 4:5
- 3 1 Corintios 1:18; 2 Corintios 3:14; 2 Tesalonicenses 2:9–11; 2 Corintios 2:15–16; Mateo 11:25
- 4 Juan 12:40; 2 Corintios 3:14; Hechos 26:18; Isaías 6:10; 1 Juan 5:19
- 5 1 Tesalonicenses 2:5–6; 2 Corintios 1:24; 1 Corintios 1:23; Gálatas 5:13; 2 Corintios 5:14–15
- 6 Isaías 60:2; Génesis 1:3; 1 Pedro 2:9; 2 Pedro 1:19; Efesios 5:8
- 7 2 Corintios 3:5–6; 2 Corintios 5:1; Efesios 2:8–9; 1 Corintios 1:28; Colosenses 2:3
- 8 Santiago 1:2–4; Romanos 8:35–37; 1 Pedro 4:12–14; 2 Corintios 12:10; Salmo 56:2–3
- 9 Isaías 43:2; Miqueas 7:8; Salmo 37:24–25; Proverbios 24:16; Salmo 42:11
- 10 Romanos 6:5; 2 Timoteo 2:11; 1 Pedro 4:13; Romanos 6:8; Filipenses 3:10–11
- 11 1 Corintios 15:49; 1 Corintios 15:53–54; Salmo 44:22; Romanos 8:36; 1 Corintios 15:31
- 12 2 Corintios 13:9; 1 Corintios 4:10; 1 Juan 3:16; Hechos 20:24; Filipenses 2:17
- 13 Salmo 116:10; Hebreos 11:1–40; 2 Corintios 3:12; Proverbios 21:28; 1 Corintios 12:9
- 14 Romanos 8:11; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:14; 1 Corintios 6:14; Juan 11:25–26; Judas 24
- 15 Romanos 8:28; Efesios 3:20–21; 2 Corintios 9:11–12; Salmo 50:23; 2 Corintios 1:11
- 16 Isaías 40:31; Colosenses 3:10; Isaías 40:29; Romanos 12:2; Salmo 73:26
- 17 Romanos 8:18; 1 Pedro 5:10; Romanos 5:3–5; Santiago 1:12; Hebreos 12:10–11
- 18 2 Corintios 5:7; Romanos 8:24–25; Hebreos 11:1; 1 Juan 2:16–17; 1 Juan 2:25
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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.
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · 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 …
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)