Η ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ

Second Epistle to the Corinthians

CHAPTER 8

| 1 | γνωριζομεν |  | δε |  | υμιν |  | αδελφοι |  | την |  | χαριν |  | του |  | θεου |  | την |  | δεδομενην |
|  | But we make known |  | ♦ |  | to you, |  | brethren, |  | the |  | grace |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | which |  | has been given |

εν |  | ταις |  | εκκλησιαις |  | της |  | μακεδονιας |  |
in |  | the |  | assemblies |  | ♦ |  | of Macedonia; |  |

| 2 | οτι |  | εν |  | πολλη |  | δοκιμη |  | θλιψεως |  | η |  | περισσεια |  | της |  | χαρας |  | αυτων |  | και |
|  | that |  | in |  | much |  | proof |  | of tribulation |  | the |  | abundance |  | of their joy |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |

η |  | κατα |  | βαθους |  | πτωχεια |  | αυτων |  | επερισσευσεν |  | εις |  | τον |  | πλουτον |  | της |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | deep 2 |  | poverty 3 |  | their 1 |  | abounded |  | to |  | the |  | riches |  | ♦ |

απλοτητος |  | αυτων |  |
of their liberality. |  | ♦ |  |

| 3 | οτι |  | κατα |  | δυναμιν |  | μαρτυρω |  | και |  | υπερ |  | δυναμιν |
|  | For |  | according to |  | [their] power, |  | I bear witness, |  | and |  | beyond |  | [their] power |

αυθαιρετοι |  |
[they were] willing of themselves, |  |

| 4 | μετα |  | πολλης |  | παρακλησεως |  | δεομενοι |  | ημων |  | την |  | χαριν |  | και |  | την |
|  | with |  | much |  | entreaty |  | beseeching |  | of us, |  | the 5 |  | grace 6 |  | and 7 |  | the 8 |

κοινωνιαν |  | της |  | διακονιας |  | της |  | εις |  | τους |  | αγιους |
fellowship 9 |  | of 10 the 11 |  | service 12 |  | which 13 [was] 14 |  | for 15 |  | the 16 |  | saints 17 |

δεξασθαι |  | ημας |  |
for 1 us 2 to 3 receive. 4 |  | ♦ |  |

| 5 | και |  | ου |  | καθως |  | ηλπισαμεν |  | αλλ |  | εαυτους |  | εδωκαν |  | πρωτον |  | τω |
|  | And |  | not [only] |  | according as |  | we hoped, |  | but |  | themselves |  | they gave |  | first |  | to the |

κυριω |  | και |  | ημιν |  | δια |  | θεληματος |  | θεου |  |
Lord, |  | and |  | to us |  | by [the] |  | will |  | of God. |  |

| 6 | εις |  | το |  | παρακαλεσαι |  | ημας |  | τιτον |  | ινα |  | καθως |  | προενηρξατο |  | ουτως |  | και
|  | So that |  | ♦ |  | exhorted 2 |  | we 1 |  | Titus, |  | that |  | according as |  | before began, |  | so |  | also

| επιτελεση |  | εις |  | υμας |  | και |  | την |  | χαριν |  | ταυτην |  |
| he might complete |  | with |  | you |  | also |  | this grace. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 7 | αλλ |  | ωσπερ |  | εν |  | παντι |  | περισσευετε |  | πιστει |  | και |  | λογω |  | και |  | γνωσει |  | και |
|  | But |  | even as |  | in |  | every [way] |  | ye abound, |  | in faith, |  | and |  | word, |  | and |  | knowledge, |  | and |

παση |  | σπουδη |  | και |  | τη |  | εξ |  | υμων |  | εν |  | ημιν |  | αγαπη |  | ινα |  | και |  | εν |  | ταυτη |  | τη |
all |  | diligence, |  | and |  | in the |  | from 2 |  | you 3 |  | to 4 |  | us 5 |  | love, 1 |  | that |  | also |  | in |  | this |  | ♦ |

χαριτι |  | περισσευητε |  |
grace |  | ye should abound. |  |

| 8 | ου |  | κατ |  | επιταγην |  | λεγω |  | αλλα |  | δια |  | της |  | ετερων |  | σπουδης |  | και |  | το
|  | Not |  | according to |  | a command |  | do I speak, |  | but |  | through |  | the |  | of 2 others 3 |  | diligence 1 |  | and |  | the

| της |  | υμετερας |  | αγαπης |  | γνησιον |  | δοκιμαζων |  |
| ♦ |  | of 2 your 3 |  | love 4 |  | genuineness 1 |  | proving. |  |

| 9 | γινωσκετε |  | γαρ |  | την |  | χαριν |  | του |  | κυριου |  | ημων |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  | οτι |
|  | For ye know |  | ♦ |  | the |  | grace |  | ♦ |  | of Lord 2 |  | our 1 |  | Jesus |  | Christ, |  | that |

δι |  | υμας |  | επτωχευσεν |  | πλουσιος |  | ων |  | ινα |  | υμεις |  | τη |
for 3 the 4 sake 5 of 6 |  | you 7 |  | he 8 became 9 poor 10 |  | rich 2 |  | being, 1 |  | that |  | ey |  | by his poverty |

εκεινου |  | πτωχεια |  | πλουτησητε |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | might be enriched. |  |

| 10 | και |  | γνωμην |  | εν |  | τουτω |  | διδωμι |  | τουτο |  | γαρ |  | υμιν |  | συμφερει |  | οιτινες |  | ου |
|  | And |  | a judgment |  | in |  | this |  | I give, |  | for this |  | ♦ |  | for you |  | is profitable, |  | who |  | not |

μονον |  | το |  | ποιησαι |  | αλλα |  | και |  | το |  | θελειν |  | προενηρξασθε |  | απο |  | περυσι |  |
only |  | the |  | doing, |  | but |  | also |  | the |  | being willing |  | began before |  | a year ago. |  | ♦ |  |

| 11 | νυνι |  | δε |  | και |  | το |  | ποιησαι |  | επιτελεσατε |  | οπως |  | καθαπερ |  | η |
|  | But now |  | ♦ |  | also |  | the 2 |  | doing 3 |  | complete; 1 |  | so that |  | even as |  | [there was] the |

προθυμια |  | του |  | θελειν |  | ουτως |  | και |  | το |  | επιτελεσαι |  | εκ |  | του |  | εχειν |  |
readiness |  | of the |  | being willing, |  | so |  | also |  | the |  | completing |  | out of |  | that |  | ye [have]. |  |

| 12 | ει |  | γαρ |  | η |  | προθυμια |  | προκειται |  | καθο |  | εαν |  | εχη |  | τις |
|  | For if |  | ♦ |  | the |  | readiness |  | is present, |  | according as |  | ♦ |  | may 2 have 3 |  | anyone 1 |

ευπροσδεκτος |  | ου |  | καθο |  | ουκ |  | εχει |  |
[he is] acceptable, |  | not |  | according as |  | he has not. |  | ♦ |  |

| 13 | ου |  | γαρ |  | ινα |  | αλλοις |  | ανεσις |  | υμιν |  | δε |  | θλιψις |  | αλλ |  | εξ |
|  | For [it is] not |  | ♦ |  | that |  | to others [there may be] |  | ease, |  | but for you |  | ♦ |  | pressure, |  | but |  | of |

ισοτητος |  | εν |  | τω |  | νυν |  | καιρω |  | το |  | υμων |  | περισσευμα |  | εις |  | το |
equality, |  | in |  | to |  | present |  | time |  | ♦ |  | your |  | abundance |  | for |  | their deficiency, |

εκεινων |  | υστερημα |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 14 | ινα |  | και |  | το |  | εκεινων |  | περισσευμα |  | γενηται |  | εις |  | το |  | υμων |
|  | that |  | also |  | ♦ |  | their |  | abundance |  | may be |  | for |  | your deficiency, |  | ♦ |

υστερημα |  | οπως |  | γενηται |  | ισοτης |  |
♦ |  | so that |  | there should be |  | equality. |  |

| 15 | καθως |  | γεγραπται |  | ο |  | το |  | πολυ |  | ουκ |  | επλεονασεν |  | και |
|  | According as |  | it has been written, |  | He that [gathered] |  | ♦ |  | much |  | not 2 |  | had over, 1 |  | and |

ο |  | το |  | ολιγον |  | ουκ |  | ηλαττονησεν |  |
he that [gathered] |  | ♦ |  | little |  | did not lack. |  | ♦ |  |

| 16 | χαρις |  | δε |  | τω |  | θεω |  | τω |  | διδοντι |  | την |  | αυτην |  | σπουδην |  | υπερ |  | υμων |  | εν |  | τη |
|  | But thanks |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to God, |  | who |  | gives |  | the |  | same |  | diligence |  | for |  | you |  | in |  | the |

καρδια |  | τιτου |  |
heart |  | of Titus. |  |

| 17 | οτι |  | την |  | μεν |  | παρακλησιν |  | εδεξατο |  | σπουδαιοτερος |  | δε |  | υπαρχων |
|  | For |  | the |  | indeed 2 |  | exhortation 1 |  | he received, |  | but more diligent |  | ♦ |  | being, |

αυθαιρετος |  | εξηλθεν |  | προς |  | υμας |  |
of his own accord |  | he went out |  | to |  | you. |  |

| 18 | συνεπεμψαμεν |  | δε |  | μετ |  | αυτου |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | ου |  | ο |  | επαινος |  | εν |  | τω |
|  | But we sent |  | ♦ |  | with |  | him |  | the |  | brother |  | of whom |  | the |  | praise |  | [is] in |  | the |

ευαγγελιω |  | δια |  | πασων |  | των |  | εκκλησιων |  |
glad tidings |  | through |  | all |  | of the |  | assemblies; |  |

| 19 | ου |  | μονον |  | δε |  | αλλα |  | και |  | χειροτονηθεις |  | υπο |  | των |  | εκκλησιων |
|  | and not only [so], |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | but |  | also |  | having been chosen |  | by |  | the |  | assemblies |

συνεκδημος |  | ημων |  | συν |  | τη |  | χαριτι |  | ταυτη |  | τη |  | διακονουμενη |
[is] our fellow-traveller |  | ♦ |  | with |  | this grace, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | which [is] |  | served |

υφ |  | ημων |  | προς |  | την |  | αυτου |  | του |  | κυριου |  | δοξαν |  | και |  | προθυμιαν |
by |  | us |  | to |  | the |  | himself 5 |  | of 2 the 3 |  | Lord 4 |  | glory 1 |  | and |  | [a witness of] readiness 2 |

υμων |  |
your; 1 |  |

| 20 | στελλομενοι |  | τουτο |  | μη |  | τις |  | ημας |  | μωμησηται |  | εν |  | τη |  | αδροτητι
|  | avoiding |  | this, |  | lest |  | anyone |  | us |  | should blame |  | in |  | this abundance |  | ♦

| ταυτη |  | τη |  | διακονουμενη |  | υφ |  | ημων |  |
| ♦ |  | which [is] |  | served |  | by |  | us; |  |

| 21 | προνοουμενοι |  | καλα |  | ου |  | μονον |  | ενωπιον |  | κυριου |  | αλλα |  | και |  | ενωπιον |
|  | providing |  | things right |  | not |  | only |  | before |  | [the] Lord, |  | but |  | also |  | before |

ανθρωπων |  |
men. |  |

| 22 | συνεπεμψαμεν |  | δε |  | αυτοις |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | ημων |  | ον |  | εδοκιμασαμεν |
|  | And we sent with |  | ♦ |  | them |  | our brother |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | whom |  | we proved |

εν |  | πολλοις |  | πολλακις |  | σπουδαιον |  | οντα |  | νυνι |  | δε |  | πολυ |  | σπουδαιοτερον |
in |  | many things |  | often |  | diligent |  | to be, |  | and now |  | ♦ |  | much |  | more diligent |

πεποιθησει |  | πολλη |  | τη |  | εις |  | υμας |  |
by the confidence 2 |  | great 1 |  | which [is] |  | towards |  | you. |  |

| 23 | ειτε |  | υπερ |  | τιτου |  | κοινωνος |  | εμος |  | και |  | εις |  | υμας |  | συνεργος |  | ειτε |
|  | Whether |  | as regards |  | Titus, |  | [he is] partner 2 |  | my 1 |  | and |  | for |  | you |  | a fellow-worker; |  | or |

αδελφοι |  | ημων |  | αποστολοι |  | εκκλησιων |  | δοξα |  | χριστου |  |
brethren 2 |  | our, 1 |  | [they are] messengers |  | of assemblies, |  | glory 2 |  | Christ’s. 1 |  |

| 24 | την |  | ουν |  | ενδειξιν |  | της |  | αγαπης |  | υμων |  | και |  | ημων |  | καυχησεως |
|  | The |  | therefore 2 |  | proof 1 |  | of your love, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | of our |  | boasting |

υπερ |  | υμων |  | εις |  | αυτους |  | ενδειξασθε |  | και |  | εις |  | προσωπον |  | των |  | εκκλησιων |  |
about |  | you, |  | to 3 |  | them 4 |  | shew 1 ye 2 |  | and |  | in |  | face |  | of the |  | assemblies. |  |