Η ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ

Second Epistle to the Corinthians

CHAPTER 12

| 1 | καυχασθαι |  | δη |  | ου |  | συμφερει |  | μοι |  | ελευσομαι |  | γαρ |  | εις |
|  | To boast |  | indeed |  | is not profitable |  | ♦ |  | to me; |  | for I will come |  | ♦ |  | to |

οπτασιας |  | και |  | αποκαλυψεις |  | κυριου |  |
visions |  | and |  | revelations |  | of [the] Lord. |  |

| 2 | οιδα |  | ανθρωπον |  | εν |  | χριστω |  | προ |  | ετων |  | δεκατεσσαρων |  | ειτε |  | εν |
|  | I know |  | a man |  | in |  | Christ |  | years 2 ago 3 |  | ♦ |  | fourteen, 1 |  | (whether |  | in |

σωματι |  | ουκ |  | οιδα |  | ειτε |  | εκτος |  | του |  | σωματος |  | ουκ |  | οιδα |  | ο |  | θεος |
[the] body |  | I know not, |  | ♦ |  | or |  | out of |  | the |  | body |  | I know not, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | God |

οιδεν |  | αρπαγεντα |  | τον |  | τοιουτον |  | εως |  | τριτου |  | ουρανου |  |
knows,) |  | caught 4 away 5 |  | such 1 a 2 one 3 |  | ♦ |  | to |  | [the] third |  | heaven. |  |

| 3 | και |  | οιδα |  | τον |  | τοιουτον |  | ανθρωπον |  | ειτε |  | εν |  | σωματι |  | ειτε |  | εκτος |  | του |
|  | And |  | I know |  | ♦ |  | such |  | a man, |  | (whether |  | in |  | [the] body |  | or |  | out of |  | the |

σωματος |  | ουκ |  | οιδα |  | ο |  | θεος |  | οιδεν |  |
body |  | not 3 |  | I 1 know, 2 |  | ♦ |  | God |  | knows:) |  |

| 4 | οτι |  | ηρπαγη |  | εις |  | τον |  | παραδεισον |  | και |  | ηκουσεν |  | αρρητα |  | ρηματα |
|  | that |  | he was caught away |  | to |  | ♦ |  | Paradise, |  | and |  | heard |  | unutterable |  | sayings, |

α |  | ουκ |  | εξον |  | ανθρωπω |  | λαλησαι |  |
which |  | it is not permitted |  | ♦ |  | to man |  | to speak. |  |

| 5 | υπερ |  | του |  | τοιουτου |  | καυχησομαι |  | υπερ |  | δε |  | εμαυτου |
|  | Concerning |  | such a one |  | ♦ |  | I will boast, |  | but concerning |  | ♦ |  | myself |

ου |  | καυχησομαι |  | ει |  | μη |  | εν |  | ταις |  | ασθενειαις |  | μου |  |
I will not boast, |  | ♦ |  | unless |  | ♦ |  | in |  | my weaknesses. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 6 | εαν |  | γαρ |  | θελησω |  | καυχησασθαι |  | ουκ |  | εσομαι |  | αφρων |  | αληθειαν |
|  | For if |  | ♦ |  | I should desire |  | to boast, |  | I shall not be |  | ♦ |  | a fool; |  | for truth |

γαρ |  | ερω |  | φειδομαι |  | δε |  | μη |  | τις |  | εις |  | εμε |  | λογισηται |  | υπερ |  | ο |  | βλεπει |  | με
♦ |  | I will say; |  | but I forbear, |  | ♦ |  | lest |  | anyone |  | as to |  | me |  | should reckon |  | above |  | what |  | he sees |  | me,

| η |  | ακουει |  | τι |  | εξ |  | εμου |  |
| or |  | hears |  | anything |  | of |  | me. |  |

| 7 | και |  | τη |  | υπερβολη |  | των |  | αποκαλυψεων |  | ινα |  | μη |
|  | And |  | by the |  | surpassingness |  | of the |  | revelations |  | that |  | I might not be exalted, |

υπεραιρωμαι |  | εδοθη |  | μοι |  | σκολοψ |  | τη |  | σαρκι |  | αγγελος |  | σαταν |  | ινα |  | με |
♦ |  | was given |  | to me |  | a thorn |  | for the |  | flesh, |  | a messenger |  | of Satan, |  | that |  | me |

κολαφιζη |  | ινα |  | μη |  | υπεραιρωμαι |  |
he might buffet, |  | that |  | not 3 |  | I 1 might 2 be exalted. |  |

| 8 | υπερ |  | τουτου |  | τρις |  | τον |  | κυριον |  | παρεκαλεσα |  | ινα |  | αποστη |  | απ |  | εμου |  |
|  | For |  | this |  | thrice |  | the |  | Lord |  | I besought |  | that |  | it might depart |  | from |  | me, |  |

| 9 | και |  | ειρηκεν |  | μοι |  | αρκει |  | σοι |  | η |  | χαρις |  | μου |  | η |  | γαρ |  | δυναμις |  | μου |  | εν |
|  | And |  | he said |  | to me, |  | suffices |  | thee |  | ♦ |  | my grace; |  | ♦ |  | for the |  | ♦ |  | power |  | of me |  | in |

ασθενεια |  | τελειουται |  | ηδιστα |  | ουν |  | μαλλον |  | καυχησομαι |  | εν |
weakness |  | is perfected. |  | Most gladly |  | therefore |  | rather |  | will I boast |  | in |

ταις |  | ασθενειαις |  | μου |  | ινα |  | επισκηνωση |  | επ |  | εμε |  | η |  | δυναμις |  | του |
my weaknesses |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | that |  | may dwell |  | upon |  | me |  | the |  | power |  | of the |

χριστου |  |
Christ. |  |

| 10 | διο |  | ευδοκω |  | εν |  | ασθενειαις |  | εν |  | υβρεσιν |  | εν |  | αναγκαις |  | εν |
|  | Wherefore |  | I take pleasure |  | in |  | weaknesses, |  | in |  | insults, |  | in |  | necessities, |  | in |

διωγμοις |  | εν |  | στενοχωριαις |  | υπερ |  | χριστου |  | οταν |  | γαρ |  | ασθενω |  | τοτε |
persecutions, |  | in |  | straits, |  | for |  | Christ: |  | for when |  | ♦ |  | I may be weak, |  | then |

δυνατος |  | ειμι |  |
powerful |  | I am. |  |

| 11 | γεγονα |  | αφρων |  | καυχωμενος |  | υμεις |  | με |  | ηναγκασατε |  | εγω |  | γαρ |
|  | I have become |  | a fool |  | boasting; |  | ye |  | me |  | compelled: |  | for I |  | ♦ |

ωφειλον |  | υφ |  | υμων |  | συνιστασθαι |  | ουδεν |  | γαρ |  | υστερησα |  | των |
ought |  | by |  | you |  | to have been commended: |  | for nothing |  | ♦ |  | I was behind |  | those |

υπερ |  | λιαν |  | αποστολων |  | ει |  | και |  | ουδεν |  | ειμι |  |
in a surpassing degree |  | ♦ |  | apostles, |  | if |  | also |  | nothing |  | I am. |  |

| 12 | τα |  | μεν |  | σημεια |  | του |  | αποστολου |  | κατειργασθη |  | εν |  | υμιν |  | εν |  | παση |
|  | The |  | indeed 2 |  | signs 1 |  | of the |  | apostle |  | were worked out |  | among |  | you |  | in |  | all |

υπομονη |  | εν |  | σημειοις |  | και |  | τερασιν |  | και |  | δυναμεσιν |  |
endurance, |  | in |  | signs |  | and |  | wonders |  | and |  | works of power. |  |

| 13 | τι |  | γαρ |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | ηττηθητε |  | υπερ |  | τας |  | λοιπας |  | εκκλησιας |
|  | For in what |  | ♦ |  | is it |  | that |  | ye were inferior |  | beyond |  | the |  | rest |  | [of the] assemblies, |

ει |  | μη |  | οτι |  | αυτος |  | εγω |  | ου |  | κατεναρκησα |  | υμων |  | χαρισασθε |
unless |  | ♦ |  | that |  | myself 2 |  | I 1 |  | did not lazily burden |  | ♦ |  | you? |  | Forgive |

μοι |  | την |  | αδικιαν |  | ταυτην |  |
me |  | this injustice. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 14 | ιδου |  | τριτον |  | ετοιμως |  | εχω |  | ελθειν |  | προς |  | υμας |  | και |  | ου |
|  | Lo, |  | a third time |  | ready |  | I am |  | to come |  | to |  | you, |  | and |  | I will not lazily burden |

καταναρκησω |  | υμων |  | ου |  | γαρ |  | ζητω |  | τα |  | υμων |  | αλλ |  | υμας |  | ου
♦ |  | you; |  | for I do not seek |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | the things |  | of you, |  | but |  | you; |  | for not

| γαρ |  | οφειλει |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | τοις |  | γονευσιν |  | θησαυριζειν |  | αλλ |  | οι |  | γονεις |  | τοις |
| ♦ |  | ought 3 |  | the 1 |  | children 2 |  | for the |  | parents |  | to treasure up, |  | but |  | the |  | parents |  | for the |

τεκνοις |  |
children. |  |

| 15 | εγω |  | δε |  | ηδιστα |  | δαπανησω |  | και |  | εκδαπανηθησομαι |  | υπερ |  | των |  | ψυχων |
|  | Now I |  | ♦ |  | most gladly |  | will spend |  | and |  | will be utterly spent |  | for |  | ♦ |  | souls 2 |

υμων |  | ει |  | και |  | περισσοτερως |  | υμας |  | αγαπων |  | ηττον |  | αγαπωμαι |  |
your, 1 |  | if |  | even |  | more abundantly |  | you 2 |  | loving, 1 |  | less |  | I am loved. |  |

| 16 | εστω |  | δε |  | εγω |  | ου |  | κατεβαρησα |  | υμας |  | αλλ |  | υπαρχων |
|  | But be it so, |  | ♦ |  | I |  | did not burden |  | ♦ |  | you; |  | but |  | being |

πανουργος |  | δολω |  | υμας |  | ελαβον |  |
crafty |  | with guile |  | you |  | I took. |  |

| 17 | μη |  | τινα |  | ων |  | απεσταλκα |  | προς |  | υμας |  | δι |  | αυτου |  | επλεονεκτησα |  | υμας |  |
|  | ♦ |  | Any |  | of whom |  | I have sent |  | to |  | you, |  | by |  | him |  | did I overreach |  | you? |  |

| 18 | παρεκαλεσα |  | τιτον |  | και |  | συναπεστειλα |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | μη |  | τι |
|  | I besought |  | Titus, |  | and |  | sent with [him] |  | the |  | brother: |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

επλεονεκτησεν |  | υμας |  | τιτος |  | ου |  | τω |  | αυτω |  | πνευματι |  | περιεπατησαμεν |  | ου |
Did overreach 2 |  | you 3 |  | Titus? 1 |  | Not |  | in the |  | same |  | spirit |  | walked we? |  | Not |

τοις |  | αυτοις |  | ιχνεσιν |  |
in the |  | same |  | steps? |  |

| 19 | παλιν |  | δοκειτε |  | οτι |  | υμιν |  | απολογουμεθα |  | κατενωπιον |  | του |  | θεου |  | εν |
|  | Again |  | do ye think |  | that |  | to you |  | we are making a defence? |  | before |  | ♦ |  | God |  | in |

χριστω |  | λαλουμεν |  | τα |  | δε |  | παντα |  | αγαπητοι |  | υπερ |  | της |
Christ |  | we speak; |  | and all things, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | beloved, |  | for |  | your building up. |

υμων |  | οικοδομης |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 20 | φοβουμαι |  | γαρ |  | μηπως |  | ελθων |  | ουχ |  | οιους |  | θελω |  | ευρω |  | υμας |
|  | For I fear |  | ♦ |  | lest perhaps |  | having come |  | not |  | such as |  | I wish |  | I should find |  | you, |

καγω |  | ευρεθω |  | υμιν |  | οιον |  | ου |  | θελετε |  | μηπως |  | ερεις |
and I |  | be found |  | by you |  | such as |  | ye do not wish: |  | ♦ |  | lest perhaps [there be] |  | strifes, |

ζηλοι |  | θυμοι |  | εριθειαι |  | καταλαλιαι |  | ψιθυρισμοι |  | φυσιωσεις |
jealousies, |  | indignations, |  | contentions, |  | evil speakings, |  | whisperings, |  | puffings up, |

ακαταστασιαι |  |
commotions; |  |

| 21 | μη |  | παλιν |  | ελθοντα |  | με |  | ταπεινωση |  | ο |  | θεος |  | μου |  | προς |  | υμας |  | και |
|  | lest |  | again |  | having come |  | me |  | should humble |  | ♦ |  | God 2 |  | my 1 |  | as to |  | you, |  | and |

πενθησω |  | πολλους |  | των |  | προημαρτηκοτων |  | και |  | μη |
I should mourn over |  | many |  | of those who |  | have before sinned, |  | and |  | have not reported |

μετανοησαντων |  | επι |  | τη |  | ακαθαρσια |  | και |  | πορνεια |  | και |  | ασελγεια |  | η |
♦ |  | upon |  | the |  | uncleanness |  | and |  | fornication |  | and |  | licentiousness |  | which |

επραξαν |  |
practised. |  |