1ΑὐτὸςδὲἐγὼΠαῦλοςπαρακαλῶὑμᾶςδιὰτῆςmeeknessκαὶgentlenessτοῦΧριστοῦ,ὃςκατὰπρόσωπονμὲνam humbleἐνὑμῖν,being absentδὲam boldεἰςὑμᾶς·2I implore youδὲτὸμὴbeing present,to be boldτῇconfidenceᾗI reckonto be daringἐπίτιναςτοὺςreckoningἡμᾶςὡςκατὰσάρκαπεριπατοῦντας.3Ἐνσαρκὶγὰρπεριπατοῦντεςοὐκατὰσάρκαdo we wage war.4τὰγὰρweaponsτῆςwarfareἡμῶνοὐfleshly,ἀλλὰpowerfulτῷΘεῷπρὸςthe demolitionof strongholds,argumentsoverthrowing,5καὶπᾶνhigh thinglifting itself upκατὰτῆςknowledgeτοῦΘεοῦ,καὶtaking captiveπᾶνthoughtεἰςτὴνobedienceτοῦΧριστοῦ,6καὶἐνreadinessἔχοντεςto avengeπᾶσανdisobedience,ὅτανπληρωθῇὑμῶνἡobedience.7Τὰκατὰπρόσωπονβλέπετε.εἴτιςπέποιθενἑαυτῷΧριστοῦεἶναι,τοῦτοlet him reckonπάλινἐφ᾽ἑαυτοῦ,ὅτικαθὼςαὐτὸςΧριστοῦ,οὕτωςκαὶἡμεῖς.8ἐάντεγὰρmore abundantlyτιI should boastπερὶτῆςἐξουσίαςἡμῶνἧςἔδωκενὁΚύριοςεἰςbuilding you upκαὶοὐκεἰςtearing downὑμῶν,οὐκI will be ashamed,9ἵναμὴδόξωὡςἂνto frightenὑμᾶςδιὰτῶνletters.10ὍτιΑἱletters,μέν,φησίν,are weightyκαὶstrong,ἡδὲthe presenceτοῦσώματοςweak,καὶὁλόγοςhaving been ignored.11τοῦτοlet reckonὁτοιοῦτος,ὅτιsuch asἐσμεντῷλόγῳδι᾽lettersbeing absent,τοιοῦτοικαὶbeing presentτῷἔργῳ.12Οὐγὰρdare weto classifyἢto compareἑαυτούςτισιντῶνἑαυτοὺςcommending;ἀλλὰαὐτοὶἐνἑαυτοῖςἑαυτοὺςmeasuring,καὶcomparingἑαυτοὺςἑαυτοῖςοὐunderstand.13ἡμεῖςδὲοὐκεἰςτὰbeyond measurewill boast,ἀλλὰκατὰτὸmeasureτοῦareaοὗhas assignedἡμῖνὁΘεὸςa measure,to reachas far asκαὶὑμῶν.14οὐγὰρὡςμὴreachingεἰςὑμᾶςwe are overextendingἑαυτούς,as far asγὰρκαὶὑμῶνwe cameἐντῷεὐαγγελίῳτοῦΧριστοῦ,15οὐκεἰςτὰbeyond measureboastingἐνothers’labors,ἐλπίδαδὲἔχοντεςincreasingτῆςπίστεωςὑμῶνἐνὑμῖνto be enlargedκατὰτὸνareaἡμῶνεἰςabundance,16εἰςτὰbeyondὑμῶνεὐαγγελίσασθαι,οὐκἐνanother’sarea,εἰςτὰreadyto boast.17Ὁδὲboasting,ἐνΚυρίῳlet him boast.”18οὐγὰρὁἑαυτὸνcommending,ἐκεῖνόςἐστινapproved,ἀλλὰὃνὁΚύριοςcommends.Tap a word to flip it. Press and hold on mobile, or right-click on desktop, for word settings.
