1To boastδεῖ,οὐis it profitableμέν,ἐλεύσομαιδὲεἰςvisionsκαὶrevelationsΚυρίου.2οἶδαἄνθρωπονἐνΧριστῷagoyearsfourteen —,εἴτεἐνσώματιοὐκοἶδα,εἴτεout ofτοῦσώματοςοὐκοἶδα,ὁΘεὸςοἶδεν,having been caught upτὸντοιοῦτονἕωςτρίτουοὐρανοῦ.3καὶοἶδατὸντοιοῦτονἄνθρωπον,εἴτεἐνσώματιεἴτεout ofτοῦσώματοςοὐκοἶδα,ὁΘεὸςοἶδεν,4ὅτιhe was caught upεἰςτὸνParadise,καὶἤκουσενinexpressibleῥήματαἃοὐκbeing permittedἀνθρώπῳλαλῆσαι.5ὙπὲρτοῦτοιούτουI will boast;ὑπὲρδὲmyself,οὐI will boast,εἰμὴἐνταῖςweaknesses.6ἐὰνγὰρθελήσωto boast,οὐκἔσομαιa fool;ἀλήθειανγὰρἐρῶ·I refrainδέ,μήτιςεἰςἐμὲshould creditὑπὲρὃβλέπειμεἢἀκούειτιἐξἐμοῦ7καὶτῇsurpassingnessτῶνrevelations.ΔιὸἵναμὴI should become conceited,ἐδόθημοιa thornτῇσαρκί,ἄγγελοςof Satan,ἵναμεhe might buffet,ἵναμὴI should become conceited.8ὑπὲρτούτουthree timesτὸνΚύριονπαρεκάλεσαἵναit might departἀπ᾽ἐμοῦ.9καὶεἴρηκένμοι·Sufficesσοιἡχάριςμου,ἡγὰρδύναμιςἐνweaknessis perfected.Most gladlyοὖνμᾶλλονwill I boastἐνταῖςweaknessesμου,ἵναmay restἐπ᾽ἐμὲἡδύναμιςτοῦΧριστοῦ.10διὸI take pleasureἐνweaknesses,ἐνinsults,ἐνhardships,ἐνpersecutions,καὶdifficulties,ὑπὲρΧριστοῦ·ὅτανγὰρI might be weak,τότεstrongεἰμι.11Γέγοναa fool;ὑμεῖςμεcompelled.ἐγὼγὰρoughtὑφ᾽ὑμῶνto have been commended.οὐδὲνγὰρwas I inferiorτῶνmost eminentἀποστόλωνεἰκαὶοὐδένεἰμι.12τὰμὲνσημεῖατοῦἀποστόλουwere performedἐνὑμῖνἐνπάσῃperseverance,σημείοιςτεκαὶwonders,καὶδυνάμεσιν.13τίγάρἐστινὃyou were inferiorὑπὲρτὰςrestἐκκλησίας,εἰμὴὅτιαὐτὸςἐγὼοὐdid burdenὑμῶν;Forgiveμοιτὴνwrongταύτην.14Ἰδοὺτρίτοντοῦτοreadyἔχωἐλθεῖνπρὸςὑμᾶς,καὶοὐI will burden you;οὐγὰρζητῶτὰὑμῶνἀλλὰὑμᾶς.οὐγὰρoughtτὰτέκνατοῖςparentsto treasure up,ἀλλὰοἱparentsτοῖςτέκνοις.15ἐγὼδὲmost gladlywill spend,καὶwill be utterly spent,ὑπὲρτῶνψυχῶνὑμῶν.εἰmore abundantlyὑμᾶςἀγαπῶν,lessἀγαπῶμαι;16Ἔστωδέ,ἐγὼοὐdid burdenὑμᾶς·ἀλλὰὑπάρχωνcrafty,by trickeryὑμᾶςἔλαβον.17μήτιναὧνἀπέσταλκαπρὸςὑμᾶς,δι᾽αὐτοῦdid I exploitὑμᾶς;18παρεκάλεσαTitus to go,καὶsent with himτὸνἀδελφόν·Notdid exploitὑμᾶςTitus?οὐτῷαὐτῷΠνεύματιπεριεπατήσαμεν;οὐτοῖςαὐτοῖςsteps?19All alongδοκεῖτεὅτιὑμῖνwe have been making a defense?BeforeΘεοῦἐνΧριστῷλαλοῦμεν·τὰδὲπάντα,ἀγαπητοί,ὑπὲρτῆςὑμῶνedification.20φοβοῦμαιγὰρμήπωςἐλθὼνοὐχsuch asθέλωεὕρωὑμᾶςκἀγὼεὑρεθῶὑμῖνsuch asοὐθέλετε·μήπωςquarreling,jealousy,anger,contentions,slander,gossip,conceit,disorder;21μὴπάλινἐλθόντοςμουshould humbleμεὁΘεόςμουπρὸςὑμᾶςκαὶI should mourn overπολλοὺςτῶνhaving before sinnedκαὶμὴhaving repentedἐπὶτῇimpurityκαὶsexual immoralityκαὶsensualityᾗthey have practiced.Tap a word to flip it. Press and hold on mobile, or right-click on desktop, for word settings.
