1Διὰτοῦτο,ἔχοντεςτὴνministryταύτηνκαθὼςwe received mercy,οὐκwe lose heart.2ἀλλὰwe have renouncedτὰhidden thingsτῆςof shame,μὴπεριπατοῦντεςἐνcraftinessμηδὲfalsifyingτὸνλόγοντοῦΘεοῦἀλλὰτῇby manifestationτῆςἀληθείαςcommendingἑαυτοὺςπρὸςπᾶσανconscienceἀνθρώπωνἐνώπιοντοῦΘεοῦ.3Εἰδὲκαὶἔστινconcealedτὸεὐαγγέλιονἡμῶν,ἐντοῖςἀπολλυμένοιςἐστὶνconcealed,4ἐνοἷςὁθεὸςτοῦαἰῶνοςτούτουhas blindedτὰmindsτῶνunbelieving,εἰςτὸμὴto beam forthτὸνilluminationτοῦεὐαγγελίουτῆςδόξηςτοῦΧριστοῦ,ὅςἐστινthe imageτοῦΘεοῦ.5ΟὐγὰρἑαυτοὺςκηρύσσομενἀλλὰἸησοῦνΧριστὸνΚύριον,ἑαυτοὺςδὲδούλουςὑμῶνδιὰἸησοῦν.6ὅτιὁΘεὸςὁεἰπών·Ἐκdarknessφῶςshall shine,”ὃςshoneἐνταῖςκαρδίαιςἡμῶνπρὸςradianceτῆςknowledgeτῆςδόξηςτοῦΘεοῦἐνπροσώπῳἸησοῦΧριστοῦ.7Ἔχομενδὲτὸνtreasureτοῦτονἐνearthenvessels,ἵναἡsurpassingnessτῆςδυνάμεωςᾖτοῦΘεοῦκαὶμὴἐξἡμῶν·8ἐνπαντὶbeing hard pressed,ἀλλ᾽οὐbeing crushed;being perplexed,ἀλλ᾽οὐκdespairing;9being persecuted,ἀλλ᾽οὐκbeing forsaken;being struck down,ἀλλ᾽οὐκἀπολλύμενοι,10alwaysτὴνdeathτοῦἸησοῦἐντῷσώματιcarrying around,ἵνακαὶἡζωὴτοῦἸησοῦἐντῷσώματιἡμῶνshould be manifested;11alwaysγὰρἡμεῖςοἱζῶντεςεἰςθάνατονπαραδιδόμεθαδιὰἸησοῦν,ἵνακαὶἡζωὴτοῦἸησοῦmay be manifestedἐντῇmortalσαρκὶἡμῶν.12ὥστεὁθάνατοςἐνἡμῖνworks,ἡδὲζωὴἐνὑμῖν.13Ἔχοντεςδὲτὸαὐτὸπνεῦματῆςπίστεωςκατὰτὸγεγραμμένον·Ἐπίστευσα,διὸἐλάλησα,καὶἡμεῖςπιστεύομεν,διὸκαὶλαλοῦμεν,14εἰδότεςὅτιὁἐγείραςτὸνΚύριονἸησοῦνκαὶἡμᾶςσὺνἸησοῦἐγερεῖκαὶwill present usσὺνὑμῖν.15τὰγὰρπάνταδι᾽ὑμᾶς,ἵναἡχάριςhaving aboundedδιὰτῶνmore and moreτὴνthanksgivingmay increaseεἰςτὴνδόξαντοῦΘεοῦ.16Διὸοὐκwe lose heart;ἀλλ᾽εἰκαὶὁἔξωἡμῶνἄνθρωποςis being brought to decay,ἀλλ᾽ὁinnerἡμῶνis being renewedἡμέρᾳκαὶἡμέρᾳ.17τὸγὰρmomentarylightnessτῆςafflictionἡμῶνκαθ᾽surpassingεἰςexcessivenessαἰώνιονweightδόξηςis producingἡμῖν,18μὴare looking atἡμῶντὰβλεπόμεναἀλλὰτὰμὴβλεπόμενα·τὰγὰρβλεπόμεναtemporary;τὰδὲμὴβλεπόμενααἰώνια.Tap a word to flip it. Press and hold on mobile, or right-click on desktop, for word settings.
