- 1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.Καυχᾶσθαι ⸀δεῖ οὐ ⸂συμφέρον μέν⸃ ἐλεύσομαι ⸀δὲ εἰς ὀπτασίας καὶ ἀποκαλύψεις κυρίου
- 2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.ἄνθρωπον ἐν Χριστῷ πρὸ ἐτῶν δεκατεσσάρων— εἴτε ἐν σώματι οὐκ εἴτε ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματος οὐκ ὁ θεὸς ἁρπαγέντα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἕως τρίτου οὐρανοῦ
- 3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)καὶ τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνθρωπον— εἴτε ἐν σώματι εἴτε ⸀χωρὶς τοῦ σώματος οὐκ ὁ θεὸς
- 4How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.ὅτι ἡρπάγη εἰς τὸν παράδεισον καὶ ἤκουσεν ῥήματα ἃ οὐκ ἀνθρώπῳ λαλῆσαι
- 5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοιούτου καυχήσομαι ὑπὲρ δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ καυχήσομαι εἰ μὴ ἐν ταῖς ⸀ἀσθενείαις
- 6For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.ἐὰν γὰρ θελήσω καυχήσασθαι οὐκ ἔσομαι ἄφρων ἀλήθειαν γὰρ ἐρῶ φείδομαι δέ μή εἰς ἐμὲ λογίσηται ὑπὲρ ὃ βλέπει με ἢ ἀκούει ἐξ ἐμοῦ
- 7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.καὶ τῇ ὑπερβολῇ τῶν ἀποκαλύψεων ⸀διὸ ἵνα μὴ ὑπεραίρωμαι ἐδόθη μοι σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί ἄγγελος ⸀Σατανᾶ ἵνα με κολαφίζῃ ⸂ἵνα μὴ ὑπεραίρωμαι⸃
- 8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.ὑπὲρ τούτου τρὶς τὸν κύριον παρεκάλεσα ἵνα ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ
- 9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.καὶ εἴρηκέν μοι Ἀρκεῖ σοι ἡ χάρις μου ἡ γὰρ ⸀δύναμις ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ ⸀τελεῖται ἥδιστα οὖν μᾶλλον καυχήσομαι ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις ⸀μου ἵνα ἐπισκηνώσῃ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἡ δύναμις τοῦ Χριστοῦ
- 10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.διὸ εὐδοκῶ ἐν ἀσθενείαις ἐν ὕβρεσιν ἐν ἀνάγκαις ἐν διωγμοῖς ⸀καὶ στενοχωρίαις ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ ὅταν γὰρ ἀσθενῶ τότε δυνατός εἰμι
- 11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.Γέγονα ⸀ἄφρων ὑμεῖς με ἠναγκάσατε ἐγὼ γὰρ ὤφειλον ὑφ’ ὑμῶν οὐδὲν γὰρ ὑστέρησα τῶν ἀποστόλων εἰ καὶ οὐδέν εἰμι
- 12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.τὰ μὲν σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου κατειργάσθη ἐν ὑμῖν ἐν πάσῃ ⸀ὑπομονῇ σημείοις ⸀τε καὶ τέρασιν καὶ δυνάμεσιν
- 13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.τί γάρ ἐστιν ὃ ὑπὲρ τὰς ἐκκλησίας εἰ μὴ ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐγὼ οὐ κατενάρκησα ὑμῶν χαρίσασθέ μοι τὴν ἀδικίαν ταύτην
- 14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.Ἰδοὺ τρίτον ⸀τοῦτο ἑτοίμως ἔχω ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ οὐ ⸀καταναρκήσω οὐ γὰρ ζητῶ τὰ ὑμῶν ἀλλὰ ὑμᾶς οὐ γὰρ ὀφείλει τὰ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσιν θησαυρίζειν ἀλλὰ οἱ γονεῖς τοῖς τέκνοις
- 15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.ἐγὼ δὲ ἥδιστα δαπανήσω καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν ⸀εἰ περισσοτέρως ὑμᾶς ⸀ἀγαπῶν ἀγαπῶμαι
- 16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.ἔστω δέ ἐγὼ οὐ κατεβάρησα ὑμᾶς ἀλλὰ ὑπάρχων πανοῦργος δόλῳ ὑμᾶς ἔλαβον
- 17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?μή ὧν ἀπέσταλκα πρὸς ὑμᾶς δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐπλεονέκτησα ὑμᾶς
- 18I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?παρεκάλεσα Τίτον καὶ συναπέστειλα τὸν ἀδελφόν μήτι ἐπλεονέκτησεν ὑμᾶς Τίτος οὐ τῷ αὐτῷ πνεύματι περιεπατήσαμεν οὐ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἴχνεσιν
- 19Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.⸀Πάλαι δοκεῖτε ὅτι ὑμῖν ἀπολογούμεθα ⸀κατέναντι θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ λαλοῦμεν τὰ δὲ πάντα ἀγαπητοί ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν οἰκοδομῆς
- 20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:γὰρ μή ἐλθὼν οὐχ οἵους θέλω εὕρω ὑμᾶς κἀγὼ εὑρεθῶ ὑμῖν οἷον οὐ θέλετε μή ⸀ἔρις ⸀ζῆλος θυμοί ἐριθεῖαι ψιθυρισμοί φυσιώσεις ἀκαταστασίαι
- 21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.μὴ πάλιν ⸂ἐλθόντος μου⸃ ⸀ταπεινώσῃ ⸀με ὁ θεός μου πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ πενθήσω πολλοὺς τῶν προημαρτηκότων καὶ μὴ μετανοησάντων ἐπὶ τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ καὶ πορνείᾳ καὶ ἀσελγείᾳ ᾗ ἔπραξαν
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389 tagged Greek tokens144 distinct lexical entries21 of 21 verses source-tagged
σύG4771
thou
οὐG3756
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
μήG3361
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
ὑπέρG5228
"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
εἰμίG1510
I exist (used only when emphatic)
καυχάομαιG2744
to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense)
εἰG1487
if, whether, that, etc
εἴτεG1535
if too
ἔρχομαιG2064
to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
θεόςG2316
a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism)
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