Interpretation of 2 Corinthians preface–2.14
Greek text: PG 82.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Preface
0PG 82
Πολλὴν μὲν ἐκ τῆς προτέρας Ἐπιστολῆς οἱ Κορίνθιοι ὄνησιν ἑκαρπώσαντο᾽ ηὔξησαν δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν Τί- πρῶτος μὲν Τιμόθεος, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ὁ Τίτος. ᾿Δμγὰρ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἀπεστάλησαν. ᾿Αλλὰ πάλιν τινὲς τῶν ἐξ Ἰουδαίων πεπιστευκότων, τὴν νομικὴν τὴν ἀποστολικὴν διδασκαλίαν διέβαλλον, ἀποστάτην καὶ παράνομον τὸν θεσπέσιον Παῦλον ἀποκαλοῦντες, καὶ φυλάττειν ἅπασι τὸν νόμον παρεγγνῶντες " ταὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ἐν Κορίνθῳ δεδράκασι. Γράφει τοίνυν ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος, ἤδη τὴν Μακεδονίαν κατειληφὼς κατὰ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν, καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἀπολογίαν ὑφαίνει ὡς μηδέπω παραγενόμενος, οὐκ ἐπειδὴ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν οὐκ ἐπέρανεν ' ὑπέσχετο γὰρ πρῶτον μὲν Μακεδόνας ὁρᾷν, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πρὸς αὐτοὺς παραγίνεσθαι" ἔφη δὲ οὕτως ἐν τῇ προτέρᾳ· « Ἐλεύσομαι παῖ Νὰ δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὅταν Μακεδονίαν διέλθω " Μακεδονίαν πρὸς ὑμᾶς δὲ τυχὸν παραμενῶ, ἧ ἵνα ὑμεῖς με προπέμψητε οὗ ἐὰν ν» Οὐ τοίνυν παρὰ τὰς ὑποσχέσεις τι ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ μελλήσας, τῆς βραδύτητος τὰς αἰτίας διδάσκει, ᾿Αξιοῖ δὲ φειδοῦς καὶ τὸν τὴν παρανομίαν ἐκείνην τολμήσαντα. Εἶτα συγκρίνει τὴν Παλαιὰν τῇ Καινῇ, οὐκ ἐκείνην ἀτιμάζων, ἀλλὰ ταύτην δεικνὺς ὑπερέχουσαν. Μετὰ ταῦτα τοὺς οἰκείους πόνους ἀναριθμεῖται οὐ φιλοτιμίας πάθει δουλεύων, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἐξαπατώντων διελέγχων τὸ ψεῦδος. Προτρέπει δὲ καὶ τῆς τῶν ἁγίων θεραπείας φροντίσαι, τῇ Μακεδόνων μνήμῃ παραθήγων εἰς φιλότιμον χορηγίαν. Τίθησι δὲ καὶ τὸν τῶν οἰκείων παθημάτων κατάλογον, τοῦτον εἶναι χαρακτῆρα διδάσκων τῶν κηρύκων τῆς ἀληθείας. Αὕτη μὲν οὖν τῆς Ἐπιστολῆς ἡ ὑπόθεσις τὸν δὲ νοῦν τῶν γεγραμμένων ἀκριβέστερον ἣ κατὰ μέρος ἑρμηνεία διδάξει. α΄, β΄. « Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ Τιμόϑεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς, τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Κορίνθῳ, σὺν τοῖς ἁγίοις πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ᾿Αχαΐᾳ. Χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. ν ᾿Αμφότεροι μὲν πρὸς αὐτοὺ: ἀπεστάλησαν, καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος, καὶ ὁ Τίτος " ἀλλὰ τὸν μακάριον Τίτον οὐ συνέταξεν ἐν τοῖσδε τοῖς γράμμασιν, ἐπειδήπερ αὐτὸν ὥρισε τούτων γενέσθαι διάκονον - δι᾽ αὐτοῦ γὰρ τὴνδε πέπομφε τὴν Ἐπιστολήν. Ἐκκλησίαν δὲ αὐτοὺς ὀνομάζει Θεοῦ, εἰς ὁμόνοιαν πάλιν συνάπτων, καὶ τὸν Δεσπότην καὶ εὐεργέτην δεικνύς. Συνέταξε δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἅπαντας τοὺς ἐν τῷ ἔθνει πεπιστευκότας, ἕν σῶμα πάντας ἀποφαίνων τοὺς τῆς σωτηρίας ἠξιωμένους.
Pollēn men ek tēs proteras Epistolēs hoi Korinthioi onēsin hekarpōsanto᾽ ēuxēsan de autōn tēn Ti- prōtos men Timotheos, meta de touton ho Titos. ᾿Dmgar pros autous apestalēsan. ᾿Alla palin tines tōn ex Ioudaiōn pepisteukotōn, tēn nomikēn tēn apostolikēn didaskalian dieballon, apostatēn kai paranomon ton thespesion Paulon apokalountes, kai phylattein hapasi ton nomon parengnōntes " tauto de touto kai en Korinthǭ dedrakasi. Graphei toinyn ho theios ᾿Apostolos, ēdē tēn Makedonian kateilēphōs kata tēn hyposchesin, kai prōton men apologian hyphainei hōs mēdepō paragenomenos, ouk epeidē tēn hyposchesin ouk eperanen ' hypescheto gar prōton men Makedonas horąn, meta de tauta pros autous paraginesthai" ephē de houtōs en tę̄ proterą; « Eleusomai pai Na de pros hymas, hotan Makedonian dielthō " Makedonian pros hymas de tychon paramenō, hē hina hymeis me propempsēte hou ean n» Ou toinyn para tas hyposcheseis ti ᾿All᾽ en Ephesǭ mellēsas, tēs bradytētos tas aitias didaskei, ᾿Axioi de pheidous kai ton tēn paranomian ekeinēn tolmēsanta. Eita synkrinei tēn Palaian tę̄ Kainę̄, ouk ekeinēn atimazōn, alla tautēn deiknys hyperechousan. Meta tauta tous oikeious ponous anarithmeitai ou philotimias pathei douleuōn, alla tōn exapatōntōn dielenchōn to pseudos. Protrepei de kai tēs tōn hagiōn therapeias phrontisai, tę̄ Makedonōn mnēmę̄ parathēgōn eis philotimon chorēgian. Tithēsi de kai ton tōn oikeiōn pathēmatōn katalogon, touton einai charaktēra didaskōn tōn kērykōn tēs alētheias. Hautē men oun tēs Epistolēs hē hypothesis ton de noun tōn gegrammenōn akribesteron hē kata meros hermēneia didaxei. a΄, b΄. « Paulos apostolos Christou Iēsou dia thelēmatos Theou, kai Timoϑeos ho adelphos, tę̄ Ekklēsią tou Theou tę̄ ousę̄ en Korinthǭ, syn tois hagiois pasi tois ousin en holę̄ tę̄ ᾿Achaïą. Charis hymin kai eirēnē apo Theou Patros hēmōn, kai Kyriou Iēsou Christou. n ᾿Amphoteroi men pros autou: apestalēsan, kai ho Timotheos, kai ho Titos " alla ton makarion Titon ou synetaxen en toisde tois grammasin, epeidēper auton hōrise toutōn genesthai diakonon - di᾽ autou gar tēnde pepomphe tēn Epistolēn. Ekklēsian de autous onomazei Theou, eis homonoian palin synaptōn, kai ton Despotēn kai euergetēn deiknys. Synetaxe de autois kai hapantas tous en tǭ ethnei pepisteukotas, hen sōma pantas apophainōn tous tēs sōtērias ēxiōmenous.
The Corinthians reaped much benefit from the former Epistle, and their [benefit] was increased, first by Timothy and after him by Titus; for both were sent to them. But again some of those who had believed from among the Jews, [preferring] the observance of the law, were slandering the apostolic teaching, calling the inspired Paul an apostate and a lawbreaker, and urging everyone to keep the law; and they did this same thing in Corinth too. So the divine Apostle writes, having already reached Macedonia in keeping with his promise. And first he weaves a defense, as one who has not yet arrived, not because he failed to fulfil his promise; for he had promised first to see the Macedonians and after that to come to them. For he spoke thus in the former [Epistle]: “I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia, and perhaps I will stay with you, so that you may send me on my way wherever I go.” So [he did] nothing contrary to his promises … but, having lingered in Ephesus, he teaches the reasons for his slowness. He also asks for leniency toward the one who dared that lawless act. Then he compares the Old [Covenant] with the New, not dishonoring the former but showing the latter to be superior. After this he counts up his own labors, not as a slave to the passion of ambition, but to expose the falsehood of the deceivers. He also urges them to take thought for the service of the saints, spurring them on to generous giving by recalling the Macedonians. And he sets out the catalogue of his own sufferings, teaching that this is the mark of the heralds of the truth. This, then, is the argument of the Epistle; the detailed interpretation will teach the sense of what is written more exactly.
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Both were sent to them, Timothy and Titus; but he did not join the blessed Titus with himself in this letter, since he had appointed him to be the servant of this business: for he sent this Epistle by him. He calls them the church of God, joining them again in concord and showing [God] to be Master and benefactor. And he joined with them all who had believed in that nation, showing that all who have been counted worthy of salvation are one body.
2 Cor 1:1 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:2 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 16:5–6 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:5–11 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 3:6–11 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 8:1–5 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 11:23–29 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 19:1–10 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret's introduction sets 2 Corinthians against the Jewish-Christian opponents who called Paul an apostate, outlines the letter, and explains why Titus is not named in the greeting.
- This ref holds Theodoret's introduction (hypothesis) and his comment on 2 Cor 1:1–2. The scan's OCR mixes Migne's Latin column into the Greek; that debris is removed by logged corrections. A word is lost after “their” (supplied as “[benefit]”) and after “the observance of the law” (supplied as “[preferring]”); after “nothing contrary to his promises” some words are lost (“…”). The quotation is 1 Cor 16:5–6, garbled in the OCR and translated by sense. The opponents “from among the Jews” are Jewish believers who urged law-keeping, as Theodoret describes them; his account is translated as written. Allusions: the offender (2 Cor 2:5–11), Old and New Covenant (2 Cor 3), the Macedonians' giving (2 Cor 8:1–5), the catalogue of sufferings (2 Cor 11:23–29). Διάκονος here means the bearer of the letter, not the church office.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin debris; Latin debris (Migne's Latin column read as Greek); Latin debris (marginal reference); Latin debris and column number; Latin debris removed; OCR κ read as χ; OCR numeral; OCR slip; OCR slip (opening letters lost); OCR β read as δ; OCR β read as θ; OCR κ read as χ; OCR: two words run together; OCR: word split by a stray mark): χ ργίογ Ἐρὶ- → ; οἱ Κοὄνησιν → οἱ Κορίνθιοι ὄνησιν; διέθαλλον → διέβαλλον; σον ἱ οφεγαπί, → ; δεδράχασι → δεδράκασι; χατειληφὼς ἀοηίαπι γοπεγαὶ, αἱ δγαὶ ρο!! οἶμαι: οἱ ρείιαιη φυϊ- κατὰ → κατειληφὼς κατὰ; ἀπολογίαν τὰ δοῦ γϑποῖί : πο ὑφαίνει → ἀπολογίαν ὑφαίνει; τὴν «υοά ῥτοιπίβϑυνα “ποῖ (δοἰβδεί : ργοπιίβεγαὶ δὶ ὑπόσχεσιν → τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν; μὲν δι] 608 γβη- ς Μακεδόνας → μὲν Μακεδόνας; προτέρχ᾽ → προτέρᾳ·; παρανομίαν ἐχείνην → παρανομίαν ἐκείνην; οὐκ ἐχείνην → οὐκ ἐκείνην; ταῦ" τὴν → ταύτην; δουλεύων, βοὰ ἐος ἀλλὰ → δουλεύων, ἀλλὰ; Α1[οτ. κυι, ὅ, ῦ. → ; Α ἀϊϊαιίομοιν. Πδοοη86ῖ οἴη βιιδγατι ρα Γραββίοπυηι → ; ἀκριδέστερον → ἀκριβέστερον; α΄, 8΄. → α΄, β΄.; ἀδελ,ὃς → ἀδελφὸς; ἐπε!:ζῆ περ → ἐπειδήπερ; σἰαν δὲ αὐτοὺς → Ἐκκλησίαν δὲ αὐτοὺς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. pref. (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/0). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.
Chapter 1
1.3PG 82
γ΄. « Εὐλογητὸς ' ὁ Θεός. ν. Ἐνταῦθα στικτέον, « Καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. ν Ἡμῶν γὰρ" Θεὸς, τοῦ δὲ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἢ Πατήρ. Ταύτην τὴν διαίρεσιν καὶ ὁ Δεσπότης ἡμᾶς ἐδίδαξεν, καὶ ἐν τοῖς " ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις φη « Ἐξομολογοῦμαΐί σοι, Πάτερ, Κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς » σαφῶς διδάσκων ὡς; αὐτοῦ μὲν ἔστι Πατὴρ, τῆς δὲ κτίσεως ποιητὴς καὶ Δεσπότῆς. « Ὃ Πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν, καὶ Θεὸς πάσης παρακλήσεως. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, ὁ τοὺς οἰκτιρμοὺς πηγάζων, καὶ τὸν ἔλεον ἀναβλύζων, καὶ πατρικοῖς οἰκτιρμοῖ; περὶ ἡμᾶς κεχρημένος.
g΄. « Eulogētos ' ho Theos. n. Entautha stikteon, « Kai Patēr tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou. n Hēmōn gar" Theos, tou de Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou ē Patēr. Tautēn tēn diairesin kai ho Despotēs hēmas edidaxen, kai en tois " hierois Euangeliois phē « Exomologoumaïi soi, Pater, Kyrie tou ouranou kai tēs gēs » saphōs didaskōn hōs? autou men esti Patēr, tēs de ktiseōs poiētēs kai Despotēs. « Ho Patēr tōn oiktirmōn, kai Theos pasēs paraklēseōs. » ᾿Anti tou, ho tous oiktirmous pēgazōn, kai ton eleon anablyzōn, kai patrikois oiktirmoi? peri hēmas kechrēmenos.
“Blessed be God.” Here one must put a stop; [then] “and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” For he is our God, but the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Master too taught us this distinction, saying in the holy Gospels, “I confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,” clearly teaching that he is his Father, but the maker and Master of creation. “The Father of mercies and God of all comfort.” That is, the one who pours forth mercies like a spring, who gushes out mercy, and has treated us with a father's mercies.
2 Cor 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:25 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 10:21 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret punctuates 2 Cor 1:3 so that God is called “our God” but “the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” as Christ himself distinguished.
- Theodoret's punctuation reads “Blessed be God” as a clause by itself, so that “God” relates to us and “Father” to Christ; the distinction is his, translated as written. Quotations: 2 Cor 1:3; Matt 11:25 (Luke 10:21).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR β read as δ; OCR κ read as χ): στιχτέον → στικτέον; Δεσπόπῆς → Δεσπότης; χτίσειυς → κτίσεως; πιαραχλήσεως → παρακλήσεως; πη- Ὑάζων, χεὶ → πηγάζων, καὶ; ἀναδλύζων → ἀναβλύζων.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 1.3 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.4PG 82
δ. « Ὃ παρακαλῶν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει ἐμῶν, εἰς τὸ δύνασθαι ἡμᾶς παρακαλεῖν τοὺς ἐν πάτῃ θλίψει, διὰ τῆς παρακλήσεως, ἧς παραχαλούμεθα αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ. ν» Τοὺς συμβεβηκότας αὐτῷ διηγούμενος πειρασμοὺς, τὰ τῶν πειρασμῶν ἀλεξιφάρμακα πρότερα τέθεικε" καὶ δείκνυσι τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν ἱσομέτρους τοῖς πειρασμοῖς τὰς παραμυθέας προσφέροντα. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Δαβίδ" ε Κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ὀδυνῶν μοῦ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου αἱ παρακλήσεις σου εὔφραναν τὴν ψυχήν μον. » Συνήθως δὲ τῷ μετρίῳ κεχρημένος φρονήματι, οὐ δι᾽ ἑαυτὸν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τοὺς λαοὺς ἔφη τῆς ψυχα-
d. « Ho parakalōn hēmas epi pasę̄ tę̄ thlipsei emōn, eis to dynasthai hēmas parakalein tous en patę̄ thlipsei, dia tēs paraklēseōs, hēs parachaloumetha autoi hypo tou Theou. n» Tous symbebēkotas autǭ diēgoumenos peirasmous, ta tōn peirasmōn alexipharmaka protera tetheike" kai deiknysi ton tōn holōn Theon hisometrous tois peirasmois tas paramytheas prospheronta. Houtō kai ho makarios ephē Dabid" e Kata to plēthos tōn odynōn mou en tę̄ kardią mou hai paraklēseis sou euphranan tēn psychēn mon. » Synēthōs de tǭ metriǭ kechrēmenos phronēmati, ou di᾽ heauton, alla dia tous laous ephē tēs psycha-
“Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” Recounting the trials that befell him, he has set down first the remedies for the trials, and he shows the God of all offering consolations equal in measure to the trials. So also the blessed David said: “According to the multitude of my pains in my heart, your comforts gladdened my soul.” And, using his customary modesty of mind, he said that [it was] not for his own sake but for the sake of the peoples [that he received] the consolation of the soul …
2 Cor 1:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 94:19 (93:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret notes that Paul names God's comfort before recounting his trials, since God measures consolation to suffering.
- The comment breaks off at the end of the section in the scan's OCR (“…”). Quotations: 2 Cor 1:4; Ps 94:19 (LXX 93:19).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR β read as δ): συμθεδηκχότας → συμβεβηκότας; διτγούμενος → διηγούμενος; χεχρημένο: → κεχρημένος; Δαδίδ → Δαβίδ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 1.4 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.5PG 82
ε΄. « Ὅτι καθὼς περισσεύει τὰ παθήματα τοῦ Χριστοὺ εἰς ἡμᾶ;, οὕτω διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ περισσεύει καὶ ἡ παράκλησις ἡμῶν. ν» Καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν παθημάτων, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως τὸ, περισσεύει, τέθεικε, δεικνὺς κἀκείνων καὶ ταύτης τὸ μέγεθος. ς’, ζ. « Εἴτε δὲ θλιβόμεθα, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν παρακλήσεως καὶ σωτηρίας, τῆς ἐνεργουμένης ἐν ὑπομονῇ τῶν αὐτῶν παθημάτων, ὧν καὶ ἡμεῖς πάσχομεν. Καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν βεβαία ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν εἴτε παρακαλούμεθα, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν παρακλήσεως καὶ σωτηρίας " εἰδότες ὅτι ὥπτπερ κοινωνοί ἐστε τῶν παθημάτων, οὕτω καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως. ν» Ὑμῶν ἕνεκα τοῖς παντοδαποῖς περιπίπτομεν πειρασμοῖς" εἰ γὰρ προσφέρειν ὑμῖν τὸ σωτήριον οὐ μὴ βουλόμεθα κήρυγμα, οὐδεὶς ἂν ἡμῖν ἐπήνεγκε τὰ παθήματα. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ τῆς ὑμετέρας προμηθούμεθα σωτηρίας, παρὰ μὲν τῶν ἐναντίων τὴν τῶν σκυθρωπῶν μεθα προσβολὴν, παρὰ δὲ τοῦ Δεσπότου Θεοῦ τὴν ψυχαγωγίαν καρπούμεθα. Ὥστε καὶ τούτων κὰκείνων δι᾽ ὑμᾶς ἀπολαύομεν. Κοινωνεῖτε δὲ ἡμῖν ἀμφοτέρων, ἅτε δὴ τὰ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς οἰκειούμενοι. τ΄. « Οὐ γὰρ θέλομεν ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοὶ, περὶ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν τῆς γενομένης ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ, ὅτι καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ἐβαρήθημεν ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, ὥστε ἐξαπορηθῆναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῦ ζῇν. ν Διὰ πολλῶν ἐνέφηνε τοῦ κινδύνου τὸ μέγεθος. Καὶ γὰρ τὸ ἐβαρήθημεν, καὶ τὸ ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, καὶ τὸ καθ᾽ τοῦτο σημαίνει, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις, καὶ τὸ ἐξαπορηθῆναι καὶ τοῦ ζῇν. Λέγει δὲ τοῦτο, ὅτι τοσοῦτος ἣν ὃ κίνδυνος, ὥστε ἀπορήσαντας ἡμᾶς ἀπαγορεῦσαι καὶ τὸ ζῆν. Οἶμαι δὲ αὐτὸν τὴν κατὰ Δημήτριον τὸν
e΄. « Hoti kathōs perisseuei ta pathēmata tou Christou eis hēma?, houtō dia tou Christou perisseuei kai hē paraklēsis hēmōn. n» Kai epi tōn pathēmatōn, kai epi tēs paraklēseōs to, perisseuei, tetheike, deiknys kakeinōn kai tautēs to megethos. s’, z. « Eite de thlibometha, hyper tēs hymōn paraklēseōs kai sōtērias, tēs energoumenēs en hypomonę̄ tōn autōn pathēmatōn, hōn kai hēmeis paschomen. Kai hē elpis hēmōn bebaia hyper hymōn eite parakaloumetha, hyper tēs hymōn paraklēseōs kai sōtērias " eidotes hoti hōptper koinōnoi este tōn pathēmatōn, houtō kai tēs paraklēseōs. n» Hymōn heneka tois pantodapois peripiptomen peirasmois" ei gar prospherein hymin to sōtērion ou mē boulometha kērygma, oudeis an hēmin epēnenke ta pathēmata. Epeidē de tēs hymeteras promēthoumetha sōtērias, para men tōn enantiōn tēn tōn skythrōpōn metha prosbolēn, para de tou Despotou Theou tēn psychagōgian karpoumetha. Hōste kai toutōn kakeinōn di᾽ hymas apolauomen. Koinōneite de hēmin amphoterōn, hate dē ta kath᾽ hēmas oikeioumenoi. t΄. « Ou gar thelomen hymas agnoein, adelphoi, peri tēs thlipseōs hēmōn tēs genomenēs hēmin en tę̄ Asią, hoti kath᾽ hyperbolēn ebarēthēmen hyper dynamin, hōste exaporēthēnai hēmas kai tou zę̄n. n Dia pollōn enephēne tou kindynou to megethos. Kai gar to ebarēthēmen, kai to hyper dynamin, kai to kath᾽ touto sēmainei, kai pros toutois, kai to exaporēthēnai kai tou zę̄n. Legei de touto, hoti tosoutos hēn ho kindynos, hōste aporēsantas hēmas apagoreusai kai to zēn. Oimai de auton tēn kata Dēmētrion ton
“For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, so through Christ our comfort also abounds.” He has put “abounds” both of the sufferings and of the comfort, showing the greatness both of the former and of the latter. “If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation, which is at work in the endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer; and our hope for you is firm. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation, knowing that as you are partners in the sufferings, so also in the comfort.” It is for your sake that we fall into trials of every kind. For if we did not wish to bring you the saving proclamation, no one would have inflicted these sufferings on us. But since we take forethought for your salvation, from our opponents we [meet] the assault of grim things, while from God the Master we reap encouragement. So we have both the one and the other for your sake. And you share both with us, inasmuch as you make our affairs your own. “For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction that befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.” By many words he has shown the greatness of the danger. For “we were weighed down,” and “beyond strength,” and “beyond measure” signify this, and in addition “so that we despaired even of living.” He is saying that the danger was so great that we were at a loss and gave up even on living. And I think that he [means] the [uprising] against him under Demetrius the …
2 Cor 1:5 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:6–7 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 19:23–41 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Theodoret explains that Paul suffers and is comforted for the Corinthians' sake, and that the danger in Asia was so great that he despaired of life.
- This ref holds 2 Cor 1:5–8 (the lemmas of 1:5, 1:6–7 and 1:8). Migne's Latin column and footnotes, read as Greek in the OCR, are removed by logged corrections. In “from our opponents we [meet]” the first part of the verb is lost. The comment breaks off at the end of the section (“…”): Theodoret is identifying the danger with the riot of Demetrius the silversmith at Ephesus (Acts 19:23–41).
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Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 1.5 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/1-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.
1.9PG 82
θ΄. ε«᾿Αλλ᾽ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἀπόκριμα τοῦ θανάτου ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα μὴ πεποιθότες ὦμεν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείραντι τοὺς νεκρούς. » ᾿Δλλὰ τὴν τῆς ἀπογνώσεω; ψῆφον οὐκ εἴασε πεῖραν λαβεῖν ὁ Δεσπότης" ἀλλὰ μέχρι τῆς ἡμετέρας ἔστισεν ὑπονοίας τοῦ θανάτου τὴν ἀπειλὴν, ἵνα μὴ ἡμῖν αὑτοῖς θαῤῥῶμεν, ἀλλὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ συμμαχίαν ἐπιζητῶμεν. Ἀπόκριμα δὲ θανάτου, τὴν τοῦ θανάτου ψῆφον ἐκάλεσε. Σφόδρα δὲ ἁρμοδίως τῆς τῶν νεκρῶ" ἀναστάσεως ἐμνημόνευσε, διδάσκων ὡς ἴσον ἦν τῷ τοὺς νεκροὺς ἐγεῖραι, τὸ τῶν μεγίστων ἐχεδων ἀπαλλάξαι κινδύνων. (. « Ὃς ἐκ τηλικούτων θανάτων ἐῤῥύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ ῥύεται. ν» Εἶτα ὡς ἔχων ἐχέγγυα τῶν ἐσομένων τὰ γεγενημένα, ἐπήγαγεν " « Εἰς ὅν ἠλπίκαμεν ὅτι καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται. » Καὶ συνήθως μετριάζειν διδάσκων ἐπιφέρει" τα’, ε« Συνυπουργούντων καὶ ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῇ δεήσει ἵνα ἐκ πολλῶν προσώπων τὸ εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα διὰ πολλῶν εὐχαριστηθῇ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν. » Τούτον γὰρ γιγνομένου, πολλοὶ τὸν Θεὸν ὑμνήσουσιν ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν, ὁρῶντες ἡμᾶ; διὰ κινδύνων ὁδεύοντας. καὶ τούτους διὰ τῆς θείας ῥοπῆς διαφεύγοντας. ιϑ’. « Ἡ γὰρ" καύχησις ἡμῶν αὕτη ἐστὶ, τὸ μαρτύριον τῆς συνειδήσεως ἡμῶν.» Ἡμῖν δὲ παῤῥησίαν ἡ τοῦ συνειδότος παρέχει μαρτυρία. Τί σαυτῷ σύνοιδας; « Ὅτι ἐν ἀπλότητι καὶ εἰλικρινείᾳ, οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ σαρκικῇ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν χάριτι Θεοῦ ἀνεστράφημεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ᾽ περισσοτέρως δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς.» Ἃ παρὰ τῆς θείας, φησὶν, ἐδιδάχθημεν χάριτος, ταῦτα γυμνὰ πᾶσι προσφέρομεν, οὐδὲν οἰκεῖον τούτοῖς ἀναμιγνύντες. Σοφίαν δὲ σαρκικὴν, οὐ τὴν εὐγλωττίαν ἐνταῦθα λέγει, ἀλλὰ τὴν πανουργίαν. Αἰνέττεται δὲ τοὺς ἁπατεῶνας ἐκείνους, ὡς τὸ κήρυγμα διαφθείραντας, καὶ τὰ αὐτοῖς δοκοῦντα χηιγ΄, ιδ΄. « Οὐ γὰρ ἄλλα γράφομεν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἣ ἃ ἀναγινώσκετε, ἣ καὶ ἐπιγινώσκετε. Ἐλπίζω δὲ ὅτι καὶ ἕως τέλους ἐπιγνώσεσθε, καθὼς καὶ ἐπέγνωτε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ μέρους. » Οὐ γὰρ, ὥς τινες ἡμᾶς διαβάλλειν ἐπιχειροῦσιν, ἕτερα μὲν φρονοῦμεν, ἕτερα δὲ κηρύττομεν. Καὶ μαρτυρεῖ τῶν πραγμάτων ἡ πεῖρα. Ἃ γὰρ παρὼν ὑμᾶς ἐδίδαξα, ταῦτα καὶ ἀπὼν ἐπιστέλλω, ταῦτα καὶ εἰς τὸν ἑξῆς ἅπαντα χρόνον κηρύξειν ἐλπίζω. Τὸ δὲ, ἐπέγνωτε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ μέρους, οὐκ ἁπλῶς προστέθεικεν, ἀλλὰ γύττων αὐτοὺς, ὡς μὴ παντελῶς ἀπωσαμένους τὰς κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ γεγενημένας διαβολάς. ε« "Ὅτι καύχημα ὑμῶν ἐσμεν καθάπερ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἡμῶν, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ. » Πανταχοῦ τὸν τοῦ οἰκείου φρονήματος κανόνα διατηρεῖ. Καὶ ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἐν ἴσῃ τέθεικε τάξει ἑαυτὸν καὶ τοὺς μαθητάς, Ὁμοίως γὰρ ἔφη σεμνύνεσθαι καὶ αὐτοὺς ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ, καὶ αὐτὸν ἐπ᾽ αὑτοῖς, ἐν τῇ τῆς Δεσποτικῆς ἐπιφανείας ἡμέρᾳ. ιε΄, τς΄. ε Καὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πεποιθήσει ἐβουλόμην ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς πρότερον, ἵνα δευτέραν χαρὰν σχῆτε. Καὶ δύ ὑμῶν διελθεῖν εἰ; Μακεδονίαν, καὶ πάλιν ἀπὸ Μακεδονίας ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν" προπεμφθῆναι εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν. » Τινὲς ᾠήθησαν ἐναντία ἑαυτῷ τὸν ᾿Απόστολον εἰρηκέναι, ἐπειδήπερ τῇ προτέρᾳ ὑπέσχετο πρώτους Μακεδόνας ὁρᾷν, εἶτα πρὸς αὑτοὺς παραγενέσθαι οὗ προσεσχηκότες ὡς ἐκεῖνα μὲν ὑπέσχετο, ἐνταῦθα δὲ τὴν οἷκείαν ἀπεκάλυψε γνώμην. Ἔφη γὰρ δτι, μὴν ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς πρότερον, εἶτα δ᾽ ὑμῶν εἷς Μακεδονίαν διελθεῖν, καὶ πάλιν ἐκεῖθεν ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἵνα δευτέραν χαρὰν σχῆτε, τουτέστι, διπλῆν εὐφροσύνην, ὥστε δὶς ὑμᾶς δέξασθαί με. Ἀλλὰ τοῦτο μὲν ἐβουλόμην, αἰτίαι δέ τινες διεκώλυσαν᾽ ταύτας δὲ μετὰ βραχέα διδάσκει, διὰ πλειόνων τὴν ἀπολογίαν ποιούμενος.
th΄. e«᾿All᾽ autoi en heautois to apokrima tou thanatou eschēkamen, hina mē pepoithotes ōmen eph᾽ heautois, all᾽ epi tǭ Theǭ tǭ egeiranti tous nekrous. » ᾿Dlla tēn tēs apognōseō? psēphon ouk eiase peiran labein ho Despotēs" alla mechri tēs hēmeteras estisen hyponoias tou thanatou tēn apeilēn, hina mē hēmin hautois tharrhōmen, alla tēn autou symmachian epizētōmen. Apokrima de thanatou, tēn tou thanatou psēphon ekalese. Sphodra de harmodiōs tēs tōn nekrō" anastaseōs emnēmoneuse, didaskōn hōs ison ēn tǭ tous nekrous egeirai, to tōn megistōn echedōn apallaxai kindynōn. (. « Hos ek tēlikoutōn thanatōn errhysato hēmas, kai rhyetai. n» Eita hōs echōn echengya tōn esomenōn ta gegenēmena, epēgagen " « Eis hon ēlpikamen hoti kai eti rhysetai. » Kai synēthōs metriazein didaskōn epipherei" ta’, e« Synypourgountōn kai hymōn hyper hēmōn tę̄ deēsei hina ek pollōn prosōpōn to eis hēmas charisma dia pollōn eucharistēthę̄ hyper hēmōn. » Touton gar gignomenou, polloi ton Theon hymnēsousin eph᾽ hēmin, horōntes hēma? dia kindynōn hodeuontas. kai toutous dia tēs theias rhopēs diapheugontas. iϑ’. « Hē gar" kauchēsis hēmōn hautē esti, to martyrion tēs syneidēseōs hēmōn.» Hēmin de parrhēsian hē tou syneidotos parechei martyria. Ti sautǭ synoidas? « Hoti en aplotēti kai eilikrineią, ouk en sophią sarkikę̄, all᾽ en chariti Theou anestraphēmen en tǭ kosmǭ᾽ perissoterōs de pros hymas.» Ha para tēs theias, phēsin, edidachthēmen charitos, tauta gymna pasi prospheromen, ouden oikeion toutois anamignyntes. Sophian de sarkikēn, ou tēn euglōttian entautha legei, alla tēn panourgian. Ainettetai de tous hapateōnas ekeinous, hōs to kērygma diaphtheirantas, kai ta autois dokounta chēig΄, id΄. « Ou gar alla graphomen hymin, all᾽ hē ha anaginōskete, hē kai epiginōskete. Elpizō de hoti kai heōs telous epignōsesthe, kathōs kai epegnōte hēmas apo merous. » Ou gar, hōs tines hēmas diaballein epicheirousin, hetera men phronoumen, hetera de kēryttomen. Kai martyrei tōn pragmatōn hē peira. Ha gar parōn hymas edidaxa, tauta kai apōn epistellō, tauta kai eis ton hexēs hapanta chronon kēryxein elpizō. To de, epegnōte hēmas apo merous, ouk haplōs prostetheiken, alla gyttōn autous, hōs mē pantelōs apōsamenous tas kat᾽ autou gegenēmenas diabolas. e« "Hoti kauchēma hymōn esmen kathaper kai hymeis hēmōn, en tę̄ hēmerą tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou. » Pantachou ton tou oikeiou phronēmatos kanona diatērei. Kai entautha de en isę̄ tetheike taxei heauton kai tous mathētas, Homoiōs gar ephē semnynesthai kai autous ep᾿ autǭ, kai auton ep᾽ hautois, en tę̄ tēs Despotikēs epiphaneias hēmerą. ie΄, ts΄. e Kai tautę̄ tę̄ pepoithēsei eboulomēn elthein pros hymas proteron, hina deuteran charan schēte. Kai dy hymōn dielthein ei? Makedonian, kai palin apo Makedonias elthein pros hymas, kai hyph᾽ hymōn" propemphthēnai eis tēn Ioudaian. » Tines ǭēthēsan enantia heautǭ ton ᾿Apostolon eirēkenai, epeidēper tę̄ proterą hypescheto prōtous Makedonas horąn, eita pros hautous paragenesthai hou proseschēkotes hōs ekeina men hypescheto, entautha de tēn hoikeian apekalypse gnōmēn. Ephē gar dti, mēn elthein pros hymas proteron, eita d᾽ hymōn heis Makedonian dielthein, kai palin ekeithen elthein pros hymas, hina deuteran charan schēte, toutesti, diplēn euphrosynēn, hōste dis hymas dexasthai me. Alla touto men eboulomēn, aitiai de tines diekōlysan᾽ tautas de meta brachea didaskei, dia pleionōn tēn apologian poioumenos.
“But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we might not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.” But the Master did not allow the sentence of despair to come to the test; he stopped the threat of death at the point of our expectation, so that we might not take confidence in ourselves but seek his alliance. By “sentence of death” he meant the verdict of death. And very fittingly he mentioned the resurrection of the dead, teaching that to deliver from the greatest dangers was equal to raising the dead. “Who delivered us from such great deaths, and delivers us.” Then, holding what has happened as a pledge of what will be, he added: “On whom we have set our hope that he will deliver us yet again.” And, teaching modesty as usual, he adds: “While you also help together on our behalf by your prayer, so that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift [granted] to us through many.” For when this happens, many will praise God on our account, seeing us travel through dangers and escape them by the divine help. “For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience.” The testimony of our conscience gives us boldness. What are you conscious of in yourself? “That in simplicity and sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more especially toward you.” What we were taught by divine grace, he says, this we offer to all unadorned, mixing nothing of our own into it. By “fleshly wisdom” he does not mean eloquence here but cunning. And he hints at those deceivers, as having corrupted the proclamation and [preached] their own opinions … “For we write you nothing other than what you read and also acknowledge; and I hope that you will acknowledge it to the end, as you also acknowledged us in part.” For we do not, as some try to slander us, think one thing and preach another. And the experience of the facts bears witness: what I taught you when present, this I also send by letter when absent, and this I hope to proclaim for all time to come. He has not added “you acknowledged us in part” idly, but to prick them, as not having wholly rejected the slanders made against him. “That we are your boast, just as you are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.” Everywhere he keeps the rule of his own [modest] mind. Here too he has set himself and the disciples in equal rank: for he said that they likewise take pride in him and he in them, in the day of the Master's appearing. “And in this confidence I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second joy; and to pass through you into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and be sent on by you to Judea.” Some thought that the Apostle had contradicted himself, since in the former [letter] he promised first to see the Macedonians and then to come to them; they did not notice that there he made a promise, but here he revealed his own intention. For he said, [I wanted] to come to you first, then to pass through you into Macedonia, and again from there to come to you, “so that you might have a second joy,” that is, a double gladness, by receiving me twice. But this I wanted; certain causes prevented it. These he teaches shortly afterwards, making his defense at greater length.
2 Cor 1:9–10 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:11 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:12 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:13–14 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:15–16 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 16:5 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Theodoret explains that God let Paul's danger go no further than the expectation of death, defends Paul's sincerity, and shows that his travel plans did not contradict his earlier promise.
- This ref holds 2 Cor 1:9–16 (lemmas of 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13–14, 1:14b and 1:15–16). After “their own opinions” a word or two are lost at the turn to the next numeral (“…”). Quotations: 2 Cor 1:9–16. The former promise is 1 Cor 16:5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR β read as δ; OCR κ read as χ; OCR: divided word and stray letter; OCR: divided word and stray mark): ἀπόχριμα τοῦ → ἀπόκριμα τοῦ; ἐσχύχαμεν → ἐσχήκαμεν; ἐγεέραντι → ἐγείραντι; Ψῆτον → ψῆφον; λαδεῖν → λαβεῖν; ἐπι- Ιζητῶμεν → ἐπιζητῶμεν; ᾿Απόχριμα δὲ → Ἀπόκριμα δὲ; χά- Ὁ ριτμα → χάρισμα; χαύχητις → καύχησις; ες ῥησίαν → παῤῥησίαν; παρέχε! → παρέχει ; εἰλικρινείᾷν → εἰλικρινείᾳ,; τοφίᾳ → σοφίᾳ; ὑμῖε, ᾿ παρὰ → ὑμᾶς.» Ἃ παρὰ; χάριτον παῦτα → χάριτος, ταῦτα; χή- ρΌγμα → κήρυγμα; ἐπιγινώσχετε → ἐπιγινώσκετε; ἐμᾶς ἀπὸ → ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ; διαθάλλεῖν → διαβάλλειν; χηρύξειν → κηρύξειν; προστέθειχεν → προστέθεικεν; γεγενηὑένας διαδολάς → γεγενημένας διαβολάς; σεμνύνεαθαι → σεμνύνεσθαι; Δεσποτιχῆς → Δεσποτικῆς; ἡμέρχ. → ἡμέρᾳ.; ἐδουλόμην ἐλθεῖν → ἐβουλόμην ἐλθεῖν; Μαχεξδονίας → Μακεδονίας; Τινὲς.ῳήθηταν → Τινὲς ᾠήθησαν; διε.Ἰθεῖν → διελθεῖν; πά.1εν → πάλιν; ὥττε → ὥστε; τοῦτο μὲν ἐδουλόμην, αἰτία: → τοῦτο μὲν ἐβουλόμην, αἰτίαι; διεχώλυσαν → διεκώλυσαν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 1.9 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/1-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.
1.17PG 82
ιζ΄. « Τοῦτο οὖν βουλευόμενος, μήτ' ἄρα ἐλαφρίᾳ μαι, ἵνα ἧ παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ τὸ Ναὶ, ναὶ, καὶ τὸ Οὗ, οὔ; » Δύο τέθεικεν ἐναντία, ὧν τὸ μὲν πρότερόν ἔστι τοῦτο οὔτε κοῦφός εἶμι, οὔτε ὀξυῤῥόπους ἔχω τὰς τῆς γνώμης μεταβολὰς, ὥστε νῦν μὲν τοῦτο, νῦν δὲ ἐκεῖνο αἱρεῖσθαι. Τὸ δὲ δεύτερον τοῦτο’ Οὔτε μὴν πάθει δουλεύω, ἵνα ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν πληρώσω. Τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει, ἢ ἃ βουλεύομαι, κατὰ σάρκα βουλεύομαι, ἵνα ἢ παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ τὸ Ναὶ, ναὶ, καὶ τὸ Οὗ, οὔ; Ὃ γὰρ ταῖς τῆς σαρκὸς ἐπιθυμίαις ἑπόμενος, ὑπὸ τῶν οἰκείων σύρεται λογισμῶν, κἂν λίαν τὸ ἄτοπον ἔχωσιν " ὁ δὲ σωφρόνως βουλευόμενος, κἂν ἀγαθόν τι βουλεύηται, συνήδει δὲ τοῦτο μὴ συνοίσειν μέλλον ἑτέροις, οὐκ ἐπιτίθησι τῇ βουλῇ τὸ πέρας. Ὅτι δὲ ἅπερ ὑμῖν συνορωμεν λυσιτελοῦντα, προθύμως προσφέρομεν οὐδὲν ἐνδοιάζοντες, τὸ κήρυγμα μαρτυρεῖ. Πολλάκις γὰρ ὑμῖν τοῦτο προσενεγκόντες οὐκ ἐνηλλάξαμεν ἡμῶν τοὺς λόγους. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγε"
iz΄. « Touto oun bouleuomenos, mēt' ara elaphrią mai, hina hē par᾽ emoi to Nai, nai, kai to Hou, ou? » Dyo tetheiken enantia, hōn to men proteron esti touto oute kouphos eimi, oute oxyrrhopous echō tas tēs gnōmēs metabolas, hōste nyn men touto, nyn de ekeino haireisthai. To de deuteron touto’ Oute mēn pathei douleuō, hina ek pantos tropou tēn epithymian plērōsō. Touto gar legei, ē ha bouleuomai, kata sarka bouleuomai, hina ē par᾽ emoi to Nai, nai, kai to Hou, ou? Ho gar tais tēs sarkos epithymiais hepomenos, hypo tōn oikeiōn syretai logismōn, kan lian to atopon echōsin " ho de sōphronōs bouleuomenos, kan agathon ti bouleuētai, synēdei de touto mē synoisein mellon heterois, ouk epitithēsi tę̄ boulę̄ to peras. Hoti de haper hymin synorōmen lysitelounta, prothymōs prospheromen ouden endoiazontes, to kērygma martyrei. Pollakis gar hymin touto prosenenkontes ouk enēllaxamen hēmōn tous logous. Touto gar epēgage"
“In planning this, then, did I act with fickleness …, so that with me there is Yes, yes and No, no?” He has set down two contraries [which he denies]. The first is this: I am neither light-minded nor given to quick changes of opinion, so as to choose now this, now that. The second is this: nor am I a slave to passion, so as to fulfil my desire by any means. For this is what he says: “Or what I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, so that with me there is Yes, yes and No, no?” For the one who follows the desires of the flesh is dragged along by his own reasonings, even if they are quite unreasonable; but the one who plans with self-control, even if he plans something good, if he perceives that it is not going to profit others, does not carry his plan to its end. And that we readily offer whatever we see to be profitable for you, without any hesitation, the proclamation bears witness: for though we have brought it to you many times, we have not changed our words. For this he added:
2 Cor 1:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret explains that Paul denies both fickleness and acting from fleshly desire, and that a self-controlled person drops even a good plan that will not profit others.
- The OCR has lost words of the lemma (2 Cor 1:17: “did I use fickleness? Or what I plan, do I plan according to the flesh”), marked “…”; the second half is quoted in the comment. Migne's Latin column and a marginal reference (Acts 16:19; 15:14 in the Latin notes), read as Greek, are removed by logged corrections. The last sentence introduces the lemma of the next section (2 Cor 1:18).
Notes on the original text
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Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 1.17 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/1-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.
1.18PG 82
ιη΄. ε« Πιστὸς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς, ὅτι ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν ὁ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ ἐγένετο Ναὶ καὶ Οὔ.» Τοῦτο πρὸς τὸ, Μὴ τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ ἐχρησάμην; τέθεικεν, αὐτοὺς καλῶν εἰς μαρτυρίαν, ὡς ἀναμφίβολον αὐτοῖς ἀεὶ τὸ κήρυγμα προσενήνοχεν, ἀεὶ τὰ αὐτὰ διδάξας, καὶ ἐνιθ΄, « Ὁ γὰρ τοῦ Θεοῦ Υἱὸς Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν δι᾽ ἡμῶν κηρυχθεὶς, δι᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ Σιλουανοῦ, καὶ Τιμοθέου, οὐκ ἐγένετο Ναὶ καὶ Οὗ " ἀλλὰ Ναὶ ἐν αὐτῷ γέγονεν. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ κηρύγματος αὐτὸν τὸν κηρυττόμενον τέθεικε. Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι Ὁ περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγος, ὅν ἐκηρύξαμεν ἐγὼ καὶ Σιλουανὸς, καὶ Τιμόθεος, οὐδὲ μίαν ἔσχε διχόνοιαν, οὐδὲ ποτὲ μὲν ταῦτα, ποτὲ δὲ ἕτερα ἐκηρύξαμεν, ἀλλὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ὑμῖν ἀεὶ διδασκαλίαν προσενηνόχαμεν. Σιλουανὸν δὲ ἡγοῦμαι τὸν Σίλαν καλεῖσθαι" αὐτὸς γὰρ αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν Φιλίπποις ἐκοινώνησε τῶν δεσμῶν. Αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν Βεῤῥοίᾳ τῆς Μακεδονίας καταλιπὼν, τὰς ᾿Αθήνας κατέλαβεν. Οὗτος εἰς τὴν Κόρινθον σὺν τῷ Τιμοθέῳ παραγενόμενος πρὸς αὐτὸν. συνεργὸς ἐγένετο τοῦ κηρύγματος. Εὑρίσκομεν δὲ καὶ ἄλλων ὀνομάτων ἐναλλαγάς " καὶ γὰρ τὴν Πρίσεν. χ'. ε« Ὅσαι γὰρ ἐπαγγελίαι τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ Ναὶ, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ ᾿Αμὴν" τῷ Θεῷ πρὸς δόξαν δι᾽ ἡμῶν. » Πολλαὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι " νεκρῶν ἀνάστασις, σώματος ἀφθαρσία, ζωὴ ἀτελεύτητος, οὐρανῶν βασιλεία. ᾿Αλλὰ ταῦτα ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεὸς διὰ τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ κεχορήγηκεν. Οὗ δὴ χάριν, καὶ δι᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸν τῆς εὐχαριστίας αὐτῷ προσφέρομεν ὕμνον. Τὸ δὲ ᾿Αμὴν ἐνταῦθα οὐκ ἁπλῶς προστέθεικεν" ἀλλὰ διδάσκων ὡς οὐ μόνος ὁ προσευχόμενος ἱερεὺς προσφέρει τὸν ὕμνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ τὸ ᾿Αμὴν ἐπιλέγων κοινωνεῖ τῆς προσφερομένης δοξολογίας. ᾿ χα', χϑ', « Ὁ δὲ βεβαιῶν ἡμᾶς σὺν ὑμῖν εἰς Χριστὸν, καὶ χρίσας ἡμᾶς, θεός. Ὁ καὶ σφραγισάμενος Ὁ ἡμᾶς, καὶ δοὺς τὸν ἀῤῥαβῶνα τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν. ν» Ὁ Θεὸς δὲ τούτων αἴτιος τῶν ἀγαθῶν - αὐτὸς γὰρ καὶ ἡμῖν βεβαίαν περὶ τὸν Χριστὸν ἐδωρήσατο πίστιν - αὐτὸς ἡμᾶς ἔχρισε, καὶ τῆς τοῦ παναγίου Πνεύματος σφραγῖδος ἠξίωσεν, οἷόν τινὰ ἀῤῥαβῶνα τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν δωρησάμενος· … δὼν μικρόν τι μέρος ἐστὶ τοῦ παντός. Εἶτα διδάσκει σαφέστερον, τί δήποτε προτέρους μὲν αὐτοὺς ἰδεῖν ἐβουλήθη, μετὰ Μακεδόνας δὲ παραγενήσεσθαι πρὸς χύ΄. « Ἐγὼ δὲ μάρτυρα τὸν Θεὸν ἐπικαλοῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχὴν, ὅτι φειδόμενος ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔτι ἦλθον εἰς Κόρινθον. ν» Πεῖσαι βουληθεὶς ὁ θεῖος Ἀπόστολος; ὡς ἀληθῆ τὰ λεγόμενα, τὸν τῶν ἐννοιῶν ἐπόπτην εἰς μαρτυρίαν ἐκάλεσεν. Εἶτα κολάζει τὸ τραχὺ τῶν εἰρημένων σκληρὸν γὰρ ἦν, καὶ ἀπειλῆς γέμον, ὅτι φειδόμενος αὐτῶν τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁδὸν ἀνεβάλλετο, καΐί φησι" « Οὐκ ὅτι κυριεύομεν ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως, ἀλλὰ συνεργοί ἐσμεν τῆς χαρᾶς ὑμῶν. » Τοῦτο δὲ ὡς ὑφορμοῦν τέθεικεν. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ εἰκὸς ἦν τινας εἰπεῖν Τί οὖν; τούτου χάριν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δουλεύειν δεξώμεθα, καὶ δεσποτικῶς παρὰ σοῦ παιδευώμεθα; ἀναγκαίως ἐπήγαγεν, ὅτι Ταῦτα οὐκ ὡς δεσπόζων ὑμῶν εἴρηκα, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς τῆς πνευματικῆς ὑμῶν συνεργὸς εὐφροσύνης. « Τῇ « ἝἜχρινα δὲ ἐμαυτῷ τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ πάλιν ἐν λύπῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν. » Κατὰ τὴν συνθήκην λείπει τὸ μὲν, ἵνα ἧ, Τὴ μὲν γὰρ πίστει ἑστήκατε. Λέγει δὲ τοῦτο Τῆς μὲν πίστεως ἕνεκεν οὐδαμῶς ὑμῖν ἐπιμέμφομαι, τὴν γὰρ ταύτης ὑγείαν περίκεισθε" ἕτερα δέ τινα παρ' ὑμῶν πλημμελεῖται, ἅ τινος διορθώσεως δεῖται. Οὐκ ἐδοκίμασα δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἀφικνούμενος λυπῆσαι τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας. Τὸ δὲ πάλιν, τῇ παρουσίᾳ, οὐ τῇ λύπῃ συνέζευκται. β΄. « Εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ λυπῶ ὑμᾶς, καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ εὑφραΐίνων με, εἰ μὴ ὁ λυπούμενος ἐξ ἐμοῦ; » Τί γάρ με οὕτως εὐφραίνει, ὡς τῶν ἐγκαλουμένων ἡ αἴσθησις; Τεκμηριοῖ γὰρ αὐτὴ τὴν ἐκ τῶν ἐγκλημάτῶν ἐγγινομένην ὠφέλειαν.
iē΄. e« Pistos de ho Theos, hoti ho logos hēmōn ho pros hymas ouk egeneto Nai kai Ou.» Touto pros to, Mē tę̄ elaphrią echrēsamēn? tetheiken, autous kalōn eis martyrian, hōs anamphibolon autois aei to kērygma prosenēnochen, aei ta auta didaxas, kai enith΄, « Ho gar tou Theou Huios Iēsous Christos, ho en hymin di᾽ hēmōn kērychtheis, di᾽ emou kai Silouanou, kai Timotheou, ouk egeneto Nai kai Hou " alla Nai en autǭ gegonen. » ᾿Anti tou kērygmatos auton ton kēryttomenon tetheike. Legei de, hoti Ho peri tou Huiou tou Theou logos, hon ekēryxamen egō kai Silouanos, kai Timotheos, oude mian esche dichonoian, oude pote men tauta, pote de hetera ekēryxamen, alla tēn autēn hymin aei didaskalian prosenēnochamen. Silouanon de hēgoumai ton Silan kaleisthai" autos gar autǭ kai en Philippois ekoinōnēse tōn desmōn. Auton kai en Berrhoią tēs Makedonias katalipōn, tas ᾿Athēnas katelaben. Houtos eis tēn Korinthon syn tǭ Timotheǭ paragenomenos pros auton. synergos egeneto tou kērygmatos. Heuriskomen de kai allōn onomatōn enallagas " kai gar tēn Prisen. ch'. e« Hosai gar epangeliai tou Theou, en autǭ to Nai, kai en autǭ to ᾿Amēn" tǭ Theǭ pros doxan di᾽ hēmōn. » Pollai tou Theou hai epangeliai " nekrōn anastasis, sōmatos aphtharsia, zōē ateleutētos, ouranōn basileia. ᾿Alla tauta ho tōn holōn theos dia tou monogenous Huiou kechorēgēken. Hou dē charin, kai di᾿ autou ton tēs eucharistias autǭ prospheromen hymnon. To de ᾿Amēn entautha ouk haplōs prostetheiken" alla didaskōn hōs ou monos ho proseuchomenos hiereus prospherei ton hymnon, alla kai ho to ᾿Amēn epilegōn koinōnei tēs prospheromenēs doxologias. ᾿ cha', chϑ', « Ho de bebaiōn hēmas syn hymin eis Christon, kai chrisas hēmas, theos. Ho kai sphragisamenos Ho hēmas, kai dous ton arrhabōna tou Pneumatos en tais kardiais hēmōn. n» Ho Theos de toutōn aitios tōn agathōn - autos gar kai hēmin bebaian peri ton Christon edōrēsato pistin - autos hēmas echrise, kai tēs tou panagiou Pneumatos sphragidos ēxiōsen, hoion tina arrhabōna tōn mellontōn agathōn dōrēsamenos; … dōn mikron ti meros esti tou pantos. Eita didaskei saphesteron, ti dēpote proterous men autous idein eboulēthē, meta Makedonas de paragenēsesthai pros chy΄. « Egō de martyra ton Theon epikaloumai epi tēn emēn psychēn, hoti pheidomenos hymōn ouk eti ēlthon eis Korinthon. n» Peisai boulētheis ho theios Apostolos? hōs alēthē ta legomena, ton tōn ennoiōn epoptēn eis martyrian ekalesen. Eita kolazei to trachy tōn eirēmenōn sklēron gar ēn, kai apeilēs gemon, hoti pheidomenos autōn tēn pros autous hodon aneballeto, kaïi phēsi" « Ouk hoti kyrieuomen hymōn tēs pisteōs, alla synergoi esmen tēs charas hymōn. » Touto de hōs hyphormoun tetheiken. Epeidē gar eikos ēn tinas eipein Ti oun? toutou charin episteusamen, hina douleuein dexōmetha, kai despotikōs para sou paideuōmetha? anankaiōs epēgagen, hoti Tauta ouk hōs despozōn hymōn eirēka, all᾽ hōs tēs pneumatikēs hymōn synergos euphrosynēs. « Tę̄ « HeEchrina de emautǭ touto, to mē palin en lypę̄ pros hymas elthein. » Kata tēn synthēkēn leipei to men, hina hē, Tē men gar pistei hestēkate. Legei de touto Tēs men pisteōs heneken oudamōs hymin epimemphomai, tēn gar tautēs hygeian perikeisthe" hetera de tina par' hymōn plēmmeleitai, ha tinos diorthōseōs deitai. Ouk edokimasa de pros hymas aphiknoumenos lypēsai tous hamartanontas. To de palin, tę̄ parousią, ou tę̄ lypę̄ synezeuktai. b΄. « Ei gar egō lypō hymas, kai tis estin ho heuphraïinōn me, ei mē ho lypoumenos ex emou? » Ti gar me houtōs euphrainei, hōs tōn enkaloumenōn hē aisthēsis? Tekmērioi gar autē tēn ek tōn enklēmatōn enginomenēn ōpheleian.
“But God is faithful, that our word to you was not Yes and No.” He has set this against “Did I then use fickleness?”, calling them to witness that he has always brought them the proclamation free of ambiguity and has always taught the same things, and … “For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him it has become Yes.” In place of the proclamation he has set the one proclaimed. He is saying that the word about the Son of God which I and Silvanus and Timothy proclaimed had not a single discord; we did not proclaim these things at one time and other things at another, but have always brought you the same teaching. I think that Silas is the one called Silvanus: for he shared his bonds in Philippi too. He left him in Beroea of Macedonia and went on to Athens; Silas came to him at Corinth together with Timothy and became a fellow worker in the proclamation. We also find changes of other names: for Prisc[a] … “For as many as are the promises of God, in him is the Yes, and in him the Amen, to the glory of God through us.” Many are God's promises: the resurrection of the dead, the incorruption of the body, endless life, the kingdom of heaven. But the God of all has supplied these through the only-begotten Son. For this reason we also offer him the hymn of thanksgiving through him. And he has not added the “Amen” here idly, but to teach that it is not only the priest who prays who offers the hymn, but the one who adds the “Amen” also shares in the doxology that is offered. “Now the one who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who has also sealed us and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.” God is the cause of these goods: for it is he who gave us firm faith in Christ; he anointed us and counted us worthy of the seal of the all-holy Spirit, granting it as a kind of pledge of the good things to come; and [a pledge] is a small part of the whole. Then he teaches more clearly why he had wanted to see them first, and to come to them after the Macedonians … “But I call God as witness upon my soul that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.” Wishing to persuade them that what he says is true, the divine Apostle called the overseer of thoughts to witness. Then he tempers the harshness of what he had said, for it was severe and full of threat, that it was to spare them that he put off his journey to them; and he says: “Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers of your joy.” He has set this down as a precaution. For since it was likely that some would say, “What then? Did we believe for this, to accept slavery and to be disciplined by you as by a master?”, he had to add: I have not said these things as lording it over you, but as a fellow worker of your spiritual gladness. “For in faith …” “But I decided this for myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.” In the construction a “for” is lacking, so that it would read “For in faith you stand.” He is saying this: on the score of faith I do not blame you at all, for you are clothed in its health; but some other things are done wrongly among you, which need some correction, and I did not think it right to come to you and grieve those who sin. The word “again” is joined to the coming, not to the sorrow. “For if I grieve you, who is there to make me glad but the one who is grieved by me?” For what gladdens me so much as their awareness of what they are charged with? For that is proof of the benefit that comes from the charges.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
2 Cor 1:18–20 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:21–22 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:23–24 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:1–2 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 16:19–25 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 17:14–15 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 18:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 16:3 (allusion, low confidence) · 1 Cor 14:16 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret explains that Paul's preaching of Christ never wavered, that the Amen joins the people to the priest's thanksgiving, and that Paul delayed his visit to spare the Corinthians, not to lord it over them.
- This ref holds 2 Cor 1:18–2:2 (lemmas of 1:18, 1:19, 1:20, 1:21–22, 1:23, 1:24, 2:1 and 2:2). Words are lost at several turns to a new verse numeral (“…”): after “taught the same things,” after “Prisc[a]” (Theodoret is noting that Prisca is also called Priscilla), and after “after the Macedonians.” Of the lemma of 1:24b only “For in faith” survives; the comment supplies the rest. Theodoret's note on “μέν” (here rendered “for”) concerns the Greek construction. Migne's Latin column and footnotes (variant readings of 1:19–20), read as Greek, are removed by logged corrections. Silas: Acts 16:19–25; 17:14–15; 18:5. Prisca/Priscilla: Rom 16:3; Acts 18:2. On the Amen as the people's share in the prayer, compare 1 Cor 14:16.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin column and footnotes (variant readings) read as Greek; the beginning of the next word is lost; Latin column read as Greek; OCR numeral; OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR β read as δ; OCR β read as θ; OCR κ read as χ; stray letter (Migne's margin); stray marks): ἐϊλαφρίᾳ → ἐλαφρίᾳ; χαλῶν εἰς → καλῶν εἰς; ἀναμφίθολον → ἀναμφίβολον; διδάξα; → διδάξας; Σιλονανοῦ → Σιλουανοῦ; Ναὶ Β ἐν → Ναὶ ἐν; ἐχηρύξαμεν ἐγὼ → ἐκηρύξαμεν ἐγὼ; Σιλονανὸς → Σιλουανὸς; ἕτερα ἐχηρύξαμεν → ἕτερα ἐκηρύξαμεν; Σιλουανγὸν → Σιλουανὸν; χατέλαδεν → κατέλαβεν; ΚορίνθουΤ → Κόρινθον; γαὶ ἄλλων → καὶ ἄλλων; ἀτελεύτητο; → ἀτελεύτητος; κεχορήγηχεν → κεχορήγηκεν; προηστέθειχεν → προστέθεικεν; πρυσευχόμενος → προσευχόμενος; ἀῤῥαθῶνα → ἀῤῥαβῶνα; βεθαίαν → βεβαίαν; ἔχρ'5ε → ἔχρισε; ἀῤῥαδῶνα → ἀῤῥαβῶνα; δωρησάμενος 1. Κόρινθον Β. ν Τηκοάοτοίθιι οὐ πὶ 4}}15 αυ θά λπὶ Ἰ6ρ᾽846 : Διὸ καὶ δι᾽ αὑτοῦ τὸ ᾿Αμήν, πη ἢ εκ καὶ δι ἷ ι γ Γ᾽ 8. ποιη ηἰ [η πηθπίθην δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ Ναί ἐστιν. Πογτοιὶ αὐἱάοπι λα γ Βαυευαι : καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ (τὺ) ᾿Αμήν, εἴο. δὼν → δωρησάμενος· … δὼν; σαφέατερον → σαφέστερον; ἐδουλήθη, μετὰ → ἐβουλήθη, μετὰ; φειδόμενο; ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔτι ξλθον → φειδόμενος ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔτι ἦλθον; ἐχόλεσεν → ἐκάλεσεν; ἀνεδάλλετο → ἀνεβάλλετο; χυριεύομεν → κυριεύομεν; χαρᾶς ποιὰ ᾿πηι. Αὐγὴ πίη 681 δὰ ἷπ γϑηὶ ι]}ἰῃ" οἱ αἰεγγοι : οἱ ἀϊεῖ! : « Νοῃ ρος → χαρᾶς ; Ἐπειδὴ Β ροβυϊὶ νεγοὸ 496 υἱ ἰπ τα γὰρ → Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ; δουλεύειν "᾽ δεξώμεθα → δουλεύειν δεξώμεθα; δεσπο- -᾿χῶς παρὰ σοῦ παιδενώμεθα → δεσποτικῶς παρὰ σοῦ παιδευώμεθα; χύπη → λύπῃ; πίστεω; ἕνεκεν → πίστεως ἕνεκεν; περίχεισθς → περίκεισθε; ἐδοχίμασα → ἐδοκίμασα; ἀτιχνούμενος → ἀφικνούμενος; πλμν → πάλιν; 8’. « Εἰ → β΄. « Εἰ; λυπυύμενος → λυπούμενος; μ5 οὕτως → με οὕτως; ἐγχαλουμένων → ἐγκαλουμένων; αἵσθητις → αἴσθησις; Τεχμηριοῖ → Τεκμηριοῖ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 1.18 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/1-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 2
2.3PG 82
Υ. « Καὶ ἔγραψα " ὑμῖν τοῦτο αὐτὸ, ἵνα μὴ ἐλθὼν λύπην ἔχω ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἔδει με χαίρειν, πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ πάντας ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ἡ ἐμὴ χαρὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἐστιν. » Τούτου χάριν προὔλαβε τὴν παρουσίαν τὰ γράμματα, ἵνα δι᾽ ἐκείνων ἡ θεραπεία γενομένη, ἐμοὶ προξενήσῃ τὴν εὐφροσύνην. Ταύτης δὲ μεταλαγχάνετε καὶ ὑμεῖς, οἰκεῖα κρίνοντες τὰ ἡμέτερα.
Y. « Kai egrapsa " hymin touto auto, hina mē elthōn lypēn echō aph᾽ hōn edei me chairein, pepoithōs epi pantas hymas, hoti hē emē chara pantōn hymōn estin. » Toutou charin proulabe tēn parousian ta grammata, hina di᾽ ekeinōn hē therapeia genomenē, emoi proxenēsę̄ tēn euphrosynēn. Tautēs de metalanchanete kai hymeis, oikeia krinontes ta hēmetera.
“And I wrote you this very thing, so that when I came I might not have sorrow from those from whom I ought to rejoice, being confident about all of you that my joy is the joy of all of you.” For this reason the letter came before my visit, so that the healing done through it might procure gladness for me. And you too share in that gladness, judging our affairs to be your own.
2 Cor 2:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret explains that Paul wrote before coming so that the correction would be made and his visit could be a joy.
- Quotation: 2 Cor 2:3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR χ read as κ): καίρειν → χαίρειν; ὑμᾶ;, → ὑμᾶς,; προῦλαδς → προὔλαβε; οἐχεῖα → οἰκεῖα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 2.3 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.
2.4PG 82
δ΄. ε Ἐκ γὰρ πολλῆς θλίψεως καὶ συνοχῆς καρδίας ἔγραψα ὑμῖν διὰ πολλῶν δακρύων, οὐκ ἵνα λυπηθῆτε, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀγάπην ἵνα γνῶτε, ἣν ἔχω περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς. » Σφοδρότερον αὑτῶν ἐν τοῖς προτέροις καθήψατο γράμμασι. Διδάσκει τοίνυν, ὡς οὐκ ἀπλῶς λυπῆσαι βουλόμενος ἐκεῖνα γέγραφεν, ἀλλὰ τῆν τῶν πεπλημμεληκότων ἰατρείαν πραγματευόμενος, δι᾽ οὓς καὶ πλείστην ὀδύνην ἐδέξατο, καὶ θαῤἐὼν ἐπέστειλεν, ἣν ἔχει περὶ αὐτοὺς μηνύων διάθεσιν. Εἶτα γυμνοῖ καὶ τὴν τῆς λύπης αἰτίαν. ε΄, « Εἰ δέ τις λελύπηκεν, οὐκ ἐμὲ λελύπηκεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ μέρους, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιβαρῶ πάντας ὑμᾶς.» Μεῖζόν τι εἰπεῖν ἐβουλήθη, καὶ δεῖξαι πᾶν τὸ σῶμα τῆς Ἐκκλησίας κοινωνῆσαν τῆς λύπης " ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἄλλους καταλιπὼν, αὑτῶν ἐμνημόνευσε μόνων. Τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὸ, ἀπὸ μέρους. καὶ, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιβαρῶ. Εἶτα τὴν πατρικὴν φιλοστοργίαν γυμνοῖ. ς΄, ζ΄, ε Ἰκανὸν τῷ τοιούτῳ ἡ ἐπιτιμία αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν πλειόνων· ὥστε τοὐναντίον μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς χαρίσασθαι καὶ παρακαλέσαι, μή πως τῇ περισσοτέρᾳ λύπῃ καταποθῇ ὁ τοιοῦτος, » Ἔδειξε μὲν καὶ τὴν τῆς μεταμελείας ἐπίτασιν, τὴν περισσοτέραν λύπην εἰπών, Χάριν δὲ ὅμως ὀνομάζει τὴν ἄφεσιν, μείζονα τῆς μεταμελείας τὴν ἁμαρτίαν δεικνύς. Δεδήλωκε δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν Κορινθίων σπουδήν. Ἱκανὸν γὰρ, ἔφη, τῷ τοιούτῳ ἡ ἐπιτιμία αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν πλειόνων. Πάντες γὰρ αὐτὸν ἀπεστράφησαν ὡς ἐκέλευσε. Τοσοῦτον ἴσχυε καὶ γράφων ὁ σκηνοῤῥάφος, διὰ τὴν ἐνοικοῦσαν αὑτῷ δύναμιν. Καταποθῆναι δὲ τὸ ἀπογνῶναι ἐκάλεσε, καὶ παντελῶς ἀποπτῆναι τῆς πίστεως.
d΄. e Ek gar pollēs thlipseōs kai synochēs kardias egrapsa hymin dia pollōn dakryōn, ouk hina lypēthēte, alla tēn agapēn hina gnōte, hēn echō perissoterōs eis hymas. » Sphodroteron hautōn en tois proterois kathēpsato grammasi. Didaskei toinyn, hōs ouk aplōs lypēsai boulomenos ekeina gegraphen, alla tēn tōn peplēmmelēkotōn iatreian pragmateuomenos, di᾽ hous kai pleistēn odynēn edexato, kai thareōn epesteilen, hēn echei peri autous mēnyōn diathesin. Eita gymnoi kai tēn tēs lypēs aitian. e΄, « Ei de tis lelypēken, ouk eme lelypēken, all᾽ apo merous, hina mē epibarō pantas hymas.» Meizon ti eipein eboulēthē, kai deixai pan to sōma tēs Ekklēsias koinōnēsan tēs lypēs " alla tous allous katalipōn, hautōn emnēmoneuse monōn. Touto gar dēloi to, apo merous. kai, hina mē epibarō. Eita tēn patrikēn philostorgian gymnoi. s΄, z΄, e Ikanon tǭ toioutǭ hē epitimia hautē hē hypo tōn pleionōn; hōste tounantion mallon hymas charisasthai kai parakalesai, mē pōs tę̄ perissoterą lypę̄ katapothę̄ ho toioutos, » Edeixe men kai tēn tēs metameleias epitasin, tēn perissoteran lypēn eipōn, Charin de homōs onomazei tēn aphesin, meizona tēs metameleias tēn hamartian deiknys. Dedēlōke de kai tēn tōn Korinthiōn spoudēn. Hikanon gar, ephē, tǭ toioutǭ hē epitimia hautē hē hypo tōn pleionōn. Pantes gar auton apestraphēsan hōs ekeleuse. Tosouton ischye kai graphōn ho skēnorrhaphos, dia tēn enoikousan hautǭ dynamin. Katapothēnai de to apognōnai ekalese, kai pantelōs apoptēnai tēs pisteōs.
“For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love that I have more abundantly for you.” He had taken them to task rather severely in the former letter. So he teaches that he did not write those things simply wishing to grieve them, but working for the healing of those who had done wrong; for their sake he both felt very great pain and wrote with confidence, revealing the disposition he has toward them. Then he lays bare the cause of the sorrow too. “But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, not to burden all of you.” He wanted to say something greater, and to show that the whole body of the church had shared in the grief; but leaving the others aside, he mentioned only them. This is what “in part” and “not to burden” show. Then he lays bare his fatherly tenderness. “Sufficient for such a one is this punishment by the majority, so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest such a one be swallowed up by excessive sorrow.” He showed the intensity of the man's repentance by saying “excessive sorrow”; yet he calls the pardon a favor, showing that the sin was greater than the repentance. He has also shown the zeal of the Corinthians, for “sufficient,” he said, “for such a one is this punishment by the majority”: all turned away from him, as he had ordered. So powerful was the tentmaker even when writing, through the power that dwelt in him. By “being swallowed up” he meant despairing and flying away from the faith altogether.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
2 Cor 2:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:5 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:6–7 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 5:1–5 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 18:3 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret explains that Paul wrote severely out of love, and now asks that the punished offender be forgiven lest he despair and fall away.
- This ref holds 2 Cor 2:4–7 (lemmas of 2:4, 2:5 and 2:6–7). Migne's Latin column, read as Greek, is removed by a logged correction. “He mentioned only them” is uncertain: the OCR is damaged at footnote markers (“αὑτῶν … μόνων”), and Migne's notes record variant readings here. The offender is the man of 1 Cor 5:1–5; “tentmaker”: Acts 18:3.
Notes on the original text
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Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 2.4 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.
2.8PG 82
η΄. ε Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς κυρῶσαι εἰς αὐτὸν ἀγάπην. » Ἑνώσατε τὸ μέλος τῷ σώματι, συνάψατε τῇ ποίμνῃ τὸ πρόβατον, θερμὴν αὐτῷ διάθεσιν δείθ΄, « Εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν, ἵνα γνῶ τὴν δοκιμὴν ὑμῶν, εἰ εἰς πάντα ὑπήκοοί ἐστε, ν Προσἧκει γὰρ ὑμᾶς μὴ μόνον τέμνοντι συνεργεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑ. ε Ὦ δέ τι χαρίζεσθε, καὶ ἐγώ. » Ἡνίκα μὲν τὴν τιμωρητικὴν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ ψῆφον ἐξήνεγκεν, οὐδεμιᾶς αὑτοῖς φειδοῦς ἔδωκεν ἐξουσίαν, ἐπειδή περ αὐτοὺς εἶδεν οὐκ ἴσως κατέχοντας τὰ τῆς δίκης ζυγά. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ μεμάθηκεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῶν γραφέντων ὄνησιν δεξαμένους, δίδωσιν αὐτοῖς φιλοτιμίας τὴν ἐξουσίαν, καί φησιν’ Ὧ δέ τι χαρίζεσθε, καὶ ἐγώ. ε Καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ, εἴ τι κεχάρισμαι, ᾧ κεχάρισμαι, δι᾽ ὑμᾶς.» Αἰνίττεται δὲ ὁ λόγος, ὡς αὐτοὶ διὰ τῶν μακαρίων ἀνδρῶν Τιμοθέου καὶ Τίτου τὴν ὑπὲρ τοῦ πεπλημμεληκότος προσήνεγκαν δέησιν. Καὶ ἵνα μή τις αὑτὸν ὑπολάβῃ τῇ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους χάριτι τοῦ δικαίου καταμελεῖν, ἐπήγαγεν" « προσώπῳ Χριστοῦ. » Ποιῶ γὰρ τοῦτο, φησὶν, ὡς τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐφορῶντος, καὶ ἀρεσκομένου τοῖς γενομένοις. Λέγει δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν " ια΄, ε Ἵνα μὴ πλεονεκτηθῶμεν ὑπὸ τοῦ Σατανᾶ᾽ οὐ γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὰ νοήματα ἀγνοοῦμεν. » Οἶδε γὰρ πολλάκις ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀλάστωρ ἀπογνώσεως }0. νᾶσθαι τὸν ὄλεθρον. Οὕτω ταῦτα παρενθεὶς, εἰς τὴν θὼν, ἠναγκάσθη μὲν εἰπεῖν ὡς εἰλικρινῶς τὸ θεῖον αὐτοῖς ἐκήρυξεν εὐαγγέλιον, ᾿Εκεῖθεν δὲ τὴν περὶ αὐτοὺς ἀγαπην ἐγύμνωσεν, εἰρηκὼς ὅτι πρὸ Μακεδόνων ἰδεῖν αὑτοὺς ἐβουλήθη· εἶτα τῆς ἀναβολῆς τὰς αἰτίας διδάξας, καὶ τῆς λύπης ἀναμνήσας, καὶ τὸν τῆς Ἐκκλησίας κεχωρισμένον τῷ καταλόγῳ συνάψας, εἰς τὴν τῆς διηγήσεως ἐπανῆλθεν ἀκολουθίαν. ιβ΄, ιγ΄. ε« Ἐλθὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν Τρωάδα εἰς τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ θύρας μοι ἀνεῳγμένης ἐν Κυρΐῳ, οὐκ ἔσχηκα ἄνεσιν τῷ πνεύματέ μου, τῷ μὴ εὑρεῖν με Τίτον τὸν ἀδελφόν μου " ἀλλ᾽ αὐτοῖς ἐξῆλθον εἰς Μακεδονίαν. » Οὐκ ἄλλου του, φησὶ, χάριν τὴν Τρωάδα κατειληφὼς, ἀλλὰ μόνου τοῦ κηρύγματος ἕνεκα, σφόδρα τὴν ψυχὴν ἡνιάθην, πολλοὺς μὲν ὁρῶν τῷ κηρύγματι προσιόντας, συνἐργὸν δὲ τῆς τούτων ἐπιμελείας οὐκ ἔχων. Οὐδέπω γὰρ ἀφῖκτο πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὁ Τίτος, ὃν τῆς ὑμετέρας προμηθούμενος ὠφελείας ἀπέστειλα πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Οὗ δὴ χάριν ὡς τῶν πόνων οὐκ ἔχων τὸν κοινωνὸν, καταλιπὼν αὐτοὺς ἐξεδήμησα. Τοῦ μέντοι τρισμακαρίου Τίτου οὗ μάτην ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος ἐμνήσθη ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ τοῖσδε τοῖς γράμμασι διακονεῖν ἔμελλεν, ἐβουλήθη δεῖξαι τὴν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀρετήν. Ἱκανῶς δὲ τοῦτο πεποίηκε, διδάξας ὡς ἀπόντος ἐκείνου, καίτοι πολλῶν τῷ κηρύγματι προσιόντων, δρᾶσαί τι τῶν ἀναγκαίων οὐκ ἴσχυε. Τούτου χάριν καὶ ἀδελφὸν αὖτὸν ὠνόμασε, καὶ τὴν ἀντωνυμίαν προστέθεικε, διδάσκων τὸ γνήσιον. ἷ
ē΄. e Parakalō oun hymas kyrōsai eis auton agapēn. » Henōsate to melos tǭ sōmati, synapsate tę̄ poimnę̄ to probaton, thermēn autǭ diathesin deith΄, « Eis touto gar egrapsa hymin, hina gnō tēn dokimēn hymōn, ei eis panta hypēkooi este, n Prosēkei gar hymas mē monon temnonti synergein, alla kai hy. e Ō de ti charizesthe, kai egō. » Hēnika men tēn timōrētikēn kat᾽ autou psēphon exēnenken, oudemias hautois pheidous edōken exousian, epeidē per autous eiden ouk isōs katechontas ta tēs dikēs zyga. Epeidē de memathēken autous ek tōn graphentōn onēsin dexamenous, didōsin autois philotimias tēn exousian, kai phēsin’ Hō de ti charizesthe, kai egō. e Kai gar egō, ei ti kecharismai, hǭ kecharismai, di᾽ hymas.» Ainittetai de ho logos, hōs autoi dia tōn makariōn andrōn Timotheou kai Titou tēn hyper tou peplēmmelēkotos prosēnenkan deēsin. Kai hina mē tis hauton hypolabę̄ tę̄ pros anthrōpous chariti tou dikaiou katamelein, epēgagen" « prosōpǭ Christou. » Poiō gar touto, phēsin, hōs tou Christou ephorōntos, kai areskomenou tois genomenois. Legei de tēn aitian " ia΄, e Hina mē pleonektēthōmen hypo tou Satana᾽ ou gar autou ta noēmata agnooumen. » Oide gar pollakis ho tōn anthrōpōn alastōr apognōseōs }0. nasthai ton olethron. Houtō tauta parentheis, eis tēn thōn, ēnankasthē men eipein hōs eilikrinōs to theion autois ekēryxen euangelion, ᾿Ekeithen de tēn peri autous agapēn egymnōsen, eirēkōs hoti pro Makedonōn idein hautous eboulēthē; eita tēs anabolēs tas aitias didaxas, kai tēs lypēs anamnēsas, kai ton tēs Ekklēsias kechōrismenon tǭ katalogǭ synapsas, eis tēn tēs diēgēseōs epanēlthen akolouthian. ib΄, ig΄. e« Elthōn de eis tēn Trōada eis to Euangelion tou Christou, kai thyras moi aneǭgmenēs en Kyrïǭ, ouk eschēka anesin tǭ pneumate mou, tǭ mē heurein me Titon ton adelphon mou " all᾽ autois exēlthon eis Makedonian. » Ouk allou tou, phēsi, charin tēn Trōada kateilēphōs, alla monou tou kērygmatos heneka, sphodra tēn psychēn hēniathēn, pollous men horōn tǭ kērygmati prosiontas, synergon de tēs toutōn epimeleias ouk echōn. Oudepō gar aphikto pros hēmas ho Titos, hon tēs hymeteras promēthoumenos ōpheleias apesteila pros hymas. Hou dē charin hōs tōn ponōn ouk echōn ton koinōnon, katalipōn autous exedēmēsa. Tou mentoi trismakariou Titou hou matēn epi tou parontos emnēsthē all᾽ epeidē toisde tois grammasi diakonein emellen, eboulēthē deixai tēn tou andros aretēn. Hikanōs de touto pepoiēke, didaxas hōs apontos ekeinou, kaitoi pollōn tǭ kērygmati prosiontōn, drasai ti tōn anankaiōn ouk ischye. Toutou charin kai adelphon auton ōnomase, kai tēn antōnymian prostetheike, didaskōn to gnēsion. hi
“So I urge you to confirm your love for him.” Unite the member to the body, join the sheep to the flock, [show] him a warm disposition. “For to this end I also wrote, that I might know your proof, whether you are obedient in everything.” For it is fitting for you not only to work with the one who cuts, but also … “Anyone whom you forgive anything, I also [forgive].” When he brought the sentence of punishment against him, he gave them no authority to show any leniency, since he saw that they were not holding the scales of justice evenly. But since he has learned that they have profited from what was written, he gives them authority to be generous, and says, “Anyone whom you forgive anything, I also.” “For indeed, if I have forgiven anything, what I have forgiven [I have forgiven] for your sake.” The words hint that they themselves, through the blessed men Timothy and Titus, offered the petition on behalf of the one who had done wrong. And lest anyone suppose that he was neglecting justice out of favor toward men, he added: “in the person of Christ.” For I do this, he says, as Christ watches and is pleased with what is done. And he states the reason: “So that we may not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.” For the destroyer of mankind often knows how to contrive ruin through despair. Having thus inserted these things … he was compelled to say that he proclaimed the divine gospel to them sincerely. From there he laid bare his love for them, saying that he had wanted to see them before the Macedonians; then, having taught the reasons for the postponement, recalled the sorrow, and joined the one who had been separated from the church back to its roll, he returned to the sequence of his narrative. “When I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, though a door was opened for me in the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find Titus my brother; but [taking leave of] them I went out to Macedonia.” I came to Troas, he says, for no other reason than the proclamation, and I was greatly distressed in soul, seeing many coming to the proclamation but having no fellow worker in caring for them. For Titus had not yet come to us, whom I had sent to you out of forethought for your benefit. For this reason, having no partner in the labors, I left them and departed. He did not mention the thrice-blessed Titus idly at this point: since Titus was going to serve as bearer of this letter, he wanted to show the man's virtue. And he has done this sufficiently by teaching that in his absence, though many were coming to the proclamation, he could do nothing of what was needed. For this reason he both named him brother and added the pronoun, teaching how genuine he was.
2 Cor 2:8–9 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:10–11 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:12–13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret explains that Paul, having learned of the Corinthians' obedience, joins them in forgiving the offender lest Satan use despair, and that Paul's distress at Troas shows Titus's worth.
- This ref holds 2 Cor 2:8–13 (lemmas of 2:8, 2:9, 2:10, 2:10b, 2:11 and 2:12–13). Words are lost at the turns to new verse numerals (“…”): after “not only to work with the one who cuts, but also” (probably “with the one who heals”) and after “having thus inserted these things” (probably “and come to his defense”). In the lemma of 2:13 the participle “taking leave” is lost in the OCR. Migne's footnotes, read as Greek, are removed by logged corrections.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's footnotes (variant readings) read as Greek; OCR accent; OCR breathing; OCR numeral; OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR β read as δ; OCR κ read as χ; OCR κ read as χ; footnote mark; stray marks; stray marks; OCR κ read as χ): ὑμᾶ; κυρῶσαι → ὑμᾶς κυρῶσαι; σώμλτι → σώματι; κοίμνῃ τὸ πρόθδατον → ποίμνῃ τὸ πρόβατον; τὴ» δοκιμὴν → τὴν δοκιμὴν; Ἡνίχα → Ἡνίκα; τιμωρητιχὴν → τιμωρητικὴν; ἑξουσίαν, ἐπειδή → ἐξουσίαν, ἐπειδή; μεμᾶθηκεν → μεμάθηκεν; χεχάρισμαι, ᾧ χεχάρισμαι 5, → κεχάρισμαι, ᾧ κεχάρισμαι,; πεπλημμεληχότος → πεπλημμεληκότος; ὑπολάδῃ → ὑπολάβῃ; χκαταμελεῖν → καταμελεῖν; ἀρεσχομένου τοῖς Ὑενομένοις → ἀρεσκομένου τοῖς γενομένοις; μὴ "Ὑ πλεονεχτηθῶμεν → μὴ πλεονεκτηθῶμεν; Οἷδε γὰρ → Οἶδε γὰρ; οι. 15 πιστοὺς καταλ, Οἷς. ") τῶν Κορινθίων ἐμν. μ. ΟΕο. 1" ὑπὸ τ. πλ. ἀυϑὶἀογαπίαν ἴῃ Οἷο., 564. ἐὰ Ἰοεῖα [8586 ἃ Τῇ. ἐρίδι. 77, γογῦλ πα θεῖ οὐδ νοβίοι ρ. 77. → ; ἠναγχά;ηθη → ἠναγκάσθη; τὸ θεῖον ἃ αὐτοῖς ἑχήρνξεν → τὸ θεῖον αὐτοῖς ἐκήρυξεν; ἐδουλήθη " εἶτα → ἐβουλήθη· εἶτα; ἀναδολῇς → ἀναβολῆς; γαὶ τὸν τῆς → καὶ τὸν τῆς; συνάψα:, → συνάψας,; διηγήσεω; → διηγήσεως; β΄, ιγ΄. → ιβ΄, ιγ΄.; Εὐαγγέλον → Εὐαγγέλιον; τῷ '" μὴ → τῷ μὴ; χατειληφὼς → κατειληφὼς; Ψυχὴν → ψυχὴν; πολλοὺ: μὲν ὁρῶν τῷ χηρύγματ: → πολλοὺς μὲν ὁρῶν τῷ κηρύγματι; ἀφῖχτο → ἀφῖκτο; προμηθούμενο; → προμηθούμενος; ἀπέπτειλα → ἀπέστειλα; τρισμαχαρίου → τρισμακαρίου; τοῖτδε → τοῖσδε; ἐδουλήθη δεῖξαι → ἐβουλήθη δεῖξαι; ἀπόντο; ἐχείνου → ἀπόντος ἐκείνου; πρυστέθειχε → προστέθεικε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 2.8 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/2-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.
2.14PG 82
ιδ΄. « Τῷ δὲ Θεῷ χάρις, τῷ πάντοτε ἡμᾶς θριαμβεύοντι ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ, καὶ ὀσμὴν τῆς γνώσεως αὐτοῦ ᾿ φανεροῦντι δι᾽ ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ.» ᾿Αλλὰ διὰ πάντων ὑμνοῦμεν τὸν Θεὸν, ὃς, σοφῶς τὰ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς πρυτανεύων, τῇδε κἀκεῖσε περιάγει, δήλους ἡμᾶς ἅπασιν ἀποφαίνων, καὶ δι᾽ ἡμῶν προσφέρων τῆς εὐσεβείας τὴν γνῶσιν. Ὀσμὴν δὲ γνώσεως τὴν παροῦσαν ἐκάλεσε γνῶσιν, δύο κατὰ ταὐτὸν διδάσκων᾽ καὶ ὅτι τῆς τελείας γνώσεως μέρος αὕτη σμικρὸν, καὶ ὅτι νῦν μὲν ἐκείνη λανθάνει, κατὰ καιρὸν δὲ φανήσεται, κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ θυμιάματος, ὃ πολλάκις ἐν θαλάμῳ τινὶ προσομιλοῦν τῷ πυρὶ, καὶ ἐκτὸς τὴν εὐοσμίαν ἐκπέμπει. Οἱ δὲ ταύτης μεταλαγχάνοντες, ἐκείνην μὲν οὐκ ὁρῶσι, τῆς δὲ ὀσμῆς ἀπολαύουσιν. κε΄, τς’, ε« Ὅτι Χριστοῦ εὐωδία ἐσμὲν τῷ Θεῷ ἐν τοῖς σωζομένοις, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις. Οἷς μὲν ὀσμὴ θανάτου εἰς θάνατον, οἷς δὲ ὀσμὴ ζωῆς εἰς ζωήν. » Ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν εὐοσμίαν φέρομεν ἅπασιν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἅπαντες οἱ μεταλα τες ἀπολαύουσι σωτηρίας. Τοῖς γὰρ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἀνιαρῶς διακειμένοις ἐπίβουλον τὸ φῶς καὶ πολέμιον. ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ὁ ἥλιος ἐπιφέρει τὴν βλάβην. Φασὶ δὲ καὶ τοὺς γύπας φεύγειν τοῦ μύρου τὴν εὐοσμίαν. Μύρον δὲ ὅμως τὸ μύρον, κἂν οἱ γύπες ἀποδιδράσκωσιν, Οὕτω καὶ τὸ σωτήριον κήρυγμα τοῖς μὲν πιστεύουσι πραγματεύεται σωτηρίαν, τοῖς δ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσιν ἐπάγει τὸν ὅλεθρον’ « Καὶ πρὸς ταῦτα τίς ἱκανός; » Ταῦτα δὲ οὐχ ἡμεῖς κατορθοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ δι' ἡμῶν ἡ χάρις τοῦ Πνεύματος. Ἡμεῖς γὰρ οὐδὲ αὐτῆς τῆς διακονίας ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀξίους ἡγούμεθα. ιζ’, «Οὐ γάρ ἔσμεν, ὡς οἱ λοιποὶ, καπηλεύοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐξ εἰλικρινείας, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐκ Θεοῦ͵ κατ᾽ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ λαλοῦμεν.» Ἐνταῦθα λοιπὸν τῆς πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντίους ἅπτεται διαμάχης, καὶ διδάσκει ὡς αὐτὸς μὲν τὰ παρὰ τῆς θείας χάριτος ἐνεργούμενα προσφέρει ἐκεῖνοι δὲ τὸν θεῖον καπηλεύουσι λόγον, μῦθον αὐτὸν ἐργαζόμενοι, καὶ τοὺς οἰκείους λογισμοὺς ἀναμιγνύντὲς τῇ χάριτι, καθάπερ οἱ τοῦ οἴνου τὸ ἀκραιφνὲς τῷ ὕδατι κεραννύντες, κατὰ τὴν προφητείαν τὴν λέγουσαν" « Οἱ κάπηλοί σου μίσγουσι τὸν οἶνον ὕδατι.» Εἶτα ἐπειδὴ τοὺς μὲν ἔπληξεν, ἑαυτῷ δὲ τἀληθὲς μεμαρτύρηκεν, ἀναγκαίως ἐπήγαγεν "
id΄. « Tǭ de Theǭ charis, tǭ pantote hēmas thriambeuonti en tǭ Christǭ, kai osmēn tēs gnōseōs autou ᾿ phanerounti di᾽ hēmōn en panti topǭ.» ᾿Alla dia pantōn hymnoumen ton Theon, hos, sophōs ta kath᾽ hēmas prytaneuōn, tę̄de kakeise periagei, dēlous hēmas hapasin apophainōn, kai di᾽ hēmōn prospherōn tēs eusebeias tēn gnōsin. Osmēn de gnōseōs tēn parousan ekalese gnōsin, dyo kata tauton didaskōn᾽ kai hoti tēs teleias gnōseōs meros hautē smikron, kai hoti nyn men ekeinē lanthanei, kata kairon de phanēsetai, kata tēn eikona tou thymiamatos, ho pollakis en thalamǭ tini prosomiloun tǭ pyri, kai ektos tēn euosmian ekpempei. Hoi de tautēs metalanchanontes, ekeinēn men ouk horōsi, tēs de osmēs apolauousin. ke΄, ts’, e« Hoti Christou euōdia esmen tǭ Theǭ en tois sōzomenois, kai en tois apollymenois. Hois men osmē thanatou eis thanaton, hois de osmē zōēs eis zōēn. » Hēmeis de tou Christou tēn euosmian pheromen hapasin, all᾽ ouk hapantes hoi metala tes apolauousi sōtērias. Tois gar tois ophthalmois aniarōs diakeimenois epiboulon to phōs kai polemion. all᾽ ouk ho hēlios epipherei tēn blabēn. Phasi de kai tous gypas pheugein tou myrou tēn euosmian. Myron de homōs to myron, kan hoi gypes apodidraskōsin, Houtō kai to sōtērion kērygma tois men pisteuousi pragmateuetai sōtērian, tois d᾽ apistousin epagei ton holethron’ « Kai pros tauta tis hikanos? » Tauta de ouch hēmeis katorthoumen, alla di' hēmōn hē charis tou Pneumatos. Hēmeis gar oude autēs tēs diakonias hēmas autous axious hēgoumetha. iz’, «Ou gar esmen, hōs hoi loipoi, kapēleuontes ton logon tou Theou, all᾽ hōs ex eilikrineias, all᾽ hōs ek Theou͵ kat᾽ enōpion tou Theou en Christǭ laloumen.» Entautha loipon tēs pros tous enantious haptetai diamachēs, kai didaskei hōs autos men ta para tēs theias charitos energoumena prospherei ekeinoi de ton theion kapēleuousi logon, mython auton ergazomenoi, kai tous oikeious logismous anamignyntes tę̄ chariti, kathaper hoi tou oinou to akraiphnes tǭ hydati kerannyntes, kata tēn prophēteian tēn legousan" « Hoi kapēloi sou misgousi ton oinon hydati.» Eita epeidē tous men eplēxen, heautǭ de talēthes memartyrēken, anankaiōs epēgagen "
“But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and makes known through us the fragrance of the knowledge of him in every place.” Through all things we praise God, who, wisely governing our affairs, leads us about here and there, making us known to all and offering through us the knowledge of piety. He called the present knowledge a “fragrance of knowledge,” teaching two things at once: that it is a small part of the perfect knowledge, and that the perfect knowledge is now hidden but will appear in due time. It is like incense, which often meets the fire in some inner chamber and sends its sweet smell outside as well: those who share in the smell do not see the incense, yet enjoy its fragrance. “For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those being saved and among those perishing: to some a fragrance of death unto death, to others a fragrance of life unto life.” We bring the sweet smell of Christ to all, but not all who share in it enjoy salvation. For to those whose eyes are diseased light is harmful and hostile, but it is not the sun that does the harm. They say too that vultures flee the sweet smell of perfume; yet perfume is perfume nonetheless, even if the vultures run away. So also the saving proclamation procures salvation for those who believe, but brings destruction on those who disbelieve. “And who is sufficient for these things?” These things it is not we who achieve, but the grace of the Spirit through us; for we do not consider ourselves worthy even of the ministry itself. “For we are not, like the rest, peddlers of the word of God; but as from sincerity, as from God, before God we speak in Christ.” Here at last he takes up the battle against his opponents, and teaches that he himself offers what is worked by divine grace, while they peddle the divine word, making a fable of it and mixing their own reasonings with grace, like those who mix pure wine with water, according to the prophecy that says, “Your innkeepers mix the wine with water.” Then, since he had struck at them and borne witness to the truth about himself, he had to add:
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
2 Cor 2:14 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:15–16 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 1:22 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 13:9–12 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret explains the “fragrance” of 2 Cor 2:14–17 as present knowledge, a foretaste of perfect knowledge, which saves believers and ruins unbelievers, and contrasts Paul with those who adulterate the word.
- This ref holds 2 Cor 2:14–17 (lemmas of 2:14, 2:15–16, 2:16b and 2:17). Theodoret's text of 2:17 reads “the rest” (οἱ λοιποί) where most manuscripts have “the many.” Migne's Latin column and footnotes, read as Greek, are removed by logged corrections. The prophecy is Isa 1:22 (LXX). The last sentence introduces the lemma of the next section (2 Cor 3:1). The vulture and perfume comparison is a commonplace of ancient natural lore; its source is not named.
Notes on the original text
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Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. 2 Cor. 2.14 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-2-corinthios/2-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.