Purification and Textual Variants of 2 Cor 7
Another kind of ease and prosperity, as if based on the truth, appears and exalts itself.ith this same way of thinking, you should apply each subsequent thing spoken with its own opposition.
Still pretending to be sorrowful and poor and having nothing, by which we make poverty a virtue, we rejoice, being rich in good works and in every word and in all knowledge, as also enriching others with the wealth that looks sharp (2 Cor 6:10);this is master of all things, possessing them. And it is also good to say regarding each of the unpleasing ones, that this which is upon the good and saving things has been said to me.
He who has taken much boldness for the sake of speaking ahead of his hearers' eagerness, saysh has been opened and our heart has been enlarged in understanding toward youanding toward youanding toward you, O Corinthians (2 Cor 6:11-13); therefore you too are constricted by a troublesome ignorances not come from us; for we ask you as children to render a recompense to us by enlarging your understanding for the reception of what we offer you as instruction. It is necessary to take up 'bowels' here in no literal sense no literal sense no literal sense; for the word is not about bodily things but spiritual ones.
Married women are called spouses to their husbands by church custom — or rather, by Scripture (2 Cor 6:14-16) unequal marriage by what he lays down, writing: 'Do not be yoked with unbelievers' — in effect saying this: let no faithful man take an unbelieving wife. For you are under the good Jesus' yoket she is under the yoke of some evil one. Likewise, a woman having faith should not be joined to an idolater. He persuades one to abstain from heterogamy, bringing forward what will necessarily follow: What common ground is there between righteousness and lawlessness? And the following. Since the faithful have righteousness, and become light of the world under Christ, but the unbeliever is full of lawlessness, so that because of this he is to be laid as darkness to Belial—and this one is evil—it is not necessary for a part to have the faithful with the unbeliever. He himself has been built as a temple of God, but the unbeliever is a temple of idols, whence since righteousness icipant of lawlessness, the light has no fellowship with the darkness. But neither is there harmony with Christ toward Belial, nor is there any agreement of the temple of God with a temple of idols; one should not approach by such a marriage; for he who does this fills...
A faithful person participating in lawlessness, and also sharing in darkness, and running away toward the Devil, and greeting the unbelieving party. Therefore, let us flee all these things previously mentioned, being temples of the spoken God; I will dwell in them and walk about in them. For if you become sons and daughters of God, set apart from the unclean unbelievers, do not lay yourselves under the same yoke so that you might happen to obtain these holy rewards, having cleansed yourselves from all defilements of the flesh arising from heterogamy; for then you will practically and in thinking accomplish holiness of the Spirit. 2 Cor 7:1
The preceding word stands differently. For some read: 'Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, so that we may not have a defilement of sin from neither flesh nor spirit, that is, of the soul or of the mind; for then it will necessarily follow to accomplish in the fear of the Lord holiness, so as to be holy in spirit and body.' Others, reading 'let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit,' separate 'and spirit' as 'accomplishing holiness.' They maintain this distinction, those who wish, the 'holy Spirit' which is brought forth in the Scriptures without an addition; for they say the Scripture intends to show this, wherever it is 'holy Spirit of God' or something else so called. But also without an addition, as in the case where the Spirit itself bears witness to our spirit, whereas the opposite, with an addition, is always called thus: an unclean spirit, an evil spirit, a spirit of a demon, or perhaps something else with an addition. 2 Cor 7:2-5
He who is about to speak with boldness along with those sending the letter, says to the Corinthians: 'Make room, that is, make space for us to be defending ourselves. We have become guilty of no injustice, nor corruption, nor greed toward any of you. And these things I speak with boldness, not desiring to condemn you; for I had testified that you are so ready as to die for us. And so are we for you; for such a readiness of purpose was prepared in our hearts and in yours. Therefore, having much boasting over you, I am full of consolation, the joy of your salvation and gladness overflowing in us...'
Greek
ἑτέρα τις εὔκλεια καὶ εὐφημία ὡς ἐπ' ἀληθότητι λόγου χαυνοῖ καὶ ἐπαίρῃ. ταύτῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ καὶ τῶν ἑπομένων ἕκαστον μετὰ τῆς αὐτῆς ἀντιθέσεως εἰρημένον ἐφαρμόσεις. 2 Kor 6,10 Ἔτι ὑπονοούμενοι λυπεῖσθαι καὶ πτωχοὶ καὶ μηδὲν ἔχοντες, δι' ἣν κατορθοῦμεν ἀκτημοσύνην, χαίρομεν πλουτοῦντες ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς καὶ παντὶ λόγῳ καὶ πάσῃ γνώσει, ὡς καὶ ἄλλους πλουτίζειν κατὰ τὸν πλοῦτον τὸν ὀξὺ βλέποντα· ὁ γὰρ τοῦτον ἔχων πάντων ἐγκρατής ἐστιν, κατέχων αὐτά. εὖ δὲ καὶ τὸ 10 εἰπεῖν ἐφ' ἑκάστου τῶν ἀηδῶν, ὡς τὸ ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν καλῶν καὶ σωτηριωδῶν τοῦτό μοι εἴρηται. 2 Kor 6,11-13 Ὁ πολλὴν παρρησίαν εἰς τὸ λέγειν λαβὼν πρὸ τῆς προθυμίας τῶν ἀκροατῶν ἐρεῖ· τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν ἀνέῳγε καὶ ἡ καρδία ἐν τῷ νοεῖν πεπλάτυνται πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὦ Κορίνθιοι· διὸ καὶ στενοχωρεῖσθε ὑπὸ ἐνοχλούσης ἀγνοίας. οὐκ ἐξ ἡμῶν ἔχετε τοῦτο· ἀπαιτοῦμεν γὰρ ὑμᾶς ὡς τέκνα ἀντιμισθίαν ἡμῖν παρασχεῖν διὰ τοῦ πλατύνειν ὑμῶν τὴν νόησιν πρὸς παραδοχὴν ἧς προσφέρομεν ὑμῖν παιδεύσεως. σπλάγχνα δὲ ἐνταῦθα ἐκλαβεῖν δεῖ οὐκ αἰσθητά· οὐ γὰρ περὶ σωματικῶν ἀλλὰ πνευματικῶν ὁ λόγος. 32 2 Kor 6,14-16 Ἐκκλησιαστικῇ συνηθείᾳ, μᾶλλον δὲ γραφικῇ σύζυγοι αἱ γαμεταὶ τοῖς ἀνδράσι λέγονται. κωλύει γοῦν καὶ διὰ τῶν προκειμένων ἑτερογαμίαν, γράφων· μὴ ἔσεσθε ἑτεροζυγοῦντες ἀπίστοις, μονονουχὶ τοῦτο λέγων· πιστὸς ἀνὴρ μὴ ἀγέσθω ἄπιστον γαμετήν. σὺ μὲν γὰρ ὑπὸ τὸν χρηστὸν Ἰησοῦ ζυγὸν ὑπάρχεις, ἐκείνη δὲ ὑπὸ ζυγὸν πονηροῦ τινός ἐστιν. ὁμοίως ἡ πίστιν ἔχουσα γυνὴ μὴ ζευγνύσθω ἀνθρώπῳ εἰδωλολάτρῃ. πείθει δὲ παραιτεῖσθαι τὴν ἑτεροζυγίαν, ἐπιφέρων τὰ πάντως ἐσόμενα φάσκων· ἢ τίς μετοχὴ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀνομίᾳ; καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. ἐπεὶ γὰρ ὁ πιστὸς δικαιοσύνην ἔχει, καὶ φῶς ἐστι τοῦ κόσμου τυγχάνων ὑπὸ τὸν Χριστόν, ὁ δὲ ἄπιστος ἀνομίας ἐστὶ πλήρης ὡς διὰ τοῦτο σκότος εἶναι ὑποκείμενον τῷ Βελίαρ–πονηρὸς δέ τις οὗτος–, οὐ δεῖ μερίδα τὸν πιστὸν ἔχειν μετ' ἀπίστου. αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ ναὸς θεοῦ κατεσκεύασται, ὁ δὲ ἄπιστος εἰδώλων ὅθεν ἐπεὶ ἀμέτοχος ἀνομίας ἡ δικαιοσύνη, καὶ ἀκοινωνήτως ἔχει τὸ φῶς πρὸς τὸ σκότος. ἀλλ' οὐδὲ συμφωνία τῷ Χριστῷ πρὸς τὸν Βελίαρ ἐστίν, οὐδὲ ναῷ θεοῦ συγκατάθεσίς τις μετὰ ναοῦ εἰδώλων, οὐ προσελθετέον γάμῳ τοιούτῳ· πλήσσει γὰρ τοῦτο πράσσων ὁ πιστός, μετέχων ἀνομίας, ἀλλὰ καὶ κοινωνῶν τῷ σκότει καὶ πρὸς τὸν Βελίαρ αὐτομολῶν καὶ μερίδα τὴν ἄπιστον ἀσπαζόμενος. φύγωμεν τοιγαροῦν τὰ προειρημένα πάντα, ναὸς ὄντες τοῦ εἰρηκότος θεοῦ· ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω. εἰ γὰρ υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες θεοῦ γίνεσθε ἀφορισθέντες τῶν ἀκαθάρτων ἀπίστων, μὴ τῷ αὐτῷ ζυγῷ ὑποβάλητε ἑαυτοὺς ἵνα τῶν ἱερῶν τούτων ἀμοιβῶν τύχητε, καθαρίσαντες ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ πάντων μιασμάτων τῶν ἐξ ἑτερογαμίας γινομένων σαρκίνων ὄντων· τότε γὰρ τὴν τοῦ πνεύματος πρακτικῶς καὶ τῷ φρονεῖν ἐπιτελέσετε ἁγιωσύνην. 2 Kor 7,1 Στίζεται δὲ ἡ προκειμένη λέξις διαφόρως. οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἀναγινώσκουσιν· ταύτας οὖν ἔχοντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, ἀγαπητοί, καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, ὅπως μηδὲ σαρκὸς μηδὲ πνεύματος, τοῦτ' ἔστι τῆς ψυχῆς ἢ τῆς γνώμης, μολυσμὸν ἐξ ἁμαρτίας σχῶμεν· τότε γὰρ ἀναγκαίως ἕψεται ἐπιτελέσαι ἡμᾶς ἐν φόβῳ κυρίου ἁγιωσύνην ὥστε πνεύματι καὶ σώματι ἁγίους εἶναι. ἕτεροι δὲ ἀναγνόντες τὸ καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, διαστέλλουσι 33 καὶ πνεύματος ἐπιτελοῦντες ἁγιωσύνην. κρατύνουσι δὲ τὴν διαστολὴν ταύτην ὅσοι θέλουσι, τὸ ἅγιον εἶναι πνεῦμα τὸ ἄνευ προσθήκης ἐν ταῖς γραφαῖς φερόμενον· φασὶ γὰρ τὴν γραφὴν δηλῶσαι βουλομένην τοῦτο, ὅπου μὲν ἅγιον ᾖ θεοῦ πνεῦμα ἢ ἕτερόν τι τοιοῦτον λέγεσθαι. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄνευ προσθήκης ὡς ἐν τῷ αὐτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα συμμαρτυρεῖ τῷ πνεύματι ἡμῶν, τοῦ ἐναντίου μετὰ προσθήκης ἀεὶ καλουμένου οὕτως πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον, πνεῦμα πονηρόν, πνεῦμα δαιμονίου, καὶ εἴ πως ἄλλως μετὰ προσθήκης προφέρεται. 2 Kor 7,2-5 Παρρησιάζεσθαι μέλλων μετὰ τῶν συνεκπεμπόντων τὴν ἐπιστολήν, φησὶ τοῖς Κορινθίοις· χωρήσατε, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἐνέγκατε ἡμᾶς ἀπολογουμένους. οὐδενὶ ὑμῶν αἴτιοι ἀδικίας ἢ φθορᾶς ἢ πλεονεξίας γεγενήμεθα. ταῦτα δὲ παρρησιάζομαι, οὐ κατακρίνειν ὑμᾶς βουλόμενος· προεμαρτυράμην γὰρ ὅτι οὕτως ἑτοίμως ἔχετε ὡς ὑπεραποθανεῖν ἡμῶν. καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν· ἡ γὰρ 11 τοιαύτη τῆς προθυμίας ἑτοιμασία ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν τε καὶ ὑμῶν παρεσκευάσθη. ὅθεν πολλὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καύχησιν ἔχων πλήρης εἰμὶ τῆς παραμυθίας ὑπερπεριττευούσης ἐν ἡμῖν τῆς ὑπὲρ τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν χαρᾶς καὶ εὐφροσύνης ἐπὶ
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Didymus on Paul's second letter to Corinth: suffering, comfort, and what makes a true apostle.
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