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2 Corinthians

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A doua scrisoare

a lui Pavel c™tre

Corinteni

1 1Pavel, apostol* al lui Cristos Isus, prinvoia lui Dumnezeu, ì fratele Timotei,

c™tre Biserica* din Corint ì c™tre toî sfinîi*care sunt ¶n toat™ Ahaia.

2Har ì pace vou™ de la Dumnezeu, Tat™l

nostru, ì de la Domnul Isus Cristos.Pavel •i mulûme`te lui Dumnezeu

3Sl™vit s™ fie Dumnezeu, Tat™l Domnuluinostru Isus Cristos, P™rintele ¶ndur™rilor ìDumnezeul oric™rei ¶ncuraj™ri. 4El ne ¶ncu-rajeaz™ ¶n toate necazurile noastre pentru caì noi s™-i ¶ncuraj™m pe cei ce au necazuride orice fel cu ¶ncurajarea cu care ne-a ¶ncu-rajat Dumnezeu. 5C™ci aà cum avem parte, ¶ntr-o m™sur™ nespus de mare, de suferinêlelui Cristos, tot aà, prin Cristos, avem parteì de ¶ncuraj™ri din belùg. 6Dac™ noi avemnecazuri, le avem pentru ¶ncurajarea ì m‹n-

tuirea voastr™. Dac™ noi suntem ¶ncurajaî,suntem ¶ncurajaî pentru ¶ncurajarea voastr™prin care primiî puterea de a r™bda aceleaìsuferinê ca noi. 7Speranâ noastr™ pentruvoi este neclintit™ pentru c™ `tim c™, aàcum aveî parte de suferinê, tot aà aveîparte ì de ¶ncurajare.

8Fra ilor, vrem s™ v™ aducem la cuno`tin^™necazul care ne-a lovit ¶n Asia. Am fost ¶mpov™raî peste puterile noastre, astfel ¶nc‹t am crezut c™ vom muri. 9Da, ¶n inimilenoastre am sim it c™ am primit condamnareala moarte. Aceasta s-a ¶nt‹mplat pentru ca s™ne ¶ncredem ¶n Dumnezeu care ¶nvie mor ii,ì nu ¶n noi ¶nìne. 10Dumnezeu ne-a salvatdin aceast™ primejdie de moarte ì ne vasalva ¶n continuare. •n El ne-am pus speran-â ì El ne va salva din nou, 11iar voi ne aju-taî dac™ v™ ruga i pentru noi. Astfel, mul ivor putea s™ mulûmeasc™ lui Dumnezeupentru noi, pentru c™ El ne-a binecuv‹ntatdatorit™ rug™ciunilor lor.

1 1Greetings from Paul, an apostle* of ChristJesus. I am an apostle because that is what

God wanted. Greetings also from Timothy our brother in Christ.

To God’s church* in Corinth and to all of God’speople throughout Achaia.*

2Grace* and peace to you from God our Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ.Paul Gives Thanks to God

3Praise be to the God and Father of our LordJesus Christ. He is the Father who is full of mercy, the God of all comfort. 4He comforts usevery time we have trouble so that we can com-fort others any time they have trouble. We cancomfort them with the same comfort that Godgives us. 5We share in the many sufferings of Christ. In the same way, much comfort comes tous through Christ. 6If we have troubles, thosetroubles are for your comfort and salvation. If wehave comfort, it is for your comfort. This helps

you to patiently accept the same sufferings thatwe have. 7Our hope for you is strong. We knowthat you share in our sufferings. So we know thatyou also share in our comfort.

8Brothers and sisters, we want you to knowabout the trouble we suffered in Asia.* We hadgreat burdens there, which were greater than our own strength. We even gave up hope for life. 9Infact, we felt sure we were going to die. But thishappened so that we would not trust in ourselves.It happened so that we would trust in God, whoraises people from death. 10God saved us fromthese great dangers of death, and he will continueto save us. We have put our hope in him, and hewill continue to save us. 11And you can help uswith your prayers. Then many people will givethanks for us—that God blessed us because of their many prayers.



382 2 CORINTENI 1.12 – 2.3 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12–2:3

Schimbarea unora din planurile lui Pavel12Iat™ cu ce ne l™ud™m noi: putem spune cu

o con tiin^™ curat™ c™ ne-am purtat ¶n lume, ìmai ales fa^™ de voi, cu simplitatea ì sinceri-

tatea care vin de la Dumnezeu. Am venit cuharul lui Dumnezeu, ì nu cu ¶nêlepciunealumii. 13Da, noi nu v™ scriem dec‹t ceea cepute i citi ì ¶nêlege. ÿi avem speran a c™ neve i ¶nêlege pe deplin, 14aà cum a i ¶nêles oparte din lucrurile pe care vi le-am spus. ÿi v™veî da seama c™ v™ puteî l™uda cu noi, totaà cum ne vom l™uda ì noi cu voi ¶n ziuac‹nd Se va ¶ntoarce Domnul nostru Isus.

15Av‹nd aceast™ certitudine, m-am hot™-r‹t s™ trec ¶nt‹i pe la voi pentru ca s™ aveî obinecuv‹ntare ¶n plus. 16Planul meu era s™v™ vizitez ¶n drumul meu spre Macedonia.Iar c‹nd m-a` fi ¶ntors din Macedonia urmas™ trec din nou pe la voi ca s™ m™ trimiteî ¶nIudeea. 17Eu nu am f™cut aceste planuri f™r™s™ m™ g‹ndesc foarte bine. ÿi nu-mi fac pla-nurile aà cum ì le face lumea, spun‹nd ¶nacelaì timp ì: „Da, da!“ ì: „Nu, nu!“ 18Iar Dumnezeu este credincios ì va m™rturisi ìEl c™ ceea ce v™ spunem nu este ì „da“ ì„nu“. 19Fiul lui Dumnezeu, Isus Cristos,care v-a fost vestit de noi, adic™ de Silvan,de Timotei ì de mine, nu a fost ì „da“ ì„nu“. Dimpotriv™, ¶n El a fost ¶ntotdeauna„da“. 20Toate promisiunile lui Dumnezeusunt ¶mplinite ¶n Cristos. De aceea, tot prin

El trebuie s™ spunem: „Amin“* pentru a-Lsl™vi pe Dumnezeu. 21Dumnezeu este Celce ne face ì pe noi ì pe voi s™ st™m tari ¶nCristos. ÿi El este Cel ce ne-a uns, 22ne-apus pecetea Lui ¶n noi ì ne-a dat Duhul*

care este ¶n inimile noastre. Acest Duh esteca o plat™ ¶n avans care ne ofer™ garanîa c™El ne va da tot ce a promis.

23Dar •l chem pe Dumnezeu ca martor c‹nd spun c™ motivul pentru care nu amvenit p‹n™ acum ¶n Corint este c™ am vrut s™v™ cru^. 24Aceasta nu ¶nseamn™ c™ vrem s™v™ control™m credinâ, c™ci staî tari ¶n cre-

din^™. Noi vrem s™ lucr™m cu voi, pentrufericirea voastr™.

2 1M-am hot™r‹t deci s™ nu v™ mai fac ¶nc™ o vizit™ prin care s™ v™ ¶ntristez.

2Nu v™ voi ¶ntrista. C™ci cine m™ va ¶nvese-li, dac™ nu cei pe care i-am ¶ntristat? 3V-amscris aà pentru ca, atunci c‹nd voi veni lavoi, s™ nu fiu ¶ntristat de cei care ar trebui s™m™ bucure. Sunt convins c™ `tiî cu toîi c™ 11:21 gave us his special blessing Literally, “anointed us.”

The Change in Paul’s Plans12This is what we are proud of, and I can say

with a clear conscience that it is true: In everythingwe have done in the world, we have done it with an

honest and pure heart from God. And this is eventruer in what we have done with you. We did thisby God’s grace,* not by the kind of wisdom theworld has. 13We write to you only what you canread and understand. And I hope you will fullyunderstand, 14 just as you already understand manythings about us. I hope you will understand that youcan be proud of us, just as we will be proud of youon the day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

15I was very sure of all this. That is why Imade plans to visit you first. Then you could beblessed twice. 16I planned to visit you on my wayto Macedonia* and again on my way back. Iwanted to get help from you for my trip to Judea.17Do you think that I made these plans withoutreally thinking? Or maybe you think I make planslike the world does, saying yes and no at thesame time.

18But if you can believe God, then you canbelieve that what we tell you is never both yesand no. 19The Son of God, Jesus Christ, the onethat Silas, Timothy, and I told you about was notyes and no. In Christ it has always been yes.20The yes to all of God’s promises is in Christ.And that is why we say “Amen*” through Christto the glory* of God. 21And God is the one whomakes you and us strong in Christ. God gave us

his special blessing.1 22He put his mark on us toshow that we are his. And he put his Spirit* in our hearts as the first payment that guarantees all thathe will give us.

23I tell you this, and I ask God to be my witnessthat this is true: The reason I did not come back toCorinth was that I did not want to punish or hurtyou. 24I don’t mean that we are trying to controlyour faith. You are strong in faith. But we are

workers with you for your own happiness.

2 1So I decided that my next visit to you wouldnot be another visit to make you sad. 2If I

make you sad, then who will make me happy?Only you can make me happy—you, the ones Imade sad. 3I wrote you a letter so that when I



383 2 CORINTHIANS 2:4–3:12 CORINTENI 2.4 – 3.1

bucuria mea este ì bucuria voastr™. 4V-amscris tulburat fiind, cu durere ¶n inim™ ì cumulte lacrimi, nu ca s™ v™ ¶ntristez, dar ca s™` ti ^ i c‹t de mare es te dragostea mea

pentru voi.

Iertaî-l pe cel ce a greìt5Dac™ a provocat cineva ¶ntristare, nu

m-a ¶ntristat pe mine, ci, ¶ntr-o oarecarem™sur™ (nu vreau s™ exagerez), pe voi toî.6Pedeapsa dat™ unui astfel de om de cei maimulî dintre voi ¶i este de ajuns. 7Acum voiar trebui s™-l iertaî ì s™-l ¶ncurajaî, pentruca nu cumva s™ fie copleìt de o prea mare ¶ntristare. 8De aceea, v™ rog s™-i ar™taî dra-gostea voastr™! 9Iat™ de ce v-am scris: ca s™

aflu dac™, pun‹ndu-v™ la ¶ncercare, sunteîascult™tori ¶n toate. 10Dac™ iertaî pe cinevapentru o fapt™ de-a lui, atunci ¶l voi ierta ìeu. ÿi ce am iertat (dac™ am iertat ceva) amiertat pentru binele vostru, ¶naintea luiCristos, 11pentru ca nu cumva Satan s™ aib™ceva de c‹`tigat de la noi, pentru c™ metode-le lui nu ne sunt necunoscute.

Teama lui Pavel ¶n Troa12C‹nd m-am dus ¶n Troa s™ proclam

Vestea Bun™* a lui Cristos, deì Domnul ¶mipreg™tise prilejuri favorabile acolo, 13amfost nelini tit pentru c™ nu l-am g™sit pe fra-

tele meu Tit. Astfel, mi-am luat r™mas bunde la cei de acolo ì am plecat ¶n Macedonia.

Victoria prin Cristos14Dar mulûmiri fie aduse lui Dumnezeu

care, prin Cristos, ne conduce ¶ntotdeaunaspre victorie ì care r™sp‹nde`te peste tot,prin noi, mireasma pl™cut™ a cunoa`teriiLui. 15Noi sun tem, pen tru Dumnezeu,mireasma lui Cristos, at‹t printre cei m‹ntu-i i , c‹t ì printre cei pierduî. 16Pentru ceipierdu^ i, noi suntem mirosul morî i, iar pentru ceila l i suntem mireasma vie ii. ÿicine este potrivit pentru o astfel de lucrare?17Noi nu vind em , ca al^ ii, Cuv‹ntul luiDumnezeu pentru c‹`tig. Dimpotriv™, noivorbim cu sinceritate ¶n Cristos, ¶naintea luiDumnezeu, ca oameni trimi i de Dumnezeu.

Slujitori ai Noului Leg™m‹nt al lui Dumnezeu

3 1•ncepem s™ ne l™ud™m singuri? Sauavem nevoie de scrisori de recomandare

c™tre voi ì de la voi, cum au nevoie alîi?

came to you I would not be made sad by thosewho should make me happy. I felt sure that all of you would share my joy. 4When I wrote to youbefore, I was very troubled and my heart was full

of sadness. I wrote with many tears. I did notwrite to make you sad, but to let you know howmuch I love you.

Forgive the Person Who Did Wrong5Someone in your group has caused sadness.

He caused this sadness not to me, but to all of you—I mean he caused sadness to all in someway. (I don’t want to make it sound worse than itreally is.) 6The punishment that most of your group gave him is enough for him. 7But now youshould forgive him and encourage him. This willkeep him from having too much sadness andgiving up completely. 8So I beg you to show him

that you love him. 9This is why I wrote to you. Iwanted to test you and see if you obey in every-thing. 10If you forgive someone, then I also for-give them. And what I have forgiven—if I hadanything to forgive—I forgave it for you, andChrist was with me. 11I did this so that Satan*

would not win anything from us. We know verywell what his plans are.

Paul’s Anxiety in Troas12I went to Troas to tell people the Good News*

of Christ. The Lord gave me a good opportunitythere. 13But I had no peace because I did not findmy brother Titus there. So I said goodbye and

went to Macedonia.*

Victory Through Christ14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in

victory through Christ. God uses us to spread hisknowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling per-fume. 15Our offering to God is this: We are thesweet smell of Christ among people who arebeing saved and among people who are being lost.16To those who are being lost, we are the smell of death that brings death. But to those who arebeing saved, we are the smell of life that bringslife. So who is good enough to do this work?17We don’t sell the word of God for a profit likemany others do. But with Christ’s help we speakGod’s truth honestly, knowing that we mustanswer to him.

Servants of God’s New Agreement

3 1Why are we beginning again to tell you allthese good things about ourselves? Do we

need letters of introduction to you or from you,



384 2 CORINTENI 3.2–17 2 CORINTHIANS 3:2–17

1 3.3 t™bliê de piatr™ Legea dat™ de Dumnezeu lui Moise, ¶nVechiul Testament, era scris™ pe table de piatr™; veziEx. 24.12 ; 25.16 . 2 3.7 slav™ m™reîa ì maiestatea luiDumnezeu. 33.9 ¶ndrept™îre actul lui Dumnezeu prin care ¶ideclar™ pe oameni liberi de vinov™îe i pl™cuî ¶naintea Lui, con-sideraî ca fiind drepî.

Nu. 2Voi sunteî scrisoarea noastr™, scris™ ¶ninimile noastre, `tiut™ ì citit™ de toî oame-nii. 3Voi ar™ta i c™ sunteî o scrisoare de laCristos, rodul muncii noastre. Aceast™ scri-

soare nu este scris™ cu cerneal™, ci cuDuhul* Dumnezeului celui viu. ÿi nu estescris™ pe t™bliê de piatr™1, ci pe t™bliêle decarne ale inimii omene`ti.

4Prin Cristos, putem avea aceast™ ¶ncre-dere ¶naintea lui Dumnezeu. 5Nu c™ amg‹ndi c™ avem ¶n noi ¶nìne capacitatea de aface aceast™ lucrare prin forê proprii; capa-citatea aceasta vine de la Dumnezeu.6Dumnezeu ne-a f™cut capabili s™ fim sluji-tori vrednici ai unui nou leg™m‹nt, nu alLegii scrise, ci al Duhului. C™ci Legea scri-s™ omoar™, pe c‹nd Duhul d™ via^™.

Noul Leg™m‹nt aduce o slav™ mai mare7Slujba aduc™toare de moarte (adic™

Legea scris™ pe table de piatr™) a venit cuslav™ 2, aà ¶nc‹t evreii nu puteau privi faâlui Moise din cauza str™lucirii sale, deìaceast™ slav™ era trec™toare. 8Atunci slujbaDuhului* va avea ì mai mult™ slav™.9Slujba care aduce ¶ndrept™îre 3 va aveamult mai mult™ slav™ dec‹t slujba care adu-cea condamnarea ì care a avut ì ea slavaei. 10Ceea ce a avut slav™ este acum f™r™slav™, deoarece a fost ¶ntrecut™ ¶n str™lucirede slava mult mai mare. 11Dac™ slujba care

urma s™ dispar™ a avut slav™, atunci lucrareacare va r™m‹ne pentru totdeauna va avea cumult mai mult™ slav™.

12Pentru c™ avem o astfel de speran^™,avem ì o mare ¶ndr™zneal™. 13Noi nu sun-tem ca Moise, care ì-a acoperit faâ cu unv™l, astfel ¶nc‹t poporul Israel s™ nu priveas-c™ înt™ la sf‹rìtul a ceea ce era trec™tor.14Minîle evreilor au fost ¶ntunecate, c™ci,p‹n™ ¶n ziua de ast™zi, r™m‹ne acelaì v™latunci c‹nd este citit Vechiul Testament.V™lul nu este ¶nl™turat. El este dat la o partedoar ¶n Cristos. 15Dar p‹n™ ast™zi, oric‹ndeste citit™ Legea lui Moise, r™m‹ne un v™lpeste inimile lor. 16Dar c‹nd cineva se ¶ntoarce la Domnul, v™lul este dat la o parte.17Acest „Domn“ este Duhul. Acolo unde

13:3 stone Meaning the law that God gave to Moses, which was writtenon stone tablets. Also in verse 7. See Ex. 24:12; 25:16. 23:7 agreement In verses 7–11 literally, “service” or “ministry.” 3 3:14 old agreement See the Word List. Here, it is used to mean the law of Moses on whichthat agreement was based.

like some other people? 2No, you yourselves areour letter, written on our hearts. It is known andread by all people. 3You show that you are a letter from Christ that he sent through us. This letter is

not written with ink but with the Spirit* of theliving God. It is not written on stone1 tablets buton human hearts.

4We can say this, because through Christ wefeel sure before God. 5I don’t mean that we areable to do anything good ourselves. It is God whomakes us able to do all that we do. 6He made usable to be servants of a new agreement* from him-self to his people. It is not an agreement of writtenlaws, but it is of the Spirit. The written law bringsdeath, but the Spirit gives life.

An Agreement With Greater Glory7The old agreement 2 that brought death was

written with words on stone. It came with God’sglory.* The face of Moses* was so bright withglory that the people of Israel* could not continuelooking at his face. And that glory later disap-peared. 8So surely the new agreement that bringsthe Spirit* has even more glory. 9This is what Imean: That old agreement judged people guilty of sin, but it had glory. So surely the new agreementthat makes people right with God has much greater glory. 10That old agreement had glory. But it reallyloses its glory when it is compared to the much

greater glory of the new agreement.11

If the agree-ment that disappeared came with glory, then theagreement that never ends has much greater glory.

12We have this hope, so we are very brave.13We are not like Moses, who put a covering over his face. He covered his face so that the people of Israel would not see it. The glory was disap-pearing, and Moses did not want them to see itend. 14But their minds were closed—they couldnot understand. Even today, when those peopleread the writings of the old agreement, 3 that samecovering hides the meaning. That covering has notbeen removed for them. It is taken away onlythrough Christ. 15But even today, when they readthe law of Moses, there is a covering over their minds. 16But when someone changes and followsthe Lord, that covering is taken away. 17The Lord



385 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18–4:15 2 CORINTENI 3.18 – 4.15

14.13 Citat din Ps. 116.10.

este Duhul Domnului, este libertate. 18Noinu avem faâ acoperit™ de vreun v™l ìreflect™m slava Domnului ca ¶ntr-o oglind™.•n felul acesta suntem schimbaî ca s™ sem™-

n™m cu Isus, cu o slav™ care cre`te continuuì care vine de la Domnul care este Duhul.

Comori spirituale ¶n vase de lut

4 1Dumnezeu, prin ¶ndurarea Lui, ne-a ¶ncredinât o slujb™. De aceea noi nu

c™dem de oboseal™ ì nu renun^™m la aceas-ta. 2Dimpotriv™, noi am respins c™ile ascun-se ì ruìnoase; nu ¶nèl™m ì nu deform™mCuv‹ntul lui Dumnezeu. Pun‹nd ¶nainteadev™rul, ne recomand™m fiec™rei con`tiinêomene`ti ¶naintea lui Dumnezeu. 3Dac™Vestea Bun™* pe care o proclam™m esteacoperit™ de un v™l, este acoperit™ doar

pentru cei ce se afl™ pe drumul care duce ladistrugere. 4Dumnezeul acestei lumi a ¶ntu-necat minîle acestor necredincioì pentruca ei s™ nu vad™ lumina Ve`tii Bune despreslava lui Cristos. El este imaginea luiDumnezeu. 5Noi nu ne predic™m pe noi ¶nìne , ci pe Cris tos Isus ca Domn; c‹tdespre noi, suntem slujitorii vo`tri pentruIsus . 6C ™ ci D u m ne z eu , c a re a s p us :„Lumina va lumina din ¶ntuneric“, este Celce ne-a luminat inimile. El ne-a dat luminacare este cunoa`terea slavei lui Dumnezeu,slav™ care se vede pe faâ lui Isus Cristos.

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Noi p™str™m aceast™ comoar™ ¶n ni tevase de lut pentru a ar™ta c™ aceast™ putereuimitoare este de la Dumnezeu ì nu de lanoi. 8Suntem ap™sa i din toate p™rîle, dar nu suntem zdrobiî; suntem dezorientaî, dar nu aduì la disperare; 9suntem persecuta i,dar nu abandonaî; aruncaî la p™m‹nt, dar nu distruì. 10Noi purt™m ¶ntotdeauna ¶ntrupul nostru moartea lui Isus pentru ca ìviaâ lui Isus s™ fie ar™tat™ clar ¶n trupulnostru. 11Noi, care suntem vii, suntem daîmorîi ¶ntotdeauna pentru Isus, pentru caviaâ lui Isus s™ fie ar™tat™ clar ¶n trupurilenoastre muritoare. 12Deci ¶n noi lucreaz™moartea, pe c‹nd ¶n voi lucreaz™ viaâ.

13Este scris: „Am crezut, de aceea amvorbit.“1 Av‹nd acelaì duh de credin^™, ìnoi credem ì de aceea vorbim. 14C™ci `timc™ Cel ce L-a ¶nviat pe Domnul Isus ne va ¶nvia ì pe noi cu Isus ì ne va pune s™ st™m ¶mpreun™ cu voi, ¶n prezenâ Lui. 15Toate

14:4 The ruler Literally, “The god.” 24:13 Quote from Ps. 116:10.

is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,there is freedom. 18And our faces are not covered.We all show the Lord’s glory. We are beingchanged to be like him. This change in us brings

more and more glory. This glory comes from theLord, who is the Spirit.

Spiritual Treasure in Clay Jars

4 1God, with his mercy, gave us this work to do,so we don’t give up. 2But we have turned

away from secret and shameful ways. We don’tuse trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. We teach the truth plainly. This is how weshow people who we are. And this is how theycan know in their hearts what kind of people weare before God. 3The Good News* that we tellpeople may be hidden, but it is hidden only tothose who are lost. 4The ruler 1 of this world* has

blinded the minds of those who don’t believe.They cannot see the light of the Good News—themessage about the divine greatness* of Christ.Christ is the one who is exactly like God. 5Wedon’t tell people about ourselves. But we tellpeople that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we tell themthat we are your servants for Jesus. 6God oncesaid, “The light will shine out of the darkness!”And this is the same God who made his lightshine in our hearts to let us know that his owndivine greatness is seen in the face of Christ.

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We have this treasure from God, but we areonly like clay jars that hold the treasure. This is toshow that the amazing power we have is fromGod, not from us. 8We have troubles all aroundus, but we are not defeated. We often don’t knowwhat to do, but we don’t give up. 9We are perse-cuted,* but God does not leave us. We are hurtsometimes, but we are not destroyed. 10So weconstantly experience the death of Jesus in our own bodies, but this is so that the life of Jesus canalso be seen in our bodies. 11We are alive, but for Jesus we are always in danger of death. This hap-pens to us so that the life of Jesus can be seen inour bodies that die. 12So death is working in us,but life is working in you.

13The Scriptures* say, “I believed, so I spoke.” 2Our faith is like that too. We believe, and so wespeak. 14God raised the Lord Jesus from death,and we know that God will also raise us with him.God will bring us together with you, and we willstand before him. 15All these things are for you.




acestea sunt f™cute pentru voi pentru ca, aàcum harul lui Dumnezeu spore`te ajung‹ndla tot mai mulî oameni, tot aà s™ se ¶nmul-êasc™ ì mulûmirile prin care I se aduce

slav™ lui Dumnezeu.Tr™ind prin credin^™

16De aceea noi nu c™dem de oboseal™.Chiar dac™ trupurile noastre se pr™buèsc,omul interior se ¶nnoie`te ¶n fiecare zi.17Necazul nostru uòr ì trec™tor ne aduce oslav™ etern™. ÿi aceasta este cu mult maimare dec‹t necazul. 18Noi nu ne g‹ndim laceea ce se vede, ci la ceea ce nu se vede.C™ci ceea ce se vede este trec™tor, pe c‹ndceea ce nu se vede este etern.

5 1ÿtim c™ dac™ este distrus trupul nostru,cortul nostru pe acest p™m‹nt, avem la

Dumnezeu o cl™dire, o cas™ etern™ ¶n ceruri,care nu este f™cut™ de m‹na omului. 2At‹tatimp c‹t suntem ¶n acest cort, gemem plinide dorinâ de a fi ¶mbr™caî cu locuinânoastr™ din ceruri. 3Avem speranâ c™, dac™suntem astfel ¶mbr™ca i , nu vom fi g™s i idezbr™caî. 4C‹t suntem ¶n acest cort, sun-tem ¶mpov™ra i ì gemem. Nu dorim s™ fimdezbr™caî { f™r™ trup }, ci s™ fim ¶mbr™caî cutrupul ceresc, pentru ca ceea ce este muritor s™ fie ¶nghi it de via^™. 5Cel ce ne-a preg™titpentru acest scop este Dumnezeu. El ne-adat Duhul* ca pe o garan ie a promisiunii

Sale.6Avem ¶ntotdeauna curaj, pentru c™ `timc™, at‹ta timp c‹t tr™im aici, ¶n trupul nostru,nu suntem acolo unde este Domnul. 7C™ci noitr™im bizuindu-ne pe credin ™, ì nu pe ceeace se vede. 8Suntem plini de ¶ncredere ì pre-fer™m s™ p™r™sim acest trup ì s™ fim acolounde este Domnul. 9De aceea noi ne-am f™cutun scop din a-I fi pl™cu i Lui, indiferent dac™tr™im ¶n trup sau dac™ suntem acolo unde esteDomnul. 10Noi to i trebuie s™ ne ¶nf™^ i ™m ¶naintea scaunului de judecat™ al lui Cristos,pentru ca fiecare s™ fie r™spl™tit pentru ceeace a f™cut c‹nd era ¶n trup, fie bine, fie r™u.

O nou™ creaîe11ÿtiind ce ¶nseamn™ frica de Domnul, ¶i

convingem pe oameni s™ accepte adev™rul.Dumnezeu ne cunoa`te aà cum sper c™ necunoa`teî ì voi. 12Noi nu ne recomand™mdin nou ¶naintea voastr™. Ci, mai degrab™,v™ d™m ocazia s™ v™ l™udaî cu noi. Astfel,le veî putea r™spunde celor care se laud™ cu

And so the grace* of God is being given to moreand more people. This will bring more and morethanks to God for his glory.*

Living by Faith16That is why we never give up. Our physical

body is becoming older and weaker, but our spiritinside us is made new every day. 17We have smalltroubles for a while now, but these troubles arehelping us gain an eternal glory.* That eternalglory is much greater than our troubles. 18So wethink about what we cannot see, not what we see.What we see lasts only a short time, and what wecannot see will last forever.

5 1We know that our body—the tent we live inhere on earth—will be destroyed. But when

that happens, God will have a home for us to livein. It will not be the kind of home people buildhere. It will be a home in heaven that will con-tinue forever. 2But now we are tired of this body.We want God to give us our heavenly home. 3Itwill clothe us and we will not be naked. 4Whilewe live in this tent, we have burdens and com-plain. I don’t mean that we want to remove thistent, but we want to be clothed with our heavenlyhome. Then this body that dies will be coveredwith life. 5This is what God made us for. And hehas given us the Spirit* as the first payment toguarantee the life to come.

6So we always have conf idence. We knowthat while we live in this body, we are awayfrom the Lord. 7We live by what we believe willhappen, not by what we can see. 8So I say thatwe have confidence. And we really want to beaway from this body and be at home with theLord. 9Our only goal is to always please theLord, whether we are living here in this body or t he re w it h h im . 10We must all stand beforeChrist to be judged. Everyone will get what theyshould. They will be paid for whatever theydi d— goo d o r b ad— when the y li ved in thi searthly body.

Helping People Become God’s Friends11We know what it means to fear the Lord, so

we try to help people accept the truth. God knowswhat we really are, and I hope that in your heartsyou know us too. 12We are not trying to proveourselves to you again. But we are telling youabout ourselves. We are giving you reasons to beproud of us. Then you will have an answer for




15.21 p™cat Sau: jertf™ pentru cur™îrea p™catului.

ceea ce este la suprafa^™, ì nu cu ceea ceeste ¶n inim™. 13Dac™ suntem nebuni, sun-tem nebuni pentru Dumnezeu. ÿi dac™ sun-tem ¶ntregi la minte, pentru voi suntem.14

Dragostea lui Cristos ne constr‹nge,pentru c™ suntem convinì c™ dac™ Unul amurit pentru toî, atunci ¶nseamn™ c™ toî aumurit. 15El a murit pentru toî, astfel ¶nc‹tcei ce tr™iesc s™ nu mai tr™iasc™ pentru ei, cipentru Cel ce a murit ì a ¶nviat pentru ei.

16De aceea, de acum ¶ncolo, nu ne maig‹ndim la nimeni din punctul de vedere allumii. C‹ndva L-am privit pe Cristos dinpunctul de vedere al lumii, ¶ns™ acum nu-Lmai privim aà. 17Dac™ este cineva ¶nCristos, este o creaîe nou™. Ce era vechi atrecut. Totul s-a ¶nnoit. 18Toate acestea vinde la Dumnezeu care ne-a ¶mp™cat cu Sineprin Cristos ì care ne-a ¶ncredinât lucrareade a-i ¶mp™ca pe oameni cu El. 19Mesajulnostru este c™ Dumnezeu era ¶n Cristos, ¶mp™c‹nd lumea cu El •nsuì prin Cristos,f™r™ a mai îne ¶n socoteal™ p™catele oame-nilor ì c™ ne-a ¶ncredinât nou™ propov™dui-rea acestei ¶mp™c™ri a omului cu Dumnezeu.20Acum noi lucr™m ca ambasadori ai luiCristos. ÿi ca ì cum Dumnezeu v-ar ¶ndem-na prin noi, v™ rug™m, pentru Cristos:„•mp™caî-v™ cu Dumnezeu!“ 21DumnezeuL-a f™cut p™cat1 pentru noi pe Cel ce nici-odat™ nu a p™c™tuit pentru ca prin El s™ fim

declaraî nevinovaî ¶naintea lui Dumnezeu.

6 1Ca unii care lucr™m ¶mpreun™ cuDumnezeu, v™ ¶ndemn™m s™ faceî ast-

fel ¶nc‹t s™ nu fi primit ¶n zadar harul luiDumnezeu. 2C™ci El spune:

„Te-am auzit la vremea ¶ndur™riiì î-am venit ¶n ajutor ¶n ziua m‹ntuirii.“ Isaia 49.8

Iat™, acum este vremea ¶ndur™rii; ast™zi esteziua m‹ntuirii.

3Noi nu punem obstacole ¶n calea nim™-nui, pentru ca lucrarea noastr™ s™ nu fie

compromis™,4

ci ne prezent™m ¶n toate pri-vinêle ca slujitori ai lui Dumnezeu prinmult™ r™bdare: ¶n necazuri, ¶n ¶ncerc™ri ì ¶nnevoi, ¶n situaîi dificile; 5 ¶n b™t™i, ¶n ¶nchi-sori, ¶n tulbur™ri, ¶n munc™ grea, ¶n nopînedormite, ¶n lipsa hranei. 6Ar™t™m c™ sun-t e m s l u j i t o r i d e m n i d e l a u d ™ a i l u i

15:17 When anyone … world Or, “Anyone who is in Christ is a new cre-ation.” 25:21 sin Or, “an offering for sin.”

those who are proud about what can be seen. Theydon’t care about what is in a person’s heart. 13If we are crazy, it is for God. If we have our rightmind, it is for you. 14The love of Christ controls

us, because we know that one person died for everyone. So all have died. 15He died for all, sothat those who live would not continue to live for themselves. He died for them and was raised fromdeath so that they would live for him.

16From this time on we don’t think of anyonelike the world thinks of people. It is true that inthe past we thought of Christ like the worldthinks. But we don’ t think that way now.17When anyone is in Christ, it is a whole newworld.1 The old thi ngs ar e go ne; su dden ly,e ve ry th in g i s n ew ! 18All this is from God.Through Christ, God made peace between him-self and us. And God gave us the work of bringing people into peace with him. 19I meanthat God was in Christ , making peace betweenthe world and himself. In Christ, God did nothold people guilty for their sins. And he gave usthis message of peace to tell people. 20So wehave been sent to speak for Christ. It is like Godis calling to people through us. We speak for Christ when we beg you to be at peace withGod. 21Christ had no sin, but God made himbecome sin 2 so that in Christ we could be rightwith God.

6 1We are workers together with God. So webeg you: Don’t let the grace * that you

received from God be for nothing. 2God says,

“I heard you at the right time,and I gave you help on the day of salvation.”

Isaiah 49:8

I tell you that the “right time” is now. The “day of salvation” is now.

3We don’t want people to find anything wrongwith our work. So we do nothing that will be a

problem to others.4

But in every way we showthat we are servants of God. We never give up,even though we face troubles, difficulties, andproblems of every kind. 5We are beaten andthrown into prison. People get upset at us andfight against us. We work hard, and sometimes weget no sleep or food. 6We show that we are God’s




16.7 de atac ì de ap™rare Lit. „de la dreapta ì de la st‹nga“:arma de atac era sabia, ¶n m‹na dreapt™, iar cea de ap™rare erascutul, ¶n m‹na st‹ng™. 2 6.14 S™ nu v™ legaî la acelaì jug Referire la Dt. 22.10, unde se spune c™ Legea lui Moise interzi-cea s™ fie ¶njugate ¶mpreun™ animale de specii diferite.

Dumnezeu prin vieî curate ì prin cunoa`-terea noastr™, prin ¶ndelung™ r™bdare, prinbun™tate, prin Duhul Sf‹nt*, prin dragostenepref™cut™, 7prin Cuv‹ntul adev™rului,

prin puterea lui Dumnezeu, prin armeledrept™îi, de atac ì de ap™rare1; 8 ¶n vremuride onoare ì de ruìne, fie c™ suntem vorbiîde r™u, fie c™ suntem vorbiî de bine.Suntem priviî ca ¶nèl™tori, deì spunemadev™rul; 9ca necunoscu i, deì suntem binecunoscuî; ca fiind pe moarte, ì totuìtr™im; ca fiind pedepsiî, ì totuì nu omo-r‹î; 10ca fiind ¶ntrista i, deì noi suntem ¶ntotdeauna bucuroì; ca fiind s™raci, deì ¶mbog™îm pe mulî; ca neav‹nd nimic, deìavem totul.

11Corintenilor, v-am vorbit f™r™ nici oreînere. Inimile ne sunt deschise c™tre voi.12Noi v™ ar™t™m dragostea pe care o avemfa^™ de voi. De ce nu faceî ì voi la fel?13Acum v™ vorbesc ca unor copii ai mei. Car™splat™ pentru noi, deschideî-v™ ì voi ini-mile c™tre noi, aà cum am f™cut ì noi.

Credincioì ì necredincioì14S™ nu v™ legaî la acelaì jug 2 cu cei

necredincio i. C™ci ce au ¶n comun dreptateaì nedreptatea? Sau ce au de ¶mp™r it luminaì ¶ntunericul? 15ÿi ce ¶nêlegere are Cristoscu Satan? Sau ce au ¶n comun un credinciosì un necredincios? 16ÿi ce ¶nêlegere exist™

¶ntre Templul lui Dumnezeu ì idoli*

? C™cinoi suntem Templul Dumnezeului celui viu,aà cum a spus Dumnezeu:

„Voi tr™i printre ei,voi umbla printre ei,

voi fi Dumnezeul lor,iar ei vor fi poporul Meu.“

Leviticul 26.11–12

17„Aà c™ ieì i din mijlocul lor ì desp™rî i-v™ de ei“, spune Domnul,

„ì s™ nu v™ mai atingeîde ceea ce este necurat.

Atunci v™ voi primi.“ Isaia 52.11

16:15 the devil Literally, “beliar,” one form of the Hebrew word “belial,” which means “worthlessness” and was used to refer to the devil or theenemy of Christ. 26:16 God’s temple God’s house—the place whereGod’s people worship him. Here, it means that believers are the spiritualtemple where God lives.

servants by our pure lives, by our understanding,by our patience, and by our kindness. We show itby the Holy Spirit,* by genuine love, 7by speakingthe truth, and by depending on God’s power. This

right way of living has prepared us to defend our-selves against every kind of attack.8Some people honor us, but others shame us.

Some people say good things about us, but otherssay bad things. Some people say we are liars, butwe speak the truth. 9To some people we are notknown, but we are well known. We seem to bedying, but look! We continue to live. We are pun-ished, but we are not killed. 10We have much sad-ness, but we are always rejoicing. We are poor,but we are making many people rich in faith. Wehave nothing, but really we have everything.

11We have spoken freely to you people inCorinth. We have opened our hearts to you. 12Our feelings of love for you have not stopped. It isyou who have stopped your feelings of love for us. 13I speak to you like you are my children. Dothe same as we have done—open your hear tsalso.

Warning About Non-Believers14You are not the same as those who don’t

believe. So don’t join yourselves to them. Goodand evil don’t belong together. Light and darknesscannot share the same room. 15How can there beany unity between Christ and the devil1? Whatdoes a believer have in common with an unbe-

liever?16

God’s temple 2

cannot have an agreementwith idols,* and we are the temple of the livingGod. Like God said,

“I will live with them and walk with them,I will be their God, and they will be

my people.” Leviticus 26:11–12

17“So come away from those peopleand separate yourselves from them,

says the Lord.Touch nothing that is not clean,

and I will accept you.” Isaiah 52:11




18„ÿi Eu voi fi Tat™l vostru,iar voi veî fi fiii ì fiicele Mele

spune Domnul, Cel Atotputernic.“2 Samuel 7.14; 7.8

71Iubiîi mei, din moment ce avem ase-menea promisiuni, s™ ne cur™îm de

orice p‹ng™rire a trupului sau a duhului ì s™ne ducem sfinîrea p‹n™ la cap™t, ¶n fric™ deDumnezeu.

Bucuria lui Pavel2Face i-ne loc ¶n inimile voastre! Noi nu

am f™cut r™u nim™nui, nu am n™ruit credinânim™nui, nu am ¶nèlat pe nimeni. 3Nu spunacestea ca s™ v™ condamn. V-am mai spus c™sunte i ¶n inimile noastre spre a muri ¶mpreu-n™ cu voi ì spre a tr™i ¶mpreun™ cu voi. 4Amo mare ¶ndr™zneal™ fa^™ de voi ì sunt m‹n-dru de voi. Sunt foarte ¶ncurajat. Cu toatenecazurile, sunt din cale-afar™ de fericit.

5Atunci c‹nd ne-am dus ¶n Macedonia, nuam avut lin i te. Am fost tulburaî ¶n toateprivinêle: ¶n afar™, av‹nd confrunt™ri ` i ¶n™untru , av‹nd temeri . 6Dar Dumnezeu,care ¶i m‹ng‹ie pe cei descuraja i, ne-a m‹n-g‹iat prin venirea lui Tit. 7Am fost m‹ng‹-iaî nu numai prin venirea lui, dar ì prinfelul ¶n care a fost el ¶nsuì m‹ng‹iat de voi.El ne-a spus c™ vreî s™ ne vedeî, c™ v™ parer™u pentru ce aî f™cut ì c‹t de mult v™ pas™de mine. De aceea am fost ì mai bucuros.

8Chiar dac™ v-am ¶ntristat cu scrisoareamea, nu-mi pare r™u c™ am scris-o. Deìmi-a p™rut r™u c™ am scris-o, acum v™d c™ea v-a ¶ntristat pentru puîn™ vreme. 9Acumnu sunt bucuros pentru c™ aî fost ¶ntristaî,dar m™ bucur c™ ¶ntristarea voastr™ v-a f™cuts™ v™ schimbaî modul de a g‹ndi. Voi aîfost ¶ntristaî aà cum a dorit Dumnezeu,astfel c™ nu aî fost r™niî ¶n nici un fel denoi. 10•ntristarea dup™ voia lui Dumnezeuaduce schimbarea g‹ndirii care duce lam‹ntuire ì care nu este ¶nsoît™ niciodat™ deregrete. Dar ¶ntristarea lumii aduce moarte.11

Cu privire la aceast™ ¶ntristare dorit™ deDumnezeu, iat™ ce str™duin^™ deosebit™ de av™ dezvinov™î a produs ¶n voi! Ce indigna-re, ce team™, ce dorin^™ de a ne vedea, cepreocupare, ce dorin^™ de a se face dreptate!•n toate aî ar™tat c™ sunteî curaî ¶n aceast™privin^™. 12Eu nu v-am scris din cauza omu-lui care a greìt, ì nici din cauza celui c™ru-ia i s-a f™cut r™u. V-am scris ca s™ v™ daî

18“I will be your father,and you will be my sons and daughters,says the Lord All-Powerful.”

2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8

71Dear friends, we have these promises fromGod. So we should make ourselves pure—

free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. Our respect for God should make ustry to be completely holy* in the way we live.

Paul’s Joy2Open your hearts to us. We have not done

wrong to anyone. We have not ruined the faith of anyone, and we have not cheated anyone. 3I donot say this to blame you. I told you before thatwe love you so much we would live or die withyou. 4I feel that I can tell you anything. I am veryproud of you. Even with all the troubles we havehad, I am gr eatly encouraged and feel veryhappy.

5When we came into Macedonia,* we had norest . We found trouble all around us. We hadfighting on the outside and fear on the inside. 6ButGod encourages those who are troubled, and hecertainly encouraged us by bringing Titus to us. 7Itwas so good to see him, but we were encouragedeven more to hear about the encouragement yougave him. He told us that you really want to see meand that you are very sorry for what you did. Andhe told us how ready and willing you are to helpme. When I heard this, I was so much happier.

8Even if the letter I wrote you made you sad, Iam not sorry I wrote it. I know that letter madeyou sad, and I was sorry for that. But it made yousad only for a short time. 9Now I am happy, notbecause you were made sad, but because your sorrow made you decide to change. That is whatGod wanted, so you were not hurt by us in anyway. 10The kind of sorrow God wants makespeople decide to change their lives. This leadsthem to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that.But the kind of sorrow the world has will bringdeath. 11You had the kind of sorrow God wantedyou to have. Now see what that sorrow has

brought you: It has made you very serious. Itmade you want to prove that you were not wrong.It made you angry and afraid. It made you want tosee me. It made you care. It made you want theright thing to be done. You proved that you werenot guilty in any part of that problem. 12The mainreason I wrote that letter was not because of theone who did the wrong or the one who was hurt. Iwrote so that you would realize, before God, how




seama, ¶naintea lui Dumnezeu, de mareanoastr™ grij™ pentru voi. 13De aceea, am fostnespus de ¶ncurajaî.

ÿi fiind ¶ncurajaî, ne-am bucurat ì mai

mult v™z‹nd bucuria lui Tit. Duhul lui a fostre¶mprosp™tat de voi toî. 14Eu m-am l™udatcu voi ¶naintea lui ì nu m-aî f™cut de ruì-ne. Aà cum v-am spus numai adev™rul, totaà ì lauda noastr™ ¶naintea lui Tit s-adovedit adev™rat™. 15Afecîunea lui pentruvoi cre`te atunci c‹nd ¶ì aminte`te c™ aîfost ner™bd™tori s™-l ascultaî ì c™ l-aî pri-mit cu fric™ ì tremur. 16M™ bucur c™ potavea o ¶ncredere des™v‹rìt™ ¶n voi.

D™rnicia cre`tin™

8 1Acum, fraîlor, vreau s™ `tiî despreharul lui Dumnezeu care a fost dat bise-

ricilor din Macedonia. 2Vreau s™ v™ spun c™ei au fost greu ¶ncercaî prin necazurile lor.Totuì nem™surata lor bucurie ì marea lor s™r™cie au dus la o mare generozitate dinpartea lor. 3Dup™ cum pot m™rturisi i eu, eisinguri au dat c‹t au putut ì chiar mai multdec‹t ¶ì puteau permite. 4Ei ne-au rugatinsistent s™-i l™s™m s™ participe la aceast™lucrare pentru sfinî. 5Ei nu au d™ruit aàcum ne-am a`teptat noi. Ci ei s-au dat, mai ¶nt‹i, pe ei ¶nìì Domnului, ì apoi ni s-aud™ruit nou™, dup™ voia lui Dumnezeu. 6Noil-am rugat pe Tit ca, aà cum a ¶nceput, s™ ì

duc™ la bun sf‹rìt aceast™ lucrare a haruluiprintre voi. 7Voi aveî de toate din belùg: ìcredin^™, ì vorbire, ì cuno`tinê, ì dorinâde a ajuta, ì dragostea pe care aî ¶nv™ât-ode la noi. Fie ca tot aà s™ aveî din belùg ìacest har!

8Nu v™ spun aceasta ca o porunc™. Dar vreau s™ ¶ncerc sinceritatea dragostei voastre,folosind zelul altora. 9Voi cunoa te i harul pecare ni l-a ar™tat Domnul nostru Isus Cristos.El, deì era bogat, S-a f™cut s™rac pentru voi,pentru ca prin s™r™cia Lui s™ deveni i bogaî.

10•n aceast™ privin ™, v™ dau un sfat, sprebinele vostru. Anul trecut aî fost primiicare aî vrut s™ daî ì primii care aî dat.11Acum terminaî ce aî ¶nceput pentru ca,aà cum aî fost gata s™ d™ruiî, s™ ì termi-naî lucrarea aceasta cu ce aveî. 12Dac™exist™ bun™voin^™, darul vostru va fi primit,av‹nd ¶n vedere ce aveî ì nu ceea ce nuaveî. 13Noi nu dorim ca al ii s™ fie uùraîiar voi s™ fiî ¶mpov™raî ci, mai degrab™, s™

very much you care for us. 13And that is what wasso encouraging to us.

We were great ly encouraged, but we were

especially pleased to see how happy Titus was.You all made him feel so much better. 14I hadbragged about you to Titus, and you didn’t embar-rass me. We have always told you the truth, andnow what we told Titus about you has beenshown to be true. 15And his love for you isstronger when he remembers that you were allready to obey. You welcomed him with respectand fear. 16I am so happy that I can trust youfully.

Giving to Help Others

8 1And now, brothers and sisters, we want youto know about the grace* that God gave the

churches* in Macedonia.* 2Those believers havebeen tested by great troubles, and they are verypoor. But they gave much because of their great joy. 3I can tell you that they gave as much as theywere able and even more than they could afford.No one told them to do this. It was their idea.4But they asked us again and again—they beggedus to let them share in this service for God’speople. 5And they gave in a way that we did notexpect: They gave themselves to the Lord and tous before they gave their money. This is whatGod wants.

6So we asked Titus to help you finish this spe-

cial work of giving. He is the one who startedthis work. 7You are rich in everything—in faith,in speaking ability, in knowledge, in the willing-ness to help, and in the love you learned from us.And so we want you to also be rich in this workof giving.

8I am not ordering you to give, but I want to seehow real your love is by comparing you with otherswho have been so ready and willing to help. 9Youknow the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You knowthat he gave up his heavenly riches for you. He gaveup everything so that you could be richly blessed.

10This is what I think you should do: Last year you were the first to want to give, and you werethe first who gave. 11So now finish the work youstarted. Then your “doing” will be equal to your “wanting to do.” Give from what you have. 12If you want to give, your gift will be accepted. Your gift will be judged by what you have, not by whatyou don’t have. 13We don’t want you to havetroubles while others are comforted. We want




existe egalitate. 14Dorinâ noastr™ este caceea ce voi aveî ¶n plus s™ le fie lor de aju-tor acum, c‹nd duc lips™, pentru ca, mai t‹r-ziu, s™ v™ ajute ei pe voi c‹nd veî avea

nevoie, ì astfel s™ fie egalitate.15

•nScripturi* este scris:

„Cine str‹nsese mult, nu avea prea multì cel care str‹nsese puîn,

nu ducea lips™.“ Exodul 16.18

Tit ì ¶nsoîtorii s™i16•i mulûmesc lui Dumnezeu care a pus

¶n inima lui Tit acelaì zel, pe care-l avem ìnoi, de a v™ ajuta. 17El a ascultat rug™min ilenoastre ì pentru c™ este deosebit de zelos,s-a hot™r‹t singur s™ vin™ la voi. 18•mpreun™cu el ¶l trimitem ì pe fratele care este l™udatde toate bisericile pentru proclamarea Ve`tiiBune*. 19Pe l‹ng™ aceasta, el a fost numit debiserici ¶nsoîtorul nostru ¶n c™l™torii pentruaceast™ lucrare a d™rniciei, pe care o admini-str™m pentru a-L sl™vi pe Domnul ì pentru ane ar™ta dorinâ puternic™ de a-i ajuta pe al ii.

20•ncerc™m s™ administr™m cu atenîeaceast™ sum™ mare de bani, pentru canimeni s™ nu ne critice. 21Scopul nostru estede a face ¶ntotdeauna ce este bine, nu numai ¶naintea Domnului, ci ì ¶n faâ oamenilor.

22•mpreun™ cu ei ¶l mai trimitem ì pefratele pe care l-am ¶ncercat ¶n multe feluri

ì ¶n multe ocazii ì care s-a dovedit dornics™ ajute. Acum el este ì mai dornic s™ ajutedatorit™ ¶ncrederii pe care o are ¶n voi.

23•n ce-l prive`te pe Tit, vreau s™ v™ spunc™ el este partenerul meu ì cel ce lucreaz™ ¶mpreun™ cu mine pentru a v™ ajuta. C‹tdespre ceilalî fraî, ei sunt trimiìi biserici-lor ì •i aduc cinste lui Cristos. 24Daî-leacestor fraî o dovad™ a dragostei voastre ìar™taî-le motivele pentru care ne l™ud™m cuvoi, pentru ca toate bisericile s™ o cunoasc™.

Ajutaî-v™ fraîi de credin^™

91Acum, ¶n ce prive`te acest ajutor pentru sfinî, nu mai este nevoie s™ v™

scriu 2pentru c™ `tim c™ sunteî gata s™-i aju-taî. M™ laud cu aceasta fa^™ de macedonenispun‹ndu-le c™ bisericile din Ahaia* suntgata de anul trecut ì c™ entuziasmul vostrui-a determinat s™ se preg™teasc™. 3Eu ¶i tri-mit pe fraî la voi pentru ca lauda noastr™ cuprivire la voi, ¶n aceast™ privin^™, s™ nu se

everything to be equal. 14At this time you haveplenty. What you have can help others to havewhat they need. Then later, when they haveplenty, they can help you to have what you need.

Then all will be equal.15

Like the Scriptures* say,

“Those who gathered muchdid not have too much,

and those who gathered littledid not have too little.” Exodus 16:18

Titus and His Companions16I thank God because he gave Titus the same

love for you that I have. 17Titus agreed to do whatwe asked. In fact, he himself wanted very much tocome see you. 18We are sending with Titus thebrother who is praised by all the churches.* He ispraised because of his service to the Good News.*

19Also, he was chosen by the churches to go withus when we carry this gift. We are doing this ser-vice to bring glory* to the Lord and to show thatwe really want to help.

20We are being careful so that no one will criti-cize us about the way we are caring for this largegift. 21We are trying to do what is right. We wantto do what the Lord accepts as right and also whatpeople think is right.

22Also, we are sending with them our brother who is always ready to help. He has proved this to

us in many ways. And he wants to help even morenow because he has much faith in you.

23Now about Titus—he is my partner. He isworking together with me to help you. And aboutthe other brothers—they are sent from thechurches, and they bring glory to Christ. 24Soshow these men that you really have love. Showthem why we are proud of you. Then all thechurches can see it.

Help for Fellow Believers

91I really don’t need to write to you about thishelp for God’s people. 2I know that you want

to help. I have been bragging about you to thepeople in Macedonia.* I told them that youpeople in Achaia* have been ready to give sincelast year. And your desire to give has made mostof the people here ready to give also. 3But I amsending the brothers to you. I don’t want our bragging about you in this to be for nothing. I




dovedeasc™ ne¶ntemeiat™ ì pentru ca s™ fiîgata, aà cum am spus c™ sunteî. 4Dac™ uniidintre macedoneni vor veni cu mine ì v™vom g™si nepreg™tiî, vom fi f™cuî de ruìne

(ca s™ nu mai spun ce va fi cu voi) din cauzaacestei ¶ncrederi pe care o avem ¶n voi.5M-am g‹ndit deci c™ trebuia s™-i rog pefraî s™ mearg™ ¶naintea noastr™ la voi ì s™preg™teasc™ dinainte darul vostru generos,pe care l-aî promis, astfel ¶nc‹t el s™ fie datde bun™voie ì nu cu zg‹rcenie.

6ˇineî minte : c ine seam™n™ pu^ in , vaculege puîn ì cine seam™n™ mult, va culegemult. 7Fiecare s™ dea c‹t a hot™r‹t ¶n inimalui, f™r™ p™rere de r™u ì nu pentru c™ se simteforât s™ dea, c™ci Dumnezeu ¶l iube`te pe celce d™ cu bucurie. 8Dumnezeu poate s™ rever-se asupra voastr™ din abunden ™ daruri bunede tot felul, pentru ca s™ ave i tot ce v™ trebu-ie ¶ntotdeauna ì ¶n toate privinêle. ÿi astfelveî avea mai mult dec‹t suficient pentru totfelul de fapte bune. 9•n Scriptur™* este scris:

„El d™ cu generozitate celor s™raci.Bun™voinâ Lui îne ¶n veci.“

Psalmul 112.9

10Dumnezeu, care d™ s™m‹n^™ celui ce sea-m™n™ ì p‹ine pentru hran™, v™ va da ì v™ va ¶nmulî s™m‹nâ ì va spori recolta bun™voin-êi voastre. 11Veî fi bogaî ¶n toate privinêle,pentru ca s™ fiî genero i ori de c‹te ori aveî

ocazia. D™rnicia voastr™, ar™tat™ prin noi, vaaduce mulûmiri lui Dumnezeu. 12Contribuîavoastr™ la lucrarea aceasta pe care o faceî, nunumai c™ va acoperi nevoile sfin ilor, dar vaf ace s™ se adu c™ m ulte mul ûmir i luiDumnezeu. 13Aceast™ lucrare este dovadaascult™rii voastre, care izvor™ te din credinâvoastr™ ¶n Vestea Bun™* a lui Isus Cristos, ì agenerozit™îi voastre, prin care ¶mp™r iî ceeace ave^ i cu ei ì cu al i i. Datori t™ acesteidovezi, sfinîi lui Dumnezeu •l vor sl™vi peEl. 14Atunci c‹nd se roag™ pentru voi, ei vor dori s™ v™ vad™, datorit™ marelui har pe care

vi l-a ar™tat Dumnezeu.15

Mulûmiri fie aduselui Dumnezeu pentru darul Lui neasemuit!

Pavel ¶ì ap™r™ lucrarea

10 1Eu, Pavel, v™ rog personal prinbl‹ndeêa ì r™bdarea lui Cristos.

Unii spun despre mine c™ sunt smerit c‹ndsunt cu voi, dar c™ sunt plin de ¶ndr™zneal™c‹nd nu sunt de fa^™. 2V™ rog fierbinte s™ nu

want you to be ready like I said you would be. 4If any of those from Macedonia come with me, andthey find that you are not ready, we will beashamed. We will be ashamed that we were so

sure of you. And you will be ashamed too!5

So Ithought that I should ask these brothers to comethere before we do. They will help in gettingtogether the generous gift you promised. Then itwill be ready when we come, and it will be seenas a blessing you are giving, not as somethingyou were forced to do.

6Remember this: The one who plants few seedswill have a small harvest. But the one who plantsa lot will have a big harvest. 7Each one of youshould give what you have decided in your heartto give. You should not give if it makes youunhappy or if you feel forced to give. God lovesthose who are happy to give. 8And God can giveyou more blessings than you need, and you willalways have plenty of everything. You will haveenough to give to every good work. 9As the Scrip-tures* say,

“He gives generously to the poor;his goodness will continue forever.”

Psalm 112:9

10God is the one who gives seed to those whoplant, and he gives bread for food. And God willgive you spiritual seed and make that seed grow.He will produce a great harvest from your good-ness. 11God will make you rich in every way so

that you can always give freely. And your givingthrough us will make people give thanks to God.

12The service you are offering helps God’speople with their needs, but that is not all it does.It is also bringing more and more thanks to God.13This service is a proof of your faith, and peoplewill praise God because of it. They will praisehim because you are following the message *

about Christ—the message you say you believe.They will praise God because you freely sharewith them and with all people. 14And when theypray, they will wish they could be with you. Theywill feel this way because of the great grace* that

God gave you.15

Thanks be to God for his gift thatis too wonderful to describe.

Paul Defends His Ministry

10 1I, Paul, am begging you with the gentle-ness and the kindness of Christ. Some say

that I am bold when I am writing you from a dis-tance, but not when I am there with you. 2Somepeople think that we live on a purely human level.



393 2 CORINTHIANS 10:3–17 2 CORINTENI 10.3–17

m™ obligaî, c‹nd voi veni la voi, s™ recurgla acea ¶ndr™zneal™ pe care m™ a`tept s-ofolosesc ¶mpotriva unora care cred c™ noitr™im ¶n felul lumii. 3Deì noi tr™im ¶n lume,

nu lupt™m ¶n felul lumii.4

C™ci armele cucare ne lupt™m nu sunt lume`ti. Ele auputerea lui Dumnezeu prin care pot d™r‹mafortificaîile. Cu ele desfiin^™m argumenteleoamenilor 5ì orice alt obstacol care se ¶nal-^™ cu m‹ndrie ¶mpotriva cunoa`terii luiDumnezeu. Cu ele subjug™m orice g‹ndpentru a-l face s™ asculte de Cristos. 6C‹ndascultarea voastr™ va fi total™, vom fi gatas™ pedepsim orice neascultare.

7Uita^ i-v™ la faptele pe care le ave^ i ¶nfa^™! Dac™ cineva este convins ¶n inima luic™-I apar ine lui Cristos, atunci ar trebui s™ seg‹ndeasc™ din nou ¶n sine ¶nsuì c™, dup™cum el este al lui Cristos, tot aà suntem ìnoi ai Lui. 8Domnul ne-a dat autoritatea de av™ ¶nt™ri duhul, ì nu de a v™ distruge. Dac™m-a` l™uda mai mult cu aceast™ autoritate,9nu mi-ar fi ruìne. Dar m™ voi st™p‹ni pentruc™ nu vreau s™ par™ c™ ¶ncerc s™ v™ sperii cuscrisorile mele. 10Unii spun: „Scrisorile luisunt dure ì pline de putere, ¶ns™ el este slabì vorbirea lui nu are nici o greutate.“ 11Dar cel ce vorbe`te astfel ar trebui s™ observe c™nu este nici o diferen^™ ¶ntre cuvintele pe carevi le scriem ¶n scrisori, c‹nd suntem departede voi, ì faptele noastre c‹nd suntem cu voi.

12Noi nu ¶ndr™znim s™ ne compar™m saus™ ne m™sur™m cu anumiî oameni care selaud™ singuri. M™sur‹ndu-se ¶ntre ei ì com-par‹ndu-se unii cu alîi, ei arat™ c‹t sunt denepricepuî. 13•n ce ne prive te, noi nu nevom l™uda mai mult dec‹t se cuvine. Nevom l™uda numai ¶n limita c‹mpului de acti-vitate pe care ni l-a dat Dumnezeu, care v™cuprinde ì pe voi. 14•ntr-adev™r, ne-aml™uda prea mult, dac™ nu am fi ajuns la voi,dar, de fapt, noi am fost primii care amajuns la voi cu Vestea Bun™* a lui Cristos.15Nu ne l™ud™m cu ceea ce este dincolo de

c‹mpul nostru, cu lucr™rile din c‹mpul altu-ia. Speranâ noastr™ este c™, ¶n timp ce cre-dinâ voastr™ continu™ s™ creasc™, c‹mpulnostru de activitate se va m™ri, 16astfel ¶nc‹ts™ putem duce Vestea Bun™ ì dincolo decetatea voastr™. Noi nu vrem s™ ne l™ud™mcu lucrarea f™cut™ ¶n c‹mpul altuia. 17Dar,aà cum scrie ì ¶n Scriptur™*: „Cel ce se

I plan to be very bold against those people when Icome. I hope that I will not need to use that sameboldness with you. 3We are human, but we don’tfight in the same way that humans do. 4The

weapons we use are not human ones. Our weapons have power from God and can destroythe enemy’s strong places. We destroy people’sarguments, 5and we tear down every proud ideathat raises itself against the knowledge of God.We also capture every thought and make it giveup and obey Christ. 6We are ready to punishanyone there who does not obey, but first we wantyou to be fully obedient.

7You must look at the facts before you. If youfeel sure you belong to Chris t , you mustremember that we belong to Christ the same asyou do. 8It may seem like we boast too muchabout the authority the Lord gave us. But he gaveus this authority to strengthen you, not to hurtyou. So I will not be ashamed of whatever boasting we do. 9I don’t want you to think that Iam trying to scare you with my letters. 10Somepeople say, “Paul’s letters are powerful and soundimportant, but when he is with us, he is weak andthe worst speaker you ever heard.” 11Thosepeople should know this: When we are there withyou, we will show the same power that we showin our letters now.

12We don’t dare put ourselves in the same classwith those who think they are so important. Wedon’t compare ourselves to them. They use them-selves to measure themselves, and they judgethemselves by what they themselves are. Thisshows that they know nothing.

13But we will not boast about anything outsidethe work that was given us to do. We will limitour boasting to the work God gave us, but thiswork includes our work with you. 14We would beboasting too much only if we had not alreadycome to you. But we have come to you with theGood News* of Christ. 15We limit our boasting to

the work that is ours. We don’t boast about thework other people have done. We hope that your faith will continue to grow. We hope that you willhelp our work to grow much larger. 16We want totell the Good News in the areas beyond your city.We don’t want to boast about work that hasalready been done in someone else’s area.17“Whoever boasts should boast only about the




110.17 Citat din Ier. 9.24. 211.14 ¶nger de lumin™ Mesagertrimis de Dumnezeu. Diavolul ¶i ¶nàl™ pe oameni f™c‹ndu-i s™cread™ c™ vine de la Dumnezeu.

laud™, s™ se laude ¶n Domnul.“1 18C™ci nucel ce se laud™ singur este aprobat, ci acelape care-l laud™ Domnul.

Pavel ì apostolii mincinoì

111Sper c™ veî suporta puîn™ nebuniedin partea mea. Chiar v™ rog s™ m™

suportaî! 2Sunt gelos ¶n ce v™ prive`te, cu ogelozie care vine de la Dumnezeu. C™civ-am logodit cu un b™rbat { Cristos } ca s™ v™prezint ¶naintea lui Cristos ca pe o fecioar™curat™. 3ÿarpele, prin ìretenia lui, a ¶nè-lat-o pe Eva ì de aceea mi-e team™ ca nucumva g‹ndurile voastre s™ fie corupte ì ¶ndep™rtate de dedicarea voastr™ sincer™ ìcurat™ fa^™ de Cristos. 4Cu c‹t™ uùrin^™toleraî voi pe cineva care vine ì v™ vorbe`-te despre un alt Isus, diferit de Cel despre

care v-am vorbit noi sau un Duh diferit deCel pe care L-aî primit sau o Veste Bun™diferit™ de cea pe care aî acceptat-o!

5Eu socotesc c™ nu sunt inferior acelorape care-i numiî „mari apostoli“. 6Poate c™sunt nepriceput la vorbire, dar nu ì ¶n ceeace prive`te cuno`tinâ. V-am ar™tat acestlucru ¶n toate privinêle.

7Am p™c™tuit eu smerindu-m™, pentru cavoi s™ fiî ¶n™lâî sau predic‹ndu-v™ VesteaBun™* f™r™ plat™? 8Am ¶mpov™rat alte bise-rici, accept‹ndu-le plata, pentru a v™ puteasluji vou™. 9ÿi atunci c‹nd am fost cu voi ì

am avut nevoie de ceva, nu am ¶mpov™ratp e n i m e n i . F r a ^ i i c a r e a u v e n i t d i nMacedonia mi-au adus ce-mi trebuia. Nuv-am fost ì ¶ncerc s™ nu v™ fiu o povar™ ¶nnici o privin^™. 10Adev™rul lui Cristos este ¶n mine. Nimic nu m™ va ¶mpiedica s™ m™laud ¶n aceast™ privin^™ ¶n toat™ Ahaia*.11De ce? Pentru c™ nu v™ iubesc? Dumnezeu`tie c‹t v™ iubesc!

12Dar ceea ce fac acum voi face ì ¶ncontinuare pentru ca cei ce vor s™ se laudes™ nu mai aib™ cu ce. Astfel, ei vor s™ fieconsideraî egalii no`tri ¶n ceea ce prive`telucrurile cu care se laud™. 13Astfel de apos-toli sunt apostoli falì. Ei sunt lucr™tori care ¶nàl™, care se deghizeaz™ ¶n apostoli* ai luiCristos. 14ÿi lucrul acesta nu este o surpriz™,c™ci Satan ¶nsuì se deghizeaz™ ¶ntr-un ¶nger de lumin™ 2. 15Nu este nimic ie it din comun

110:17 Quote from Jer. 9:24. 211:2 bride Literally, “virgin.” 311:14

angel of light Messenger from God. The devil fools people so that theythink he is from God.

Lord.”1 18What people say about themselvesmeans nothing. What counts is whether or not theLord says they have done well.

Paul and the False Apostles

111I wish you would be patient with meeven when I am a little foolish. But you

are already patient with me. 2I feel jealousy for you—a jealousy that comes from God. I promisedto give you to Christ. He must be your only hus-band. I want to give you to Christ to be his purebride. 2 3But I am afraid that your minds will beled away from your true and pure following of Christ. This could happen just like Eve wastricked by that snake with his clever lies. 4Youseem to be quite patient with anyone who comesto you and tells you about a Jesus that is differentfrom the Jesus we told you about. You seem very

willing to accept a spirit or a message that is dif-ferent from the Spirit* and message* that youreceived from us.

5I don’t think that those “super apostles*” areany better than I am. 6It is true that I am not atrained speaker, but I do have knowledge. Wehave shown this to you clearly in every way.

7I did the work of telling God’s Good News* toyou without pay. I humbled myself to make youimportant. Do you think that was wrong? 8Iaccepted pay from other churches.* I took their money so that I could serve you. 9If I needed

something when I was with you, I did not troubleany of you. The brothers who came from Mac-edonia* gave me all that I needed. I did not allowmyself to be a burden to you in any way. And Iwill never be a burden to you. 10N o one inAchaia* will stop me from boasting about that. Isay this with the truth of Christ in me. 11And whydo I not burden you? Do you think it is because Idon’t love you? God knows that I love you.

12And I will continue doing what I am doingnow, because I want to stop those people fromhaving a reason to boast. They would like to saythat the work they boast about is the same as ours.13They are false apostles, lying workers. Theyonly pretend to be apostles of Christ. 14That doesnot surprise us, because even Satan* changes him-self to look like an angel of light. 3 15So it does notsurprise us if Satan’s servants make themselveslook like servants who work for what is right. But



395 2 CORINTHIANS 11:16–29 2 CORINTENI 11.16–29

111.22 israeliî poporul evreu; proveneau din cele dou™spreze-ce seminîi, dup™ cei doisprezece fii ai lui Iacov pe care ¶l maichema i Israel.

dac™ slujitorii lui se deghizeaz™ ¶n slujitoriai drept™îi. Dar ¶n cele din urm™ li se va dar™splata pentru ceea ce au f™cut.

Pavel vorbe`te despre suferinêle sale16V™ repet: nimeni s™ nu m™ considere

nebun. Dar chiar dac™ m™ consideraînebun, primiî-m™ ca pe un nebun, pentru aputea s™ m™ laud ì eu ca alîi. 17C‹nd m™laud cu aceast™ ¶ncredere, nu vorbesc cuautoritatea Domnului, ci ca un nebun.18Pentru c™ mulî oameni se laud™ cu meri-tele lor ¶n lume, 19m™ voi l™uda i eu. Voi,deì sunteî ¶nêlepî, ¶i suportaî cu pl™cerepe cei nebuni. 20Voi suporta i s™ v™ ¶nro-beasc™ cineva, s™ se foloseasc™ cineva devoi, s™ v™ ¶nèle, s™ v™ priveasc™ de sus saus™ v™ loveasc™ cineva peste fa^™. 21Spre

ruìnea noastr™ spun acest lucru: am fostprea slabi pentru a v™ face aceleaì lucruri!Dac™ ¶ndr™zne`te cineva s™ se laude cu

ceva (vorbesc ca un nebun), atunci voi ¶ndr™zni ì eu. 22Sunt ei evrei? ÿi eu sunt.S un t e i i sr ae li î1? ÿi eu sunt. Sunt eiurmaìi lui Avraam*? ÿi eu sunt. 23Sunt eislujitorii lui Cristos? (Sunt nebun c™ vor-besc astfel!) Eu lucrez pentru Cristos maimult dec‹t ei. Am muncit mult mai dingreu. Am fost ¶n ¶nchisoare de mai multeori. Am fost biciuit cu asprime. Am fost ¶nfaâ mor ii de multe ori. 24De cinci ori am

primit c‹te treizeci ì nou™ de lovituri debici de la evrei. 25De trei ori am fost b™tutcu nuiele. O dat™ au aruncat cu pietre ¶nmine. De trei ori am naufragiat ì am stat ozi ì o noapte ¶n ap™. 26Am c™l™tor it demulte ori, am fost ¶n pericol pe r‹uri, ¶npericol de a fi atacat de hoî, ¶n pericol dinpartea celor din neamul meu, ¶n pericol dinpartea neevrei lor . Am fost ¶n perico l ¶ncetate ì ¶n afara ei, ¶n pericol pe mare ìdin cauza unor aà-zi i fra i. 27Am muncitì am trudit. De multe ori am r™mas nedor-mit. Mi-a fost foame ì mi-a fost sete. Amr™mas f™r™ m‹ncare de multe ori. Mi-a fostfrig ì n-am avut haine. 28Pe l‹ng™ acestelucruri, m™ apas™ ¶n fiecare zi grija pentrutoate bisericile. 29Cine este slab, f™r™ ca s™fiu ì eu slab? Cade cineva ¶n ispit™ f™r™ cas™ suf™r ì eu?

111:22 Hebrews … Israelites Other names for the Jewish people.

in the end those people will get the punishmentthey deserve.

Paul Tells About His Sufferings16I tell you again: No one should think that I

am a fool. But if you think I am a fool, thenaccept me like you would accept a fool. Then Ican boast a little too. 17But I am not talking likethe Lord would talk. I am boasting like a fool.18Others are boasting about their lives in theworld. So I will boast too. 19You are wise, so youwill gladly be patient with fools! 20I say thisbecause you are even patient with someone whoforces you to do things and uses you. You arepatient with those who trick you, or think they arebetter than you, or hit you in the face! 21I amashamed to say it, but we were too “weak” to do

such things to you.But if anyone dares to boast, I will too. (I amtalking like a fool.) 22Are those people Hebrews?So am I. Are they Israelites1? So am I. Are theyfrom Abraham’s* family? So am I. 23Are theyserving Christ? I am serving him more. (I amcrazy to talk like this.) I have worked much harder than they have. I have been in prison more often. Ihave been hurt more in beatings. I have been near death many times.

24Five times the Jews have given me their pun-ishment of 39 lashes with a whip. 25Three dif-ferent times I was beaten with rods. One time I

was almost killed with rocks. Three times I was inships that were wrecked, and one of those times Ispent the night and the next day in the sea. 26Inmy constant traveling I have been in danger fromrivers, from thieves, from my own people andfrom people who are not Jews. I have been indanger in cities, in places where no one lives, andon the sea. And I have been in danger from peoplewho pretend to be believers* but are not.

27I have done hard and tiring work, and manytimes I did not sleep. I have been hungry andthirsty. Many times I have been without food. Ihave been cold and without clothes. 28And thereare many other problems. One of these is the careI have for all the churches.* I worry about themevery day. 29I feel weak every time another person is weak. I feel upset inside myself everytime another person is led into sin.




112.7 suferin^™ p™trunz™toare lit. „êpu` ¶n carne“.

30Dac™ trebuie s™ m™ laud, atunci m™ voil™uda cu lucrurile privitoare la sl™biciuneamea. 31Dumnezeul ì Tat™l Domnului Isus,care este binecuv‹ntat pentru totdeauna, `tie

c™ nu mint.32

C‹nd eram ¶n Damasc, guver-natorul regelui Areta p™zea cetatea ca s™ m™prind™. 33Dar am fost cobor‹t ¶n afara zidu-lui cet™îi pe o fereastr™, ¶ntr-un co`, ì amsc™pat de el.

O binecuv‹ntare deosebit™ ¶n viaâ lui Pavel

12 1Trebuie s™ m™ mai laud. Nu amnimic de c‹`tigat, dar voi vorbi ¶n

continuare despre viziunile* ì revelaîile*

de la Domnul. 2ÿtiu un om ¶n Cristos care,acum paisprezece ani, a fost ridicat p‹n™ ¶nal treilea cer. Numai Dumnezeu `tie dac™ afost dus cu tot cu trup sau f™r™ trup, c™ci eu

nu `tiu. 3ÿi `tiu c™ acest om (nu `tiu dac™ afost luat cu tot cu trup sau f™r™ trup, numaiDumnezeu `tie) 4a fost ridicat ¶n Paradis,unde a auzit cuvinte care nu se pot rosti ìpe care fiinêle omene`ti nu au voie s™ lespun™. 5Cu un astfel de om m™ voi l™uda.Dar ¶n ceea ce m™ prive`te, nu m™ voi l™udadec‹t cu sl™biciunile mele. 6Dac™ m™ voil™uda nu voi fi un nebun, c™ci voi spuneadev™rul. Dar nu m™ voi l™uda, pentru canimeni s™ nu aib™ despre mine o p™rere maibun™ dec‹t aceea justificat™ de ceea ce fac ìde ceea ce spun.

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Pentru a nu m™ umfla de m‹ndrie dincauza acestor revelaîi extraordinare, mi s-adat o suferin^™ p™trunz™toare1, un mesager al lui Satan care s™ m™ loveasc™ ì s™ m™ ¶mpiedice s™ m™ m‹ndresc. 8•n ce prive teaceast™ suferin^™, de trei ori L-am rugat peDomnul s™ o ¶nl™ture de la mine. 9Dar Elmi-a spus: „Harul Meu ¶î este de ajuns, c™ciputerea Mea este f™cut™ des™v‹rìt™ ¶n sl™bi-ciune.“ Aà c™ sunt bucuros s™ m™ laud cusl™biciunea mea, pentru ca puterea luiCristos s™ r™m‹n™ ¶n mine. 10De aceea, m™bucur ¶n sl™biciuni, ¶n insulte, ¶n greut™î, ¶npersecuîi ì ¶n suferinê pentru Cristos.C™ci atunci c‹nd sunt slab, sunt puternic.

Dragostea lui Pavel pentrucre`tinii din Corint

11Am vorbit ca un nebun. Dar voi m-aîforât. Voi sunteî cei care ar trebui s™ m™l™udaî, c™ci nu sunt inferior acelor „mari

1 12:1 revelation An opening up (making known) of truth that washidden. 212:2 a man In 12:2–5 Paul is probably talking about himself. 312:7 painful problem Literally, “thorn in the flesh.”

30If I must boast, I will boast about the thingsthat show I am weak. 31God knows that I am notlying. He is the God and Father of the Lord Jesus,and he is to be praised forever. 32When I was in

Damascus, the governor under King Aretas wantedto arrest me, so he put guards around the city.33But some friends put me in a basket. Then theyput the basket through a hole in the wall and low-ered me down. So I escaped from the governor.

A Special Blessing in Paul’s Life

12 1There is more that I have to say aboutmyself. It won’t help, but I will talk now

about visions* and revelations1 from the Lord. 2Iknow a man 2 in Christ who was taken up to thethird heaven. This happened 14 years ago. I don’tknow if the man was in his body or out of hisbody, but God knows. 3–4And I know that this

man was taken up to paradise.* I don’t know if hewas in his body or away from his body, but heheard things that he is not able to explain. Heheard things that no one is allowed to tell. 5I willboast about a man like that, but I will not boastabout myself . I will boast only about myweaknesses.

6But if I wanted to say more about myself, Iwould not be a fool, because I would be tellingthe truth. But I won’t say any more, because Idon’t want people to think more of me than whatthey see me do or hear me say.

7

But I must not be too proud of the wonderfulthings that were shown to me. So a painfulproblem 3 was gi ven to me—an angel f romSatan,* sent to make me suffer, so that I wouldnot think that I am better than anyone else. 8Ibegged the Lord three times to take this problemaway from me. 9But the Lord said, “My grace* isall you need. Only when you are weak can every-thing be done completely by my power.” So Iwil l gladly boas t about my weaknesses . ThenChrist’s power can stay in me. 10Yes, I am gladto have weaknesses if they are for Christ. I amglad to be insulted and have hard times. I am gladwh en I am per secut ed* and have problems,because it is when I am weak that I am reallystrong.

Paul’s Love for the Believers in Corinth11I have been talking like a fool, but you made

me do it. You people are the ones who should say




112.12 semne, minuni ì miracole lucr™ri uimitoare f™cute prinputerea lui Dumnezeu, pe care omul nu le-ar putea face prinputerea sa. 213.1 Citat din Dt. 19.15.

a p o s t o l i “ , d e ` i e u n u s u n t n i m i c .12Caracteristicile care demonstreaz™ c™cineva este apostol* — semne, minuni ìmiracole1 — au fost f™cute printre voi cu

perseveren^™.13

Cu ce sunteî voi inferioricelorlalte biserici, ¶n afara faptului c™ eu ¶nsumi nu v-am fost o povar™? Iertaî-m™pentru aceast™ nedreptate!

14Privi i! Sunt gata s™ vin la voi pentru atreia oar™ ì nu voi fi o povar™ pentru voi.Eu nu ¶mi doresc lucrurile voastre, ci pe voi ¶nìv™. C™ci nu copiii trebuie s™ str‹ng™ banipentru p™rinîi lor, ci p™rinîi trebuie s™str‹ng™ pentru copiii lor. 15•n ce m™ prive`-te, voi da cu bucurie tot ce am ì m™ voi dachiar ì pe mine ¶nsumi pentru voi. Dac™ v™iubesc mai mult, m™ veî iubi mai puîn?

16Fie ì aà. Eu nu v-am ¶mpov™rat, dar,pentru c™ sunt un om viclean { dup™ cum spu-neî voi }, v-am prins printr-un ìretlic. 17Amprofitat eu de voi prin vreunul din cei pe carevi i-am trimis? Nu. 18L-am rugat pe Tit s™ v™viziteze ì l-am trimis ì pe fratele nostru cuel. A profitat Tit de voi? Nu! ÿti i c™ acîuni-le ì atitudinea sa au fost la fel ca ale noastre.

19V-aî g‹ndit c™, ¶n tot acest timp, noi neap™ram ¶naintea voastr™? Vorbim ¶naintealui Dumnezeu ca unii care-L urmeaz™ peCristos. Tot ceea ce facem, dragii mei, estespre ¶nt™rirea voastr™ spiritual™. 20•mi esteteam™ c™, la venirea mea, v™ voi g™si altfel

dec‹t a` vrea, ì atunci ì voi m™ veî g™sialtfel dec‹t ar trebui. •mi este fric™ s™ nug™sesc printre voi: certuri, gelozii, m‹nie,b‹rfe, ¶ng‹mfare, dezordine. 21• mi esteteam™ ca nu cumva, c‹nd voi veni la voi, s™m™ smereasc™ Dumnezeu ¶naintea voastr™ ìs™-i pl‹ng pe cei care au p™c™tuit ¶n trecut ìnu ì-au schimbat modul de a g‹ndi ì nu lepare r™u de necur™îa, imoralitatea sexual™ì faptele neruìnate pe care le-au comis.

Ultimele avertismente ì salut™ri

13

1Aceasta este a treia oar™ c‹nd vin lavoi. „Totul trebuie s™ se ¶ntemeieze

pe m™rturia a doi sau trei martori.“ 2 2C‹ndam fost la voi a doua oar™, v-am atenîonat.ÿi acum, c™ nu sunt departe de voi, v™ aten-îonez din nou. Aceste avertismente suntpentru cei care au p™c™tuit ¶nainte ì pentru

113:1 Quote from Deut. 19:15.

good things about me. I am worth nothing, butthose “super apostles*” are not worth any morethan I am! 12When I was with you, I patiently didthe things that prove I am an apostle—signs,*

wonders,* and miracles.*13

So you received every-thing that the other churches* have received. Onlyone thing was different: I was not a burden to you.Forgive me for this!

14I am now ready to visit you for the third time,and I will not be a burden to you. I don’t want anyof the things you own. I only want you. Childrenshould not have to save things to give to their par-ents. Parents should save to give to their children.15So I am happy to give everything I have for you.I will even give myself for you. If I love youmore, will you love me less?

16It is clear that I was not a burden to you, butyou think that I was tricky and used lies to catchyou. 17Did I cheat you by using any of the men Isent to you? You know I didn’t. 18I asked Titusto go to you, and I sent our brother with him.Titus did not cheat you, did he? No, you knowthat his actions and his attitude were the sameas ours.

19Do you think that we have been defendingourselves to you all this time? No, we say thesethings in Christ and before God. You are our dear friends, and everything we do is to make youstronger. 20I do this because I am afraid that whenI come, you will not be what I want you to be.

And I am afraid that I will not be what you wantme to be. I am afraid that I will find arguing, jeal-ousy, anger, selfish fighting, evil talk, gossip,pride, and confusion there. 21I am afraid thatwhen I come to you again, my God will make mehumble before you. I may have to cry over theloss of some who sinned before. Many of themhave still not changed their hearts to be sorry for their evil lives, their sexual sins, and the shamefulthings they have done.

Final Warnings and Greetings

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1This will be my third time to visit to you.And remember, “For every complaint

there must be two or three people to say that theyknow it is true.”1 2When I was with you thesecond time, I gave a warning to those who hadsinned. I am not there now, but I am givinganother warning to them and to anyone else who




toî ceilalî. Dac™ m™ voi ¶ntoarce la voi,nu-i voi cruâ pe ace`tia. 3Voi proceda astfeldin cauza faptului c™ voi c™utaî dovezi c™Cristos vorbe`te prin mine. El nu este slab

fa^™ de voi, ci este puternic printre voi.4Este adev™rat c™ a fost r™stignit ¶n sl™biciu-ne, dar acum tr™ie`te prin puterea luiDumnezeu. Este adev™rat c™ suntem slabi ¶nEl, ¶ns™ vom tr™i cu El pentru voi, datorit™puterii lui Dumnezeu.

5Cercetaî-v™ singuri, s™ vedeî dac™ tr™iîcu credin^™. •ncercaî-v™ singuri. Sau nurecunoa`teî voi ¶nìv™ c™ Isus Cristos este ¶n voi? Asta ¶n afar™ de cazul ¶n care nu aîreuìt s™ treceî testul. 6Sper s™ recunoa`teîc™ noi am trecut cu succes testul. 7Ne rug™mlui Dumnezeu s™ nu greìî cu nimic. Nu nerug™m c™ oamenii s™ vad™ c™ am trecut tes-tul, ci ne rug™m ca voi s™ faceî ceea ce estedrept, chiar dac™ ar p™rea c™ noi nu l-am tre-cut. 8Nu putem face nimic ¶mpotriva adev™-rului, ci numai pentru adev™r. 9Ne bucur™mc‹nd noi suntem slabi ì voi sunteî puter-nici. ÿi ne rug™m pentru ca s™ ajungeî laperfecîune. 10V™ scriu aceste lucruri acum,c‹nd sunt departe de voi, pentru ca, atuncic‹nd voi fi cu voi, s™ nu trebuiasc™ s™ fiuaspru, potrivit cu autoritatea pe care mi-adat-o Domnul, pentru a ¶nt™ri din punct devedere spiritual, ì nu pentru a distruge.

11Acum, fraîlor, v™ spun la revedere.

ˇintiî spre perfecîune! Luaî seama la totceea ce v-am spus! S™ fiî de acord unii cualîi! Tr™iî ¶n pace! Dumnezeu, care estesursa dragostei ì a p™cii, va fi cu voi.

12Salutaî-v™ unii pe al ii cu o s™rutaresf‹nt™! 13Toî sfinîi v™ salut™. 14Fie ca harulDomnului Isus Cristos ì dragostea luiDumnezeu ì p™rt™ìa Duhului Sf‹nt* s™ fiecu voi toî!

1 13:12 the special greeting of God’s people Literally, “a holy kiss.” 213:14 fellowship This can mean a sharing or participation in the HolySpirit or the loving association and unity among believers that is createdby the Spirit.

has sinned: When I come to you again, I willpunish you. 3You want proof that Christ isspeaking through me. My proof is that he is notweak in dealing with you but is showing his

power among you.4

It is true that Christ was weakwhen he was killed on the cross, but he lives nowby God’s power. It is also true that we share hisweakness, but in dealing with you we will be alivein him by God’s power.

5Look closely at yourselves. Test yourselvesto see if you are living in the faith. Don’t yourealize that Christ Jesus is in you? Of course, if you fail the test, he is not in you. 6But I hope youwill see that we have not failed the test. 7Wepray to God that you will not do anything wrong.Our concern here is not for people to see that wehave passed the test in our work with you. Our main concern is that you do what is right, even if it looks like we have failed the test. 8We cannotdo anything that i s against the truth but onlywhat promotes the truth. 9We are happy to beweak if you are strong. And this is what wepray—that your lives will be made completelyright again. 10I’m writing this before I come, sothat when I am there I will not have to use myauthority to punish you. The Lord gave me thatauthority to make you stronger, not to destroyyou.

11Now, brothers and sisters, I say goodbye. Try

to make everything right, and do what I haveasked you to do. Agree with each other, and livein peace. Then the God of love and peace will bewith you.

12Give each other the special greeting of God’speople.1 13All of God’s holy people* here sendyou their greetings.

14I pray that you will enjoy the grace* of theLord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and thefellowship 2 of the Holy Spirit.*



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