Ministers approved in glory and dishonor
Show knowledge by works — as ministers commended 'in glory and dishonor, as deceivers and true; as unknown and well known; as dying, and behold we live.' (2 Corinthians 6:4–10) Let no stumbling-block be given, that the ministry be not blamed, but in all things commending: through honor won by confession and dishonor borne from torturers, through good report of angels and evil report of men — deceivers in persecutors' eyes, true before God.
Greek
δυσφημίας ava- σχώμεϑα. ἔτε δὲ εἰ ὡς ἀληϑεῖς παρὰ τοῖς φιλαλήϑεσιν ἐθαυμάσϑημεν, νῦν ἐπὶ τῷ λέγεσϑαι ἡμᾶς πλανᾶσϑαι .γελάσωμεν. ἐπὶ πολλοῖς κιν- δύνοις, ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἐῤῥύσϑημεν, πολλοὶ εἶπον ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ ϑεοῦ ἐπιγεινώ- σκεσϑαι᾿ νῦν ὃ βουλόμενος λεγέτω ἡμᾶς ἀγνοεῖσθαι, ὅτε τάχα μᾶλλον ἐπιγινωσκόμεϑα. φέροντες γοῦν τὰ συμβαίνοντα παιδευόμεϑα μὲν οὐ ϑανατούμεϑα δὲ, καὶ ὁμοιούμεϑα λυπουμένοις οἱ χαίροντες.
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About this text
Written for Ambrose and Protoctetus. Open the Greek under each section.
English follows Paul Koetschau, Origenes Werke I (GCS, 1899). The Archive OCR of that same print was checked. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Koetschau, Origenes Werke I (GCS 2, 1899) (Greek · Exhortation to Martyrdom)
- Checked print Archive.org OCR of GCS 2 (Greek · Same print)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.