| Chapter 8 |
1 | gnwrizomen de umin adelfoi thn carin tou qeou thn dedomenhn en taiV ekklhsiaiV thV makedoniaV |
2 | oti en pollh dokimh qliyewV h perisseia thV caraV autwn kai h kata baqouV ptwceia autwn eperisseusen eiV ton plouton thV aplothtoV autwn |
3 | oti kata dunamin marturw kai uper dunamin auqairetoi |
4 | meta pollhV paraklhsewV deomenoi hmwn thn carin kai thn koinwnian thV diakoniaV thV eiV touV agiouV dexasqai hmaV |
5 | kai ou kaqwV hlpisamen all eautouV edwkan prwton tw kuriw kai hmin dia qelhmatoV qeou |
6 | eiV to parakalesai hmaV titon ina kaqwV proenhrxato outwV kai epitelesh eiV umaV kai thn carin tauthn |
7 | all wsper en panti perisseuete pistei kai logw kai gnwsei kai pash spoudh kai th ex umwn en hmin agaph ina kai en tauth th cariti perisseuhte |
8 | ou kat epitaghn legw alla dia thV eterwn spoudhV kai to thV umeteraV agaphV gnhsion dokimazwn |
9 | ginwskete gar thn carin tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou oti di umaV eptwceusen plousioV wn ina umeiV th ekeinou ptwceia plouthshte |
10 | kai gnwmhn en toutw didwmi touto gar umin sumferei oitineV ou monon to poihsai alla kai to qelein proenhrxasqe apo perusi |
11 | nuni de kai to poihsai epitelesate opwV kaqaper h proqumia tou qelein outwV kai to epitelesai ek tou ecein |
12 | ei gar h proqumia prokeitai kaqo ean ech tiV euprosdektoV ou kaqo ouk ecei |
13 | ou gar ina alloiV anesiV umin de qliyiV all ex isothtoV en tw nun kairw to umwn perisseuma eiV to ekeinwn usterhma |
14 | ina kai to ekeinwn perisseuma genhtai eiV to umwn usterhma opwV genhtai isothV |
15 | kaqwV gegraptai o to polu ouk epleonasen kai o to oligon ouk hlattonhsen |
16 | cariV de tw qew tw didonti thn authn spoudhn uper umwn en th kardia titou |
17 | oti thn men paraklhsin edexato spoudaioteroV de uparcwn auqairetoV exhlqen proV umaV |
18 | sunepemyamen de met autou ton adelfon ou o epainoV en tw euaggeliw dia paswn twn ekklhsiwn |
19 | ou monon de alla kai ceirotonhqeiV upo twn ekklhsiwn sunekdhmoV hmwn sun th cariti tauth th diakonoumenh uf hmwn proV thn autou tou kuriou doxan kai proqumian umwn |
20 | stellomenoi touto mh tiV hmaV mwmhshtai en th adrothti tauth th diakonoumenh uf hmwn |
21 | pronooumenoi kala ou monon enwpion kuriou alla kai enwpion anqrwpwn |
22 | sunepemyamen de autoiV ton adelfon hmwn on edokimasamen en polloiV pollakiV spoudaion onta nuni de polu spoudaioteron pepoiqhsei pollh th eiV umaV |
23 | eite uper titou koinwnoV emoV kai eiV umaV sunergoV eite adelfoi hmwn apostoloi ekklhsiwn doxa cristou |
24 | thn oun endeixin thV agaphV umwn kai hmwn kauchsewV uper umwn eiV autouV endeixasqe kai eiV proswpon twn ekklhsiwn |