| Chapter 3 |
1 | toutou carin egw pauloV o desmioV tou cristou ihsou uper umwn twn eqnwn |
2 | eige hkousate thn oikonomian thV caritoV tou qeou thV doqeishV moi eiV umaV |
3 | oti kata apokaluyin egnwrisen moi to musthrion kaqwV proegraya en oligw |
4 | proV o dunasqe anaginwskonteV nohsai thn sunesin mou en tw musthriw tou cristou |
5 | o en eteraiV geneaiV ouk egnwrisqh toiV uioiV twn anqrwpwn wV nun apekalufqh toiV agioiV apostoloiV autou kai profhtaiV en pneumati |
6 | einai ta eqnh sugklhronoma kai susswma kai summetoca thV epaggeliaV autou en tw cristw dia tou euaggeliou |
7 | ou egenomhn diakonoV kata thn dwrean thV caritoV tou qeou thn doqeisan moi kata thn energeian thV dunamewV autou |
8 | emoi tw elacistoterw pantwn twn agiwn edoqh h cariV auth en toiV eqnesin euaggelisasqai ton anexicniaston plouton tou cristou |
9 | kai fwtisai pantaV tiV h koinwnia tou musthriou tou apokekrummenou apo twn aiwnwn en tw qew tw ta panta ktisanti dia ihsou cristou |
10 | ina gnwrisqh nun taiV arcaiV kai taiV exousiaiV en toiV epouranioiV dia thV ekklhsiaV h polupoikiloV sofia tou qeou |
11 | kata proqesin twn aiwnwn hn epoihsen en cristw ihsou tw kuriw hmwn |
12 | en w ecomen thn parrhsian kai thn prosagwghn en pepoiqhsei dia thV pistewV autou |
13 | dio aitoumai mh ekkakein en taiV qliyesin mou uper umwn htiV estin doxa umwn |
14 | toutou carin kamptw ta gonata mou proV ton patera tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou |
15 | ex ou pasa patria en ouranoiV kai epi ghV onomazetai |
16 | ina dwh umin kata ton plouton thV doxhV autou dunamei krataiwqhnai dia tou pneumatoV autou eiV ton esw anqrwpon |
17 | katoikhsai ton criston dia thV pistewV en taiV kardiaiV umwn |
18 | en agaph errizwmenoi kai teqemeliwmenoi ina exiscushte katalabesqai sun pasin toiV agioiV ti to platoV kai mhkoV kai baqoV kai uyoV |
19 | gnwnai te thn uperballousan thV gnwsewV agaphn tou cristou ina plhrwqhte eiV pan to plhrwma tou qeou |
20 | tw de dunamenw uper panta poihsai uper ek perissou wn aitoumeqa h nooumen kata thn dunamin thn energoumenhn en hmin |
21 | autw h doxa en th ekklhsia en cristw ihsou eiV pasaV taV geneaV tou aiwnoV twn aiwnwn amhn |