| Chapter 3 |
1 | mh polloi didaskaloi ginesqe adelfoi mou eidoteV oti meizon krima lhyomeqa |
2 | polla gar ptaiomen apanteV ei tiV en logw ou ptaiei outoV teleioV anhr dunatoV calinagwghsai kai olon to swma |
3 | idou twn ippwn touV calinouV eiV ta stomata ballomen proV to peiqesqai autouV hmin kai olon to swma autwn metagomen |
4 | idou kai ta ploia thlikauta onta kai upo sklhrwn anemwn elaunomena metagetai upo elacistou phdaliou opou an h ormh tou euqunontoV boulhtai |
5 | outwV kai h glwssa mikron meloV estin kai megalaucei idou oligon pur hlikhn ulhn anaptei |
6 | kai h glwssa pur o kosmoV thV adikiaV outwV h glwssa kaqistatai en toiV melesin hmwn h spilousa olon to swma kai flogizousa ton trocon thV genesewV kai flogizomenh upo thV geennhV |
7 | pasa gar fusiV qhriwn te kai peteinwn erpetwn te kai enaliwn damazetai kai dedamastai th fusei th anqrwpinh |
8 | thn de glwssan oudeiV dunatai anqrwpwn damasai akatasceton kakon mesth iou qanathforou |
9 | en auth eulogoumen ton qeon kai patera kai en auth katarwmeqa touV anqrwpouV touV kaq omoiwsin qeou gegonotaV |
10 | ek tou autou stomatoV exercetai eulogia kai katara ou crh adelfoi mou tauta outwV ginesqai |
11 | mhti h phgh ek thV authV ophV bruei to gluku kai to pikron |
12 | mh dunatai adelfoi mou sukh elaiaV poihsai h ampeloV suka outwV oudemia phgh alukon kai gluku poihsai udwr |
13 | tiV sofoV kai episthmwn en umin deixatw ek thV kalhV anastrofhV ta erga autou en prauthti sofiaV |
14 | ei de zhlon pikron ecete kai eriqeian en th kardia umwn mh katakaucasqe kai yeudesqe kata thV alhqeiaV |
15 | ouk estin auth h sofia anwqen katercomenh all epigeioV yucikh daimoniwdhV |
16 | opou gar zhloV kai eriqeia ekei akatastasia kai pan faulon pragma |
17 | h de anwqen sofia prwton men agnh estin epeita eirhnikh epieikhV eupeiqhV mesth eleouV kai karpwn agaqwn adiakritoV kai anupokritoV |
18 | karpoV de thV dikaiosunhV en eirhnh speiretai toiV poiousin eirhnhn |