| Chapter 4 |
1 | [] Dia touto, econteV thn diakonian tauthn, kaqwV hlehqhmen, den apokamnomen, |
2 | all' aphrnhqhmen ta krupta thV aiscunhV, mh peripatounteV en panourgia mhde dolononteV ton logon tou Qeou, alla me thn fanerwsin thV alhqeiaV sunistwnteV eautouV proV pasan suneidhsin anqrwpwn enwpion tou Qeou. |
3 | Ean de kai hnai to euaggelion hmwn kekalummenon, eiV touV apollumenouV einai kekalummenon, |
4 | twn opoiwn apistwn ontwn o QeoV tou kosmou toutou etuflwse ton noun, dia na mh epilamyh eiV autouV o fwtismoV tou euaggeliou thV doxhV tou Cristou, ostiV einai eikwn tou Qeou. |
5 | Dioti hmeiV den khruttomen eautouV, alla ton Criston Ihsoun ton Kurion, eautouV de doulouV umwn dia ton Ihsoun. |
6 | Dioti o QeoV o eipwn na lamyh fwV ek tou skotouV, einai ostiV elamyen en taiV kardiaiV hmwn proV fwtismon thV gnwsewV thV doxhV tou Qeou dia tou proswpou tou Ihsou Cristou. |
7 | Ecomen de ton qhsauron touton eiV ostrakina skeuh, dia na hnai h uperbolh thV dunamewV tou Qeou kai ouci ex hmwn, |
8 | [] kata panta qlibomenoi all' ouci stenocwroumenoi, aporoumenoi all' ouci apelpizomenoi, |
9 | diwkomenoi all' ouci egkataleipomenoi, kataballomenoi all' ouci apollumenoi, |
10 | pantote thn nekrwsin tou Kuriou Ihsou periferonteV en tw swmati, dia na fanerwqh en tw swmati hmwn kai h zwh tou Ihsou. |
11 | Dioti hmeiV oi zwnteV paradidomeqa pantote eiV ton qanaton dia ton Ihsoun, dia na fanerwqh kai h zwh tou Ihsou en th qnhth hmwn sarki. |
12 | Wste o men qanatoV energeitai en hmin, h de zwh en umin. |
13 | EconteV de to auto pneuma thV pistewV kata to gegrammenon, Episteusa, dio elalhsa, kai hmeiV pisteuomen, dio kai laloumen, |
14 | exeuronteV oti o anasthsaV ton Kurion Ihsoun qelei anasthsei kai hmaV dia tou Ihsou kai parasthsei meq' umwn. |
15 | Dioti ta panta einai dia saV, wste h cariV, pleonasasa dia thn eucaristian twn pleioterwn, na perisseush eiV thn doxan tou Qeou. |
16 | Dia touto den apokamnomen, all' ean kai o exwterikoV hmwn anqrwpoV fqeirhtai, o eswterikoV omwV ananeoutai kaq' ekasthn hmeran. |
17 | Dioti h proswrinh elafra qliyiV hmwn ergazetai eiV hmaV kaq' uperbolhn eiV uperbolhn aiwnion baroV doxhV, |
18 | epeidh hmeiV den enatenizomen eiV ta blepomena, all' eiV ta mh blepomena× dioti ta blepomena einai proskaira, ta de mh blepomena aiwnia. |