| Chapter 2 |
1 | [] Dioti qelw na exeurhte opoion megan agwna ecw dia saV kai touV en Laodikeia kai touV osoi den eidon to proswpon mou swmatikwV, |
2 | dia na parhgorhqwsin ai kardiai autwn, enwqentwn omou en agaph kai eiV panta plouton thV plhroforiaV thV sunesewV, wste na gnwriswsi to musthrion tou Qeou kai PatroV kai tou Cristou, |
3 | en tw opoiw einai kekrummenoi panteV oi qhsauroi thV sofiaV kai thV gnwsewV. |
4 | [] Legw de touto, dia na mh saV exapata tiV me piqanologian× |
5 | dioti an kai kata to swma hmai apwn, me to pneuma omwV eimai meq' umwn, cairwn kai blepwn thn taxin saV kai thn staqerothta thV eiV Criston pistewV saV. |
6 | KaqwV loipon parelabete ton Criston Ihsoun ton Kurion, en autw peripateite, |
7 | errizwmenoi kai epoikodhmoumenoi en autw kai stereoumenoi en th pistei kaqwV edidacqhte, perisseuonteV en auth meta eucaristiaV. |
8 | Blepete mh saV exapathsh tiV dia thV filosofiaV kai thV mataiaV apathV, kata thn paradosin twn anqrwpwn, kata ta stoiceia tou kosmou kai ouci kata Criston× |
9 | dioti en autw katoikei pan to plhrwma thV qeothtoV swmatikwV, |
10 | kai eisqe plhreiV en autw, ostiV einai h kefalh pashV archV kai exousiaV, |
11 | eiV ton opoion kai perietmhqhte me peritomhn aceiropoihton, apekduqenteV to swma twn amartiwn thV sarkoV dia thV peritomhV tou Cristou, |
12 | suntafenteV met' autou en tw baptismati, dia tou opoiou kai sunanesthte dia thV pistewV thV energeiaV tou Qeou, ostiV anesthsen auton ek twn nekrwn. |
13 | [] Kai esaV, ontaV nekrouV eiV ta amarthmata kai thn akrobustian thV sarkoV saV, sunezwopoihse met' autou, sugcwrhsaV eiV esaV panta ta ptaismata, |
14 | exaleiyaV to kaq' hmwn ceirografon, sunistamenon eiV diatagmata, to opoion hto enantion eiV hmaV, kai afhresen auto ek tou mesou, proshlwsaV auto epi tou staurou× |
15 | kai apogumnwsaV taV arcaV kai taV exousiaV, paredeigmatise parrhsia, qriambeusaV kat' autwn ep' autou. |
16 | [] AV mh saV krinh loipon mhdeiV dia faghton h dia poton h dia logon eorthV h neomhniaV h sabbatwn, |
17 | ta opoia einai skia twn mellontwn, to swma omwV einai tou Cristou. |
18 | AV mh saV sterhsh mhdeiV tou brabeiou me prospoihsin tapeinofrosunhV kai me qrhskeian twn aggelwn, embateuwn eiV pragmata ta opoia den eide, mataiwV fusioumenoV upo tou nooV thV sarkoV autou, |
19 | kai mh kratwn thn kefalhn, ton Criston, ek tou opoiou olon to swma dia twn armwn kai sundesmwn diathroumenon kai sundeomenon auxanei kata thn auxhsin tou Qeou. |
20 | Ean loipon apeqanete meta tou Cristou apo twn stoiceiwn tou kosmou, dia ti wV zwnteV en tw kosmw upokeisqe eiV diatagmata, |
21 | Mh piashV, mh geuqhV, mh eggishV, |
22 | ta opoia panta fqeirontai dia thV crhsewV, kata ta entalmata kai taV didaskaliaV twn anqrwpwn; |
23 | ta opoia ecousi fainomenon monon sofiaV eiV eqeloqrhskeian kai tapeinofrosunhn kai sklhragwgian tou swmatoV, eiV oudemian timhn econta thn eucaristhsin thV sarkoV. |