| Chapter 1 |
1 | [] PauloV, apostoloV Ihsou Cristou, kat' epitaghn Qeou tou SwthroV hmwn kai Kuriou Ihsou Cristou thV elpidoV hmwn, |
2 | proV Timoqeon, to gnhsion teknon eiV thn pistin× eih cariV, eleoV, eirhnh apo Qeou PatroV hmwn kai Cristou Ihsou tou Kuriou hmwn. |
3 | KaqwV se parekalesa apercomenoV eiV Makedonian, na prosmeinhV en Efesw, dia na paraggeilhV eiV tinaV na mh eterodidaskalwsi |
4 | mhde na prosecwsin eiV muqouV kai genealogiaV aperantouV, aitineV proxenousi filoneikiaV mallon para thn eiV thn pistin oikodomhn tou Qeou, outw pratte× |
5 | [] to de teloV thV paraggeliaV einai agaph ek kaqaraV kardiaV kai suneidhsewV agaqhV kai pistewV anupokritou, |
6 | apo twn opoiwn apoplanhqenteV tineV exetraphsan eiV mataiologian. |
7 | QelonteV na hnai nomodidaskaloi, enw den noousin oute osa legousin oute peri tinwn diiscurizontai. |
8 | Exeuromen de oti o nomoV einai kaloV, ean tiV metaceirizhtai auton nomimwV, |
9 | gnwrizwn touto, oti o nomoV den eteqh dia ton dikaion, alla dia touV anomouV kai anupotaktouV, touV asebeiV kai amartwlouV, touV anosiouV kai bebhlouV, touV patroktonouV kai mhtroktonouV, touV androfonouV, |
10 | pornouV, arsenokoitaV, andrapodistaV, yeustaV, epiorkouV, kai ei ti allo antibainei eiV thn ugiainousan didaskalian, |
11 | kata to euaggelion thV doxhV tou makariou Qeou, to opoion egw enepisteuqhn. |
12 | [] Kai eucaristw ton endunamwsanta me Ihsoun Criston ton Kurion hmwn, oti enekrine piston kai etaxen eiV thn diakonian eme, |
13 | ton proteron onta blasfhmon kai diwkthn kai ubristhn× hlehqhn omwV, dioti agnown epraxa en apistia, |
14 | all' upereperisseusen h cariV tou Kuriou hmwn meta pistewV kai agaphV thV en Cristw Ihsou. |
15 | PistoV o logoV kai pashV apodochV axioV, oti o IhsouV CristoV hlqen eiV ton kosmon dia na swsh touV amartwlouV, twn opoiwn prwtoV eimai egw× |
16 | alla dia touto hlehqhn, dia na deixh o IhsouV CristoV eiV eme prwton thn pasan makroqumian, eiV paradeigma twn mellontwn na pisteuwsin eiV auton eiV zwhn aiwnion. |
17 | eiV de ton basilea twn aiwnwn, ton afqarton, ton aoraton, ton monon sofon Qeon, eih timh kai doxa eiV touV aiwnaV twn aiwnwn× amhn. |
18 | [] Tauthn thn paraggelian paradidw eiV se, teknon Timoqee, kata taV progenomenaV profhteiaV peri sou, na strateuhV kat' autaV thn kalhn strateian, |
19 | ecwn pistin kai agaqhn suneidhsin, thn opoian tineV apobalonteV enauaghsan eiV thn pistin× |
20 | ek twn opoiwn einai o UmenaioV kai AlexandroV, touV opoiouV paredwka eiV ton Satanan, dia na maqwsi na mh blasfhmwsi. |