1:1 sumewn petrov, doulov kai apostolov ihsou cristou, toiv isotimon hmin lacousin pistin en dikaiosunh tou yeou hmwn kai swthrov ihsou cristou:
1:2 cariv umin kai eirhnh plhyunyeih en epignwsei tou yeou kai ihsou tou kuriou hmwn.
1:3 wv panta hmin thv yeiav dunamewv autou ta prov zwhn kai eusebeian dedwrhmenhv dia thv epignwsewv tou kalesantov hmav dia doxhv kai arethv,
1:4 di wn ta timia hmin kai megista epaggelmata dedwrhtai, ina dia toutwn genhsye yeiav koinwnoi fusewv apofugontev thv en kosmw en epiyumia fyorav.
1:5 kai auto touto de spoudhn pasan pareisenegkantev epicorhghsate en th pistei umwn thn arethn, en de th areth thn gnwsin,
1:6 en de th gnwsei thn egkrateian, en de th egkrateia thn upomonhn, en de th upomonh thn eusebeian,
1:7 en de th eusebeia thn filadelfian, en de th filadelfia thn agaphn.
1:8 tauta gar umin uparconta kai pleonazonta ouk argouv oude akarpouv kayisthsin eiv thn tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou epignwsin:
1:9 w gar mh parestin tauta, tuflov estin, muwpazwn, lhyhn labwn tou kayarismou twn palai autou amartiwn.
1:10 dio mallon, adelfoi, spoudasate bebaian umwn thn klhsin kai ekloghn poieisyai: tauta gar poiountev ou mh ptaishte pote.
1:11 outwv gar plousiwv epicorhghyhsetai umin h eisodov eiv thn aiwnion basileian tou kuriou hmwn kai swthrov ihsou cristou.
1:12 dio ouk amelhsw aei umav upomimnhskein peri toutwn, kaiper eidotav kai esthrigmenouv en th paroush alhyeia.
1:13 dikaion de hgoumai, ef oson eimi en toutw tw skhnwmati, diegeirein umav en upomnhsei,
1:14 eidwv oti tacinh estin h apoyesiv tou skhnwmatov mou, kaywv kai o kuriov hmwn ihsouv cristov edhlwsen moi.
1:15 spoudasw de kai ekastote ecein umav meta thn emhn exodon thn toutwn mnhmhn poieisyai.
1:16 ou gar sesofismenoiv muyoiv exakolouyhsantev egnwrisamen umin thn tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou dunamin kai parousian, all epoptai genhyentev thv ekeinou megaleiothtov.
1:17 labwn gar para yeou patrov timhn kai doxan fwnhv enecyeishv autw toiasde upo thv megaloprepouv doxhv, outov estin o uiov mou o agaphtov, eiv on egw eudokhsa, --
1:18 kai tauthn thn fwnhn hmeiv hkousamen ex ouranou enecyeisan, sun autw ontev en tw orei tw agiw.
1:19 kai ecomen bebaioteron ton profhtikon logon, w kalwv poieite prosecontev wv lucnw fainonti en aucmhrw topw, ewv ou hmera diaugash kai fwsforov anateilh en taiv kardiaiv umwn,
1:20 touto prwton ginwskontev, oti pasa profhteia grafhv idiav epilusewv ou ginetai.
1:21 ou gar yelhmati anyrwpou hnecyh pote profhteia, all upo pneumatov agiou feromenoi elalhsan agioi yeou anyrwpoi.
2:1 egenonto de kai qeudoprofhtai en tw law, wv kai en umin esontai qeudodidaskaloi, oitinev pareisaxousin aireseiv apwleiav, kai ton agorasanta autouv despothn arnoumenoi, epagontev eautoiv tacinhn apwleian:
2:2 kai polloi exakolouyhsousin autwn taiv aselgeiaiv, di ouv h odov thv alhyeiav blasfhmhyhsetai:
2:3 kai en pleonexia plastoiv logoiv umav emporeusontai, oiv to krima ekpalai ouk argei, kai h apwleia autwn ou nustaxei.
2:4 ei gar o yeov aggelwn amarthsantwn ouk efeisato, alla seiraiv zofou tartarwsav paredwken eiv krisin throumenouv,
2:5 kai arcaiou kosmou ouk efeisato, alla ogdoon nwe dikaiosunhv khruka efulaxen, kataklusmon kosmw asebwn epaxav,
2:6 kai poleiv sodomwn kai gomorrav tefrwsav katastrofh katekrinen, upodeigma mellontwn asebein teyeikwv,
2:7 kai dikaion lwt kataponoumenon upo thv twn ayesmwn en aselgeia anastrofhv errusato:
2:8 blemmati gar kai akoh o dikaiov, egkatoikwn en autoiv, hmeran ex hmerav quchn dikaian anomoiv ergoiv ebasanizen: --
2:9 oiden kuriov eusebeiv ek peirasmou ruesyai, adikouv de eiv hmeran krisewv kolazomenouv threin,
2:10 malista de touv opisw sarkov en epiyumia miasmou poreuomenouv kai kuriothtov katafronountav. tolmhtai, auyadeiv! doxav ou tremousin blasfhmountev,
2:11 opou aggeloi, iscui kai dunamei meizonev ontev, ou ferousin kat autwn para kuriw blasfhmon krisin.
2:12 outoi de, wv aloga zwa fusika gegenhmena eiv alwsin kai fyoran, en oiv agnoousin blasfhmountev, en th fyora autwn katafyarhsontai,
2:13 komioumenoi misyon adikiav, hdonhn hgoumenoi thn en hmera trufhn, spiloi kai mwmoi, entrufwntev en taiv apataiv autwn, suneuwcoumenoi umin,
2:14 ofyalmouv econtev mestouv moicalidov kai akatapaustouv amartiav, deleazontev qucav asthriktouv, kardian gegumnasmenhn pleonexiav econtev, katarav tekna!
2:15 katalipontev euyeian odon eplanhyhsan, exakolouyhsantev th odw tou balaam tou bosor, ov misyon adikiav hgaphsen,
2:16 elegxin de escen idiav paranomiav: upozugion afwnon en anyrwpou fwnh fyegxamenon ekwlusen thn tou profhtou parafronian.
2:17 outoi eisin phgai anudroi, nefelai upo lailapov elaunomenai, oiv o zofov tou skotouv eiv aiwna tethrhtai.
2:18 uperogka gar mataiothtov fyeggomenoi deleazousin en epiyumiaiv sarkov aselgeiaiv touv ontwv apofugontav touv en planh anastrefomenouv,
2:19 eleuyerian autoiv epaggellomenoi, autoi douloi uparcontev thv fyorav: w gar tiv htthtai, toutw kai dedoulwtai.
2:20 ei gar apofugontev ta miasmata tou kosmou en epignwsei tou kuriou kai swthrov ihsou cristou, toutoiv de palin emplakentev httwntai, gegonen autoiv ta escata ceirona twn prwtwn.
2:21 kreitton gar hn autoiv mh epegnwkenai thn odon thv dikaiosunhv h epignousin epistreqai ek thv paradoyeishv autoiv agiav entolhv.
2:22 sumbebhken de autoiv to thv alhyouv paroimiav, kuwn epistreqav epi to idion exerama, kai, uv lousamenh eiv kulisma borborou.
3:1 tauthn hdh, agaphtoi, deuteran umin grafw epistolhn, en aiv diegeirw umwn en upomnhsei thn eilikrinh dianoian,
3:2 mnhsyhnai twn proeirhmenwn rhmatwn upo twn agiwn profhtwn kai thv twn apostolwn umwn entolhv tou kuriou kai swthrov,
3:3 touto prwton ginwskontev, oti eleusontai ep escatwn twn hmerwn empaiktai, kata tav idiav epiyumiav autwn poreuomenoi
3:4 kai legontev: pou estin h epaggelia thv parousiav autou; af hv gar oi paterev ekoimhyhsan, panta outwv diamenei ap archv ktisewv.
3:5 lanyanei gar autouv touto yelontav oti ouranoi hsan ekpalai kai gh ex udatov kai di udatov sunestwsa tw tou yeou logw,
3:6 di wn o tote kosmov udati kataklusyeiv apwleto:
3:7 oi de nun ouranoi kai h gh tw autou logw teyhsaurismenoi eisin puri throumenoi eiv hmeran krisewv kai apwleiav twn asebwn anyrwpwn.
3:8 en de touto mh lanyanetw umav, agaphtoi, oti mia hmera para kuriw wv cilia eth, kai cilia eth wv hmera mia.
3:9 ou bradunei o kuriov thv epaggeliav, wv tinev braduthta hgountai, alla makroyumei eiv hmav, mh boulomenov tinav apolesyai, alla pantav eiv metanoian cwrhsai.
3:10 hxei de h hmera kuriou wv klepthv en nukti, en h ouranoi roizhdon pareleusontai, stoiceia de kausoumena luyhsontai, kai gh kai ta en auth erga katakahsetai.
3:11 toutwn oun pantwn luomenwn potapouv dei uparcein umav en agiaiv anastrofaiv kai eusebeiaiv,
3:12 prosdokwntav kai speudontav thn parousian thv tou yeou hmerav, di hn ouranoi puroumenoi luyhsontai kai stoiceia kausoumena thketai!
3:13 kainouv de ouranouv kai ghn kainhn kata to epaggelma autou prosdokwmen, en oiv dikaiosunh katoikei.
3:14 dio, agaphtoi, tauta prosdokwntev spoudasate aspiloi kai amwmhtoi autw eureyhnai en eirhnh,
3:15 kai thn tou kuriou hmwn makroyumian swthrian hgeisye, kaywv kai o agaphtov hmwn adelfov paulov kata thn autw doyeisan sofian egraqen umin,
3:16 wv kai en pasaiv taiv epistolaiv lalwn en autaiv peri toutwn, en oiv estin dusnohta tina, a oi amayeiv kai asthriktoi streblousin wv kai tav loipav grafav prov thn idian autwn apwleian.
3:17 umeiv oun, agaphtoi, proginwskontev fulassesye, ina mh th twn ayesmwn planh sunapacyentev ekpeshte tou idiou sthrigmou,
3:18 auxanete de en cariti kai gnwsei tou kuriou hmwn kai swthrov ihsou cristou. autw h doxa kai nun kai eiv hmeran aiwnov: amhn.
