1:1 paulov, apostolov cristou ihsou dia yelhmatov yeou kat epaggelian zwhv thv en cristw ihsou,
1:2 timoyew agaphtw teknw: cariv, eleov, eirhnh apo yeou patrov kai cristou ihsou tou kuriou hmwn.
1:3 carin ecw tw yew, w latreuw apo progonwn en kayara suneidhsei, wv adialeipton ecw thn peri sou mneian en taiv dehsesin mou nuktov kai hmerav,
1:4 epipoywn se idein, memnhmenov sou twn dakruwn, ina carav plhrwyw,
1:5 upomnhsin lambanwn thv en soi anupokritou pistewv, htiv enwkhsen prwton en th mammh sou lwidi kai th mhtri sou eunikh, pepeismai de oti kai en soi.
1:6 di hn aitian anamimnhskw se anazwpurein to carisma tou yeou, o estin en soi dia thv epiyesewv twn ceirwn mou:
1:7 ou gar edwken hmin o yeov pneuma deiliav, alla dunamewv kai agaphv kai swfronismou.
1:8 mh oun epaiscunyhv to marturion tou kuriou hmwn mhde eme ton desmion autou, alla sugkakopayhson tw euaggeliw kata dunamin yeou,
1:9 tou swsantov hmav kai kalesantov klhsei agia, ou kata ta erga hmwn, alla kat idian proyesin kai carin, thn doyeisan hmin en cristw ihsou pro cronwn aiwniwn,
1:10 fanerwyeisan de nun dia thv epifaneiav tou swthrov hmwn ihsou cristou, katarghsantov men ton yanaton, fwtisantov de zwhn kai afyarsian dia tou euaggeliou,
1:11 eiv o eteyhn egw khrux kai apostolov kai didaskalov eynwn.
1:12 di hn aitian kai tauta pascw, all ouk epaiscunomai: oida gar w pepisteuka, kai pepeismai oti dunatov estin thn parayhkhn mou fulaxai eiv ekeinhn thn hmeran.
1:13 upotupwsin ece ugiainontwn logwn wn par emou hkousav, en pistei kai agaph th en cristw ihsou:
1:14 thn kalhn parayhkhn fulaxon dia pneumatov agiou tou enoikountov en hmin.
1:15 oidav touto, oti apestrafhsan me pantev oi en th asia, wn estin fugellov kai ermogenhv.
1:16 dwh eleov o kuriov tw onhsiforou oikw, oti pollakiv me anequxen kai thn alusin mou ouk epaiscunyh,
1:17 alla genomenov en rwmh spoudaioteron ezhthsen me kai euren:
1:18 dwh autw o kuriov eurein eleov para kuriou en ekeinh th hmera: kai osa en efesw dihkonhsen, beltion su ginwskeiv.
2:1 su oun, teknon mou, endunamou en th cariti th en cristw ihsou,
2:2 kai a hkousav par emou dia pollwn marturwn, tauta parayou pistoiv anyrwpoiv, oitinev ikanoi esontai kai eterouv didaxai.
2:3 su oun kakopayhson wv kalov stratiwthv ihsou cristou.
2:4 oudeiv strateuomenov empleketai taiv tou biou pragmateiaiv, ina tw stratologhsanti aresh.
2:5 ean de kai aylh tiv, ou stefanoutai, ean mh nomimwv aylhsh.
2:6 ton kopiwnta gewrgon dei prwton twn karpwn metalambanein.
2:7 noei a legw: dwh gar soi o kuriov sunesin en pasin.
2:8 mnhmoneue ihsoun criston eghgermenon ek nekrwn, ek spermatov dauid, kata to euaggelion mou,
2:9 en w kakopayw mecri desmwn wv kakourgov: all o logov tou yeou ou dedetai.
2:10 dia touto panta upomenw dia touv eklektouv, ina kai autoi swthriav tucwsin thv en cristw ihsou meta doxhv aiwniou.
2:11 pistov o logov: ei gar sunapeyanomen, kai suzhsomen:
2:12 ei upomenomen, kai sumbasileusomen: ei arnoumeya, kakeinov arnhsetai hmav:
2:13 ei apistoumen, ekeinov pistov menei: arnhsasyai eauton ou dunatai.
2:14 tauta upomimnhske, diamarturomenov enwpion tou kuriou mh logomacein eiv ouden crhsimon, epi katastrofh twn akouontwn.
2:15 spoudason seauton dokimon parasthsai tw yew, ergathn anepaiscunton, oryotomounta ton logon thv alhyeiav.
2:16 tav de bebhlouv kenofwniav periistaso: epi pleion gar prokoqousin asebeiav,
2:17 kai o logov autwn wv gaggraina nomhn exei: wn estin umenaiov kai filhtov,
2:18 oitinev peri thn alhyeian hstochsan, legontev thn anastasin hdh gegonenai, kai anatrepousin thn tinwn pistin.
2:19 o mentoi stereov yemeliov tou yeou esthken, ecwn thn sfragida tauthn: egnw kuriov touv ontav autou: kai: aposthtw apo adikiav pav o onomazwn to onoma kuriou.
2:20 en megalh de oikia ouk estin monon skeuh crusa kai argura, alla kai xulina kai ostrakina, kai a men eiv timhn, a de eiv atimian.
2:21 ean oun tiv ekkayarh eauton apo toutwn, estai skeuov eiv timhn, hgiasmenon kai eucrhston tw despoth, eiv pan ergon agayon htoimasmenon.
2:22 tav de newterikav epiyumiav feuge, diwke de dikaiosunhn, pistin, agaphn, eirhnhn meta twn epikaloumenwn ton kurion ek kayarav kardiav.
2:23 tav de mwrav kai apaideutouv zhthseiv paraitou, eidwv oti gennwsin macav:
2:24 doulon de kuriou ou dei macesyai, all hpion einai prov pantav, didaktikon, anexikakon,
2:25 en praothti paideuonta touv antidiatiyemenouv, mhpote dw autoiv o yeov metanoian eiv epignwsin alhyeiav,
2:26 kai ananhqwsin ek thv tou diabolou pagidov, ezwgrhmenoi up autou eiv to ekeinou yelhma.
3:1 touto de ginwske, oti en escataiv hmeraiv ensthsontai kairoi calepoi:
3:2 esontai gar oi anyrwpoi filautoi, filarguroi, alazonev, uperhfanoi, blasfhmoi, goneusin apeiyeiv, acaristoi, anosioi,
3:3 astorgoi, aspondoi, diaboloi, akrateiv, anhmeroi, afilagayoi,
3:4 prodotai, propeteiv, tetufwmenoi, filhdonoi mallon h filoyeoi,
3:5 econtev morfwsin eusebeiav, thn de dunamin authv hrnhmenoi. kai toutouv apotrepou.
3:6 ek toutwn gar eisin oi endunontev eiv tav oikiav kai aicmalwtizontev gunaikaria seswreumena amartiaiv, agomena epiyumiaiv poikilaiv,
3:7 pantote manyanonta kai mhdepote eiv epignwsin alhyeiav elyein dunamena.
3:8 on tropon de iannhv kai iambrhv antesthsan mwusei, outwv kai outoi anyistantai th alhyeia, anyrwpoi katefyarmenoi ton noun, adokimoi peri thn pistin.
3:9 all ou prokoqousin epi pleion: h gar anoia autwn ekdhlov estai pasin, wv kai h ekeinwn egeneto.
3:10 su de parhkolouyhkav mou th didaskalia, th agwgh, th proyesei, th pistei, th makroyumia, th agaph, th upomonh,
3:11 toiv diwgmoiv, toiv payhmasin, oia moi egenonto en antioceia, en ikoniw, en lustroiv. oiouv diwgmouv uphnegka! kai ek pantwn me errusato o kuriov.
3:12 kai pantev de oi yelontev eusebwv zhn en cristw ihsou diwcyhsontai:
3:13 ponhroi de anyrwpoi kai gohtev prokoqousin epi to ceiron, planwntev kai planwmenoi.
3:14 su de mene en oiv emayev kai epistwyhv, eidwv para tinov emayev,
3:15 kai oti apo brefouv ta iera grammata oidav, ta dunamena se sofisai eiv swthrian dia pistewv thv en cristw ihsou.
3:16 pasa grafh yeopneustov kai wfelimov prov didaskalian, prov elegcon, prov epanorywsin, prov paideian thn en dikaiosunh,
3:17 ina artiov h o tou yeou anyrwpov, prov pan ergon agayon exhrtismenov.
4:1 diamarturomai oun egw enwpion tou yeou kai tou kuriou ihsou cristou, tou mellontov krinein zwntav kai nekrouv kata thn epifaneian autou kai thn basileian autou,
4:2 khruxon ton logon, episthyi eukairwv akairwv, elegxon, epitimhson, parakaleson, en pash makroyumia kai didach.
4:3 estai gar kairov ote thv ugiainoushv didaskaliav ouk anexontai, alla kata tav epiyumiav tav idiav eautoiv episwreusousin didaskalouv knhyomenoi thn akohn,
4:4 kai apo men thv alhyeiav thn akohn apostreqousin, epi de touv muyouv ektraphsontai.
4:5 su de nhfe en pasin, kakopayhson, ergon poihson euaggelistou, thn diakonian sou plhroforhson.
4:6 egw gar hdh spendomai, kai o kairov thv emhv analusewv efesthken.
4:7 ton agwna ton kalon hgwnismai, ton dromon teteleka, thn pistin tethrhka:
4:8 loipon apokeitai moi o thv dikaiosunhv stefanov, on apodwsei moi o kuriov en ekeinh th hmera, o dikaiov krithv, ou monon de emoi, alla kai pasin toiv hgaphkosin thn epifaneian autou.
4:9 spoudason elyein prov me tacewv:
4:10 dhmav gar me egkatelipen agaphsav ton nun aiwna, kai eporeuyh eiv yessalonikhn, krhskhv eiv galatian, titov eiv dalmatian:
4:11 loukav estin monov met emou. markon analabwn age meta seautou: estin gar moi eucrhstov eiv diakonian.
4:12 tucikon de apesteila eiv efeson.
4:13 ton failonhn, on apelipon en trwadi para karpw, ercomenov fere, kai ta biblia, malista tav membranav.
4:14 alexandrov o calkeuv polla moi kaka enedeixato: apodwh autw o kuriov kata ta erga autou:
4:15 on kai su fulassou: lian gar anyesthken toiv hmeteroiv logoiv.
4:16 en th prwth mou apologia oudeiv moi sumparegeneto, alla pantev me egkatelipon: mh autoiv logisyeih:
4:17 o de kuriov moi paresth kai enedunamwsen me, ina di emou to khrugma plhroforhyh kai akoush panta ta eynh: kai errusyhn ek stomatov leontov.
4:18 kai rusetai me o kuriov apo pantov ergou ponhrou kai swsei eiv thn basileian autou thn epouranion: w h doxa eiv touv aiwnav twn aiwnwn: amhn.
4:19 aspasai priskan kai akulan kai ton onhsiforou oikon.
4:20 erastov emeinen en korinyw, trofimon de apelipon en milhtw asyenounta.
4:21 spoudason pro ceimwnov elyein. aspazetai se euboulov kai poudhv kai linov kai klaudia kai oi adelfoi pantev.
4:22 o kuriov ihsouv cristov meta tou pneumatov sou. h cariv mey umwn: amhn.
