1:1 paulov, desmiov cristou ihsou, kai timoyeov o adelfov, filhmoni tw agaphtw kai sunergw hmwn
1:2 kai apfia th agaphth kai arcippw tw sustratiwth hmwn kai th kat oikon sou ekklhsia:
1:3 cariv umin kai eirhnh apo yeou patrov hmwn kai kuriou ihsou cristou.
1:4 eucaristw tw yew mou pantote mneian sou poioumenov epi twn proseucwn mou,
1:5 akouwn sou thn agaphn kai thn pistin hn eceiv prov ton kurion ihsoun kai eiv pantav touv agiouv,
1:6 opwv h koinwnia thv pistewv sou energhv genhtai en epignwsei pantov agayou tou en hmin eiv criston ihsoun.
1:7 carin gar ecomen pollhn kai paraklhsin epi th agaph sou, oti ta splagcna twn agiwn anapepautai dia sou, adelfe.
1:8 dio, pollhn en cristw parrhsian ecwn epitassein soi to anhkon,
1:9 dia thn agaphn mallon parakalw: toioutov wn, wv paulov presbuthv, nuni de kai desmiov ihsou cristou,
1:10 parakalw se peri tou emou teknou, on egennhsa en toiv desmoiv mou, onhsimon,
1:11 ton pote soi acrhston, nuni de soi kai emoi eucrhston, on anepemqa:
1:12 su de auton, tout estin ta ema splagcna, proslabou:
1:13 on egw eboulomhn prov emauton katecein, ina uper sou diakonh moi en toiv desmoiv tou euaggeliou:
1:14 cwriv de thv shv gnwmhv ouden hyelhsa poihsai, ina mh wv kata anagkhn to agayon sou h, alla kata ekousion.
1:15 taca gar dia touto ecwrisyh prov wran, ina aiwnion auton apechv,
1:16 ouketi wv doulon, all uper doulon, adelfon agaphton, malista emoi, posw de mallon soi kai en sarki kai en kuriw!
1:17 ei oun me eceiv koinwnon, proslabou auton wv eme.
1:18 ei de ti hdikhsen se h ofeilei, touto emoi ellogei:
1:19 egw paulov egraqa th emh ceiri, egw apotisw: ina mh legw soi oti kai seauton moi prosofeileiv.
1:20 nai, adelfe, egw sou onaimhn en kuriw: anapauson mou ta splagcna en kuriw.
1:21 pepoiywv th upakoh sou egraqa soi, eidwv oti kai uper o legw poihseiv.
1:22 ama de kai etoimaze moi xenian: elpizw gar oti dia twn proseucwn umwn carisyhsomai umin.
1:23 aspazetai se epafrav o sunaicmalwtov mou en cristw ihsou,
1:24 markov, aristarcov, dhmav, loukav, oi sunergoi mou.
1:25 h cariv tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou meta tou pneumatov umwn: amhn.
