Chapter 8 | |
1 | gnwrizomen de umin adelfoi thn carin tou yeou thn dedomenhn en taiv ekklhsiaiv thv makedoniav |
2 | oti en pollh dokimh yliqewv h perisseia thv carav autwn kai h kata bayouv ptwceia autwn eperisseusen eiv ton plouton thv aplothtov autwn |
3 | oti kata dunamin marturw kai uper dunamin auyairetoi |
4 | meta pollhv paraklhsewv deomenoi hmwn thn carin kai thn koinwnian thv diakoniav thv eiv touv agiouv dexasyai hmav |
5 | kai ou kaywv hlpisamen all eautouv edwkan prwton tw kuriw kai hmin dia yelhmatov yeou |
6 | eiv to parakalesai hmav titon ina kaywv proenhrxato outwv kai epitelesh eiv umav kai thn carin tauthn |
7 | all wsper en panti perisseuete pistei kai logw kai gnwsei kai pash spoudh kai th ex umwn en hmin agaph ina kai en tauth th cariti perisseuhte |
8 | ou kat epitaghn legw alla dia thv eterwn spoudhv kai to thv umeterav agaphv gnhsion dokimazwn |
9 | ginwskete gar thn carin tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou oti di umav eptwceusen plousiov wn ina umeiv th ekeinou ptwceia plouthshte |
10 | kai gnwmhn en toutw didwmi touto gar umin sumferei oitinev ou monon to poihsai alla kai to yelein proenhrxasye apo perusi |
11 | nuni de kai to poihsai epitelesate opwv kayaper h proyumia tou yelein outwv kai to epitelesai ek tou ecein |
12 | ei gar h proyumia prokeitai kayo ean ech tiv euprosdektov ou kayo ouk ecei |
13 | ou gar ina alloiv anesiv umin de yliqiv all ex isothtov en tw nun kairw to umwn perisseuma eiv to ekeinwn usterhma |
14 | ina kai to ekeinwn perisseuma genhtai eiv to umwn usterhma opwv genhtai isothv |
15 | kaywv gegraptai o to polu ouk epleonasen kai o to oligon ouk hlattonhsen |
16 | cariv de tw yew tw didonti thn authn spoudhn uper umwn en th kardia titou |
17 | oti thn men paraklhsin edexato spoudaioterov de uparcwn auyairetov exhlyen prov umav |
18 | sunepemqamen de met autou ton adelfon ou o epainov en tw euaggeliw dia paswn twn ekklhsiwn |
19 | ou monon de alla kai ceirotonhyeiv upo twn ekklhsiwn sunekdhmov hmwn sun th cariti tauth th diakonoumenh uf hmwn prov thn autou tou kuriou doxan kai proyumian umwn |
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stellomenoi touto mh tiv hmav mwmhshtai en th adrothti tauth th diakonoumenh uf hmwn |
21 | pronooumenoi kala ou monon enwpion kuriou alla kai enwpion anyrwpwn |
22 | sunepemqamen de autoiv ton adelfon hmwn on edokimasamen en polloiv pollakiv spoudaion onta nuni de polu spoudaioteron pepoiyhsei pollh th eiv umav |
23 | eite uper titou koinwnov emov kai eiv umav sunergov eite adelfoi hmwn apostoloi ekklhsiwn doxa cristou |
24 | thn oun endeixin thv agaphv umwn kai hmwn kauchsewv uper umwn eiv autouv endeixasye kai eiv proswpon twn ekklhsiwn |