Chapter 4 | |
1 | cristou oun payontov uper hmwn sarki kai umeiv thn authn ennoian oplisasye oti o paywn en sarki pepautai amartiav |
2 | eiv to mhketi anyrwpwn epiyumiaiv alla yelhmati yeou ton epiloipon en sarki biwsai cronon |
3 |
arketov gar hmin o parelhluywv cronov tou biou to yelhma twn eynwn katergasasyai peporeumenouv en aselgeiaiv epiyumiaiv oinoflugiaiv kwmoiv potoiv kai ayemitoiv eidwlolatreiaiv |
4 | en w xenizontai mh suntrecontwn umwn eiv thn authn thv aswtiav anacusin blasfhmountev |
5 | oi apodwsousin logon tw etoimwv econti krinai zwntav kai nekrouv |
6 | eiv touto gar kai nekroiv euhggelisyh ina kriywsin men kata anyrwpouv sarki zwsin de kata yeon pneumati |
7 |
pantwn de to telov hggiken swfronhsate oun kai nhqate eiv tav proseucav |
8 | pro pantwn de thn eiv eautouv agaphn ektenh econtev oti agaph kaluqei plhyov amartiwn |
9 | filoxenoi eiv allhlouv aneu goggusmwn |
10 | ekastov kaywv elaben carisma eiv eautouv auto diakonountev wv kaloi oikonomoi poikilhv caritov yeou |
11 | ei tiv lalei wv logia yeou ei tiv diakonei wv ex iscuov hv corhgei o yeov ina en pasin doxazhtai o yeov dia ihsou cristou w estin h doxa kai to kratov eiv touv aiwnav twn aiwnwn amhn |
12 | agaphtoi mh xenizesye th en umin purwsei prov peirasmon umin ginomenh wv xenou umin sumbainontov |
13 | alla kayo koinwneite toiv tou cristou payhmasin cairete ina kai en th apokaluqei thv doxhv autou carhte agalliwmenoi |
14 | ei oneidizesye en onomati cristou makarioi oti to thv doxhv kai to tou yeou pneuma ef umav anapauetai kata men autouv blasfhmeitai kata de umav doxazetai |
15 | mh gar tiv umwn pascetw wv foneuv h klepthv h kakopoiov h wv allotrioepiskopov |
16 | ei de wv cristianov mh aiscunesyw doxazetw de ton yeon en tw merei toutw |
17 | oti o kairov tou arxasyai to krima apo tou oikou tou yeou ei de prwton af hmwn ti to telov twn apeiyountwn tw tou yeou euaggeliw |
18 | kai ei o dikaiov moliv swzetai o asebhv kai amartwlov pou faneitai |
19 | wste kai oi pascontev kata to yelhma tou yeou wv pistw ktisth paratiyesywsan tav qucav eautwn en agayopoiia |