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1 | arcomeya palin eautouv sunistanein ei mh crhzomen wv tinev sustatikwn epistolwn prov umav h ex umwn sustatikwn |
2 | h epistolh hmwn umeiv este eggegrammenh en taiv kardiaiv hmwn ginwskomenh kai anaginwskomenh upo pantwn anyrwpwn |
3 | faneroumenoi oti este epistolh cristou diakonhyeisa uf hmwn eggegrammenh ou melani alla pneumati yeou zwntov ouk en plaxin liyinaiv all en plaxin kardiav sarkinaiv |
4 | pepoiyhsin de toiauthn ecomen dia tou cristou prov ton yeon |
5 | ouc oti ikanoi esmen af eautwn logisasyai ti wv ex eautwn all h ikanothv hmwn ek tou yeou |
6 | ov kai ikanwsen hmav diakonouv kainhv diayhkhv ou grammatov alla pneumatov to gar gramma apokteinei to de pneuma zwopoiei |
7 | ei de h diakonia tou yanatou en grammasin entetupwmenh en liyoiv egenhyh en doxh wste mh dunasyai atenisai touv uiouv israhl eiv to proswpon mwsewv dia thn doxan tou proswpou autou thn katargoumenhn |
8 | pwv ouci mallon h diakonia tou pneumatov estai en doxh |
9 | ei gar h diakonia thv katakrisewv doxa pollw mallon perisseuei h diakonia thv dikaiosunhv en doxh |
10 | kai gar oude dedoxastai to dedoxasmenon en toutw tw merei eneken thv uperballoushv doxhv |
11 | ei gar to katargoumenon dia doxhv pollw mallon to menon en doxh |
12 | econtev oun toiauthn elpida pollh parrhsia crwmeya
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13 | kai ou kayaper mwshv etiyei kalumma epi to proswpon eautou prov to mh atenisai touv uiouv israhl eiv to telov tou katargoumenou |
14 | all epwrwyh ta nohmata autwn acri gar thv shmeron to auto kalumma epi th anagnwsei thv palaiav diayhkhv menei mh anakaluptomenon o ti en cristw katargeitai |
15 | all ewv shmeron hnika anaginwsketai mwshv kalumma epi thn kardian autwn keitai |
16 | hnika d an epistreqh prov kurion periaireitai to kalumma |
17 | o de kuriov to pneuma estin ou de to pneuma kuriou ekei eleuyeria |
18 | hmeiv de pantev anakekalummenw proswpw thn doxan kuriou katoptrizomenoi thn authn eikona metamorfoumeya apo doxhv eiv doxan kayaper apo kuriou pneumatov |