| Chapter 2 |
1 | [] Apefasisa de touto kat' emauton, to na mh elqw palin proV esaV me luphn. |
2 | Dioti ean egw saV lupw, kai tiV einai o eufrainwn eme eimh o lupoumenoV up' emou; |
3 | Kai egraya proV esaV touto auto, wste otan elqw na mh ecw luphn ap' ekeinwn, af' wn eprepe na ecw caran, ecwn pepoiqhsin eiV pantaV umaV oti h cara mou einai pantwn umwn. |
4 | Dioti ek pollhV qliyewV kai stenocwriaV kardiaV egraya proV esaV meta pollwn dakruwn, ouci dia na luphqhte, alla dia na gnwrishte thn agaphn, hn ecw perissoterwV eiV esaV. |
5 | [] All' ean tiV eluphse, den eluphsen eme, eimh kata meroV, dia na mh epibarunw pantaV umaV. |
6 | Arketon einai eiV ton toiouton auth h epiplhxiV h upo twn pleioterwn× |
7 | wste to enantion prepei mallon na sugcwrhshte auton, kai na parhgorhshte, dia na mh katapoqh o toioutoV upo thV uperballoushV luphV. |
8 | Dia touto saV parakalw na bebaiwshte proV auton thn agaphn saV. |
9 | Epeidh dia touto kai egraya, dia na gnwrisw thn dokimasian saV, an hsqe kata panta uphkooi× |
10 | eiV ontina de sugcwreite ti, sugcwrw kai egw× dioti ean egw sunecwrhsa ti, eiV ontina sunecwrhsa, dia saV ekamon touto enwpion tou Cristou, |
11 | dia na mh uperiscush kaq' hmwn o SatanaV× dioti den agnooumen ta dianohmata autou. |
12 | [] Ote de hlqon eiV thn Trwada dia na khruxw to euaggelion tou Cristou, kai hnoicqh eiV eme qura en Kuriw, |
13 | den elabon anesin eiV to pneuma mou, dioti den euron Titon ton adelfon mou, all' apocairethsaV autouV exhlqon eiV Makedonian. |
14 | Plhn cariV eiV ton Qeon, ostiV pantote kamnei hmaV na briambeuwmen dia tou Cristou kai faneronei en panti topw di' hmwn thn osmhn thV gnwsewV autou× |
15 | dioti tou Cristou euwdia eimeqa proV ton Qeon eiV touV swzomenouV kai eiV touV apollumenouV× |
16 | eiV toutouV men osmh qanatou dia qanaton, eiV ekeinouV de osmh zwhV dia zwhn. Kai proV tauta tiV einai ikanoV; |
17 | Dioti hmeiV kaqwV oi polloi den kaphleuomen ton logon tou Qeou, all' wV apo eilikrineiaV, all' wV apo Qeou katenwpion tou Qeou laloumen en Cristw. |