| Chapter 5 |
1 | [] Presbuteron mh epiplhxhV, alla protrepe wV patera, touV newterouV wV adelfouV, |
2 | taV presbuteraV wV mhteraV, taV newteraV wV adelfaV meta pashV kaqarothtoV. |
3 | [] TaV chraV tima taV alhqwV chraV. |
4 | Ean de tiV chra ech tekna h ekgona, aV manqanwsi prwton na kaqistwsin eusebh ton idion autwn oikon kai na apodidwsin amoibaV eiV touV progonouV autwn. Dioti touto einai kalon kai euprosdekton enwpion tou Qeou. |
5 | H de alhqwV chra kai memonwmenh elpizei epi ton Qeon kai emmenei eiV taV dehseiV kai taV proseucaV nukta kai hmeran× |
6 | h dedomenh omwV eiV taV hdonaV enw zh einai nekra. |
7 | Kai tauta paraggelle, dia na hnai amemptoi. |
8 | All' ean tiV den pronoh peri twn eautou kai malista twn oikeiwn, hrnhqh thn pistin kai einai apistou ceiroteroV. |
9 | AV katagrafhtai chra ouci oligwteron twn exhkonta etwn, htiV uphrxen enoV androV gunh, |
10 | htiV martureitai dia ta kala authV erga, ean aneqreye tekna, ean perieqalye xenouV, ean podaV agiwn eniyen, ean qlibomenouV ebohqhsen, ean ephkolouqhsen eiV pan ergon agaqon. |
11 | TaV de newteraV chraV apoballe× dioti afou entrufhswsi kata tou Cristou, qelousi na upandreuwntai, |
12 | ecousai thn katadikhn, dioti hqethsan thn prwthn pistin× |
13 | kai entautw manqanousi na hnai argai, periercomenai taV oikiaV, kai ouci monon argai, alla kai fluaroi kai periergoi, lalousai ta mh preponta. |
14 | Qelw loipon ai newterai na upandreuwntai, na teknopoiwsi, na kubernwsin oikon, na mh didwsi mhdemian aformhn eiV ton enantion na loidorh. |
15 | Dioti exetraphsan hdh tineV opisw tou Satana. |
16 | Ean tiV pistoV h pisth ech chraV, aV promhqeuh eiV autaV ta anagkaia, kai aV mh epibarunhtai h ekklhsia, dia na dunatai na bohqh taV alhqwV chraV. |
17 | [] Oi kalwV proistamenoi presbuteroi aV axionwntai diplhV timhV, malista osoi kopiazousin eiV logon kai didaskalian× |
18 | dioti legei h grafh× Den qeleiV emfraxei to stoma booV alwnizontoV× kai, AxioV einai o ergathV tou misqou autou. |
19 | Kathgorian enantion presbuterou mh paradecou, ektoV dia stomatoV duo h triwn marturwn. |
20 | TouV amartanontaV elegce enwpion pantwn, dia na ecwsi fobon kai oi loipoi. |
21 | Diamarturomai enwpion tou Qeou kai tou Kuriou Ihsou Cristou kai twn eklektwn aggelwn, na fulaxhV tauta, cwriV protimhsewV, mhden prattwn kata carin. |
22 | Mh epiqete ceiraV tacewV eiV mhdena, mhde ginou koinwnoV allotriwn amartiwn× fulatte seauton kaqaron. |
23 | Mh udropotei pleon, alla metaceirizou oligon oinon dia ton stomacon sou kai taV sucnaV sou asqeneiaV. |
24 | Tinwn anqrwpwn ai amartiai einai fanerai, kai proporeuontai autwn eiV thn krisin, eiV tinaV de kai epakolouqousin× |
25 | wsautwV kai ta kala erga tinwn einai fanera, kai osa einai kat' allon tropon den dunantai na krufqwsi. |