| Chapter 4 |
1 | dia touto econteV thn diakonian tauthn kaqwV hlehqhmen ouk ekkakoumen |
2 | all apeipameqa ta krupta thV aiscunhV mh peripatounteV en panourgia mhde dolounteV ton logon tou qeou alla th fanerwsei thV alhqeiaV sunistwnteV eautouV proV pasan suneidhsin anqrwpwn enwpion tou qeou |
3 | ei de kai estin kekalummenon to euaggelion hmwn en toiV apollumenoiV estin kekalummenon |
4 | en oiV o qeoV tou aiwnoV toutou etuflwsen ta nohmata twn apistwn eiV to mh augasai autoiV ton fwtismon tou euaggeliou thV doxhV tou cristou oV estin eikwn tou qeou |
5 | ou gar eautouV khrussomen alla criston ihsoun kurion eautouV de doulouV umwn dia ihsoun |
6 | oti o qeoV o eipwn ek skotouV fwV lamyai oV elamyen en taiV kardiaiV hmwn proV fwtismon thV gnwsewV thV doxhV tou qeou en proswpw ihsou cristou |
7 | ecomen de ton qhsauron touton en ostrakinoiV skeuesin ina h uperbolh thV dunamewV h tou qeou kai mh ex hmwn |
8 | en panti qlibomenoi all ou stenocwroumenoi aporoumenoi all ouk exaporoumenoi |
9 | diwkomenoi all ouk egkataleipomenoi kataballomenoi all ouk apollumenoi |
10 | pantote thn nekrwsin tou kuriou ihsou en tw swmati periferonteV ina kai h zwh tou ihsou en tw swmati hmwn fanerwqh |
11 | aei gar hmeiV oi zwnteV eiV qanaton paradidomeqa dia ihsoun ina kai h zwh tou ihsou fanerwqh en th qnhth sarki hmwn |
12 | wste o men qanatoV en hmin energeitai h de zwh en umin |
13 | econteV de to auto pneuma thV pistewV kata to gegrammenon episteusa dio elalhsa kai hmeiV pisteuomen dio kai laloumen |
14 | eidoteV oti o egeiraV ton kurion ihsoun kai hmaV dia ihsou egerei kai parasthsei sun umin |
15 | ta gar panta di umaV ina h cariV pleonasasa dia twn pleionwn thn eucaristian perisseush eiV thn doxan tou qeou |
16 | dio ouk ekkakoumen all ei kai o exw hmwn anqrwpoV diafqeiretai all o eswqen anakainoutai hmera kai hmera |
17 | to gar parautika elafron thV qliyewV hmwn kaq uperbolhn eiV uperbolhn aiwnion baroV doxhV katergazetai hmin |
18 | mh skopountwn hmwn ta blepomena alla ta mh blepomena ta gar blepomena proskaira ta de mh blepomena aiwnia |