1:4 pantote en pase deesei mou uper panton umon, meta kharas ten deesin poioumenos,
1:5 epi te koinonia umon eis to euaggelion apo rtes protes emeras akhri tou nun,
1:6 pepoithos auto touto oti o enarxamenos en umin ergon agathon epitelesei akhri emeras [?]Khristou Iesou[?]*
1:7 kathos estin dikaion emoi touto phronein uper panton umon, dia to ekhein me en te kardia umas, en te tois desmois mou kai en te apologia kai bebaiosei tou euaggeliou sugkoinonous mou tes kharitos pantas umas ontas*
1:8 martus gar rmou o theos, os epipotho pantas umas en splagkhnois [?]Khristou Iesou[?].
1:9 kai touto proseukhomai ina e agape umon eti mallon kai mallon perisseue en epignosei kai pase aisthesei,
1:10 eis to dokimazein umas ta diapheronta, ina ete eilikrineis kai aproskopoi eis emeran Khristou,
1:11 pepleromenoi [?]karpon dikaiosunes ton[?] dia Iesou Khristou eis doxan kai epainon theou.
1:12 Ginoskein de umas boulomai, adelphoi, oti ta kat' eme mallon eis prokopen tou euaggeliou eleluthen,
1:13 oste tous desmous mou phanerous en Khristo genesthai en olo to praitorio kai tois loipois pasin,
1:14 kai tous pleionas ton adelphon en kurio pepoithotas tois desmois mou perissoteros tolman aphobos ton rlogon lalein.
1:15 Tines men kai dia phthonon kai erin, tines de kai di' eudokian ton Khriston kerussousin*
1:16 oi men ex [?]agapes, eidotes oti eis apologian tou euaggeliou keimai[?],
1:17 oi de ex [?]eritheias ton Khriston kataggellousin, oukh agnos, oiomenoi thlipsin egeirein tois desmois mou[?].
1:18 ti gar; plen roti panti tropo, eite prophasei eite aletheia, Khristos kataggelletai, kai en touto khairo* alla kai kharesomai,
1:19 oida gar oti touto moi apobesetai eis soterian dia tes umon deeseos kai epikhoregias tou pneumatos Iesou Khristou,
1:20 kata ten apokaradokian kai elpida mou oti en oudeni aiskhunthesomai, all' en pase parresia os pantote kai nun megalunthesetai Khristos en to somati mou, eite dia zoes eite dia thanatou.
1:21 emoi gar to zen Khristos kai to apothanein kerdos.
1:22 ei de to zen en sarki, touto moi karpos ergou-- kai ti airesomai ou gnorizo*
1:23 sunekhomai de ek ton duo, ten epithumian ekhon eis to analusai kai sun Khristo einai, pollo rgar mallon kreisson,
1:24 to de epimenein ren te sarki anagkaioteron di' umas.
1:25 kai touto pepoithos oida oti meno kai rparameno pasin umin eis ten umon prokopen kai kharan tes pisteos,
1:26 ina to kaukhema umon perisseue en Khristo Iesou en emoi dia tes emes parousias palin pros umas.
1:27 Monon axios tou euaggeliou tou Khristou politeuesthe, ina eite elthon kai idon umas eite apon rakouo ta peri umon, oti stekete en eni pneumati, mia psukhe sunathlountes te pistei tou euaggeliou,
1:28 kai me pturomenoi en medeni upo ton antikeimenon (etis [?]estin autois[?] endeixis apoleias, rumon de soterias, kai touto apo theou,
1:29 oti umin ekharisthe to uper Khristou, ou monon to eis auton pisteuein alla kai to uper autou paskhein),
1:30 ton auton agona ekhontes oion eidete en emoi kai nun akouete en emoi.
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