4:1 Outos emas logizestho anthropos os uperetas Khristou kai oikonomous musterion theou.
4:2 rode loipon zeteitai en tois oikonomois ina pistos tis eurethe.
4:3 emoi de eis elakhiston estin, ina uph' umon anakritho e upo anthropines emeras* all' oude emauton anakrino*
4:4 ouden gar emauto sunoida, all' ouk en touto dedikaiomai, o de anakrinon me kurios estin.
4:5 oste me pro kairou ti krinete, eos an elthe o kurios, os kai photisei ta krupta tou skotous kai phanerosei tas boulas ton kardion, kai tote o epainos genesetai ekasto apo tou theou.
4:6 Tauta de, adelphoi, meteskhematisa eis emauton kai rApollon di' umas, ina en emin mathete to* Me uper ra rgegraptai, ina me eis uper tou enos phusiousthe kata tou eterou.
4:7 tis gar se diakrinei; ti de ekheis o ouk elabes; ei de kai elabes, ti kaukhasai os me labon;
4:8 Ede kekoresmenoi este, ede eploutesate, khoris emon ebasileusate* kai ophelon ge ebasileusate, ina kai emeis umin sumbasileusomen.
4:9 doko rgar, o theos emas tous apostolous eskhatous apedeixen os epithanatious, oti theatron egenethemen to kosmo kai aggelois kai anthropois.
4:10 emeis moroi dia Khriston, umeis de phronimoi en Khristo* emeis astheneis, umeis de iskhuroi* umeis endoxoi, emeis de atimoi.
4:11 akhri tes arti oras kai peinomen kai dipsomen kai gumniteuomen kai kolaphizometha kai astatoumen
4:12 kai kopiomen ergazomenoi tais idiais khersin* loidoroumenoi eulogoumen, diokomenoi anekhometha,
4:13 rdusphemoumenoi parakaloumen* os perikatharmata tou kosmou egenethemen, panton peripsema eos arti.
4:14 Ouk entrepon umas grapho tauta, all' os tekna mou agapeta rnoutheton*
4:15 ean gar murious paidagogous ekhete en Khristo, all' ou pollous pateras, en gar Khristo Iesou dia tou euaggeliou ego umas egennesa.
4:17 dia touto epempsa umin Timotheon, os estin [?]mou teknon[?] agapeton kai piston en kurio, os umas anamnesei tas odous mou tas en Khristo rIesou, kathos pantakhou en pase ekklesia didasko.
4:18 os me erkhomenou de mou pros umas ephusiothesan tines*
4:19 eleusomai de takheos pros umas, ean o kurios thelese, kai gnosomai ou ton logon ton pephusiomenon alla ten dunamin,
4:20 ou gar en logo e basileia tou theou all' en dunamei.
4:21 ti thelete; en Rabdo eltho pros umas, e en agape pneumati te prautetos;
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