2:4 Pros on proserkhomenoi, lithon zonta, upo anthropon men apodedokimasmenon para de theo eklekton entimon
2:5 kai autoi os lithoi zontes oikodomeisthe oikos pneumatikos reis ierateuma agion, anenegkai pneumatikas thusias reuprosdektous theo dia Iesou Khristou*
2:6 dioti periekhei ren graphe* Idou tithemi en Sion lithon [?]akrogoniaion eklekton[?] entimon, kai o pisteuon ep' auto ou me kataiskhunthe.
2:7 umin oun e time tois pisteuousin* rapistousin de rlithos on apedokimasan oi oikodomountes outos egenethe eis kephalen gonias
2:8 kai lithos proskommatos kai petra skandalou* oi proskoptousin to logo apeithountes* eis o kai etethesan.
2:9 Umeis de genos eklekton, basileion ierateuma, ethnos agion, laos eis peripoiesin, opos tas aretas exaggeilete tou ek skotous umas kalesantos eis to thaumaston autou phos*
2:10 oi pote ou laos nun de laos theou, oi ouk eleemenoi nun de eleethentes.
2:11 Agapetoi, parakalo os paroikous kai parepidemous apekhesthai ton sarkikon epithumion, aitines strateuontai kata tes psukhes*
2:12 ten anastrophen umon [?]en tois ethnesin ekhontes kalen[?], ina, en o katalalousin umon os kakopoion, ek ton kalon ergon repopteuontes doxasosi ton theon en emera episkopes.
2:13 rUpotagete pase anthropine ktisei dia ton kurion* eite basilei os uperekhonti,
2:14 eite egemosin os di' autou pempomenois eis ekdikesin kakopoion epainon de agathopoion
2:15 (oti outos estin to thelema tou theou, agathopoiountas phimoun ten ton aphronon anthropon agnosian)*
2:16 os eleutheroi, kai me os epikalumma ekhontes tes kakias ten eleutherian, all' os [?]theou douloi[?].
2:17 pantas timesate, ten adelphoteta ragapate, ton theon phobeisthe, ton basilea timate.
2:18 Oi oiketai upotassomenoi en panti phobo tois despotais, ou monon tois agathois kai epieikesin alla kai tois skoliois.
2:19 touto gar kharis ei dia suneidesin theou upopherei tis lupas paskhon adikos*
2:20 poion gar kleos ei amartanontes kai kolaphizomenoi upomeneite; all' ei agathopoiountes kai paskhontes upomeneite, touto kharis para theo.
2:21 eis touto gar eklethete, oti kai Khristos epathen uper rumon, umin upolimpanon upogrammon ina epakolouthesete tois ikhnesin autou*
2:22 os amartian ouk epoiesen oude eurethe dolos en to stomati autou*
2:23 os loidoroumenos ouk anteloidorei, paskhon ouk epeilei, paredidou de to krinonti dikaios*
2:24 os tas amartias emon autos anenegken en to somati autou epi to xulon, ina tais amartiais apogenomenoi te dikaiosune zesomen* ou to rmolopi iathete.
2:25 ete gar os probata rplanomenoi, alla epestraphete nun epi ton poimena kai episkopon ton psukhon umon.
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