2:1 Autoi gar oidate, adelphoi, ten eisodon emon ten pros umas oti ou kene gegonen,
2:2 alla propathontes kai ubristhentes kathos oidate en Philippois eparresiasametha en to theo emon lalesai pros umas to euaggelion tou theou en pollo agoni.
2:3 e gar paraklesis emon ouk ek planes oude ex akatharsias roude en dolo,
2:4 alla kathos dedokimasmetha upo tou theou pisteuthenai to euaggelion outos laloumen, oukh os anthropois areskontes alla rtheo to dokimazonti tas kardias emon.
2:5 oute gar pote en logo kolakeias egenethemen, kathos oidate, oute ren prophasei pleonexias, theos martus,
2:7 dunamenoi en barei einai os Khristou apostoloi* alla egenethemen repioi en meso umon, os rean trophos thalpe ta eautes tekna*
2:8 outos omeiromenoi umon eudokoumen metadounai umin ou monon to euaggelion tou theou alla kai tas eauton psukhas, dioti agapetoi emin regenethete.
2:9 Mnemoneuete gar, adelphoi, ton kopon emon kai ton mokhthon* rnuktos kai emeras ergazomenoi pros to me epibaresai tina umon ekeruxamen eis umas to euaggelion tou theou.
2:10 umeis martures kai o theos, os osios kai dikaios kai amemptos umin tois pisteuousin egenethemen,
2:11 kathaper oidate os ena ekaston umon os pater tekna eautou
2:12 parakalountes umas kai paramuthoumenoi kai marturomenoi, eis to rperipatein umas axios tou theou tou kalountos umas eis ten eautou basileian kai doxan.
2:13 rKai dia touto kai emeis eukharistoumen to theo adialeiptos, oti paralabontes logon akoes par' emon tou theou edexasthe ou logon anthropon alla kathos [?]alethos estin[?] logon theou, os kai energeitai en umin tois pisteuousin.
2:14 umeis gar mimetai egenethete, adelphoi, ton ekklesion tou theou ton ouson en te Ioudaia en Khristo Iesou, oti ta auta epathete kai umeis upo ton idion sumphuleton kathos kai autoi upo ton Ioudaion
2:15 ton kai ton kurion apokteinanton Iesoun kai rtous prophetas kai emas ekdioxanton, kai theo me areskonton, kai pasin anthropois enantion,
2:16 koluonton emas tois ethnesin lalesai ina sothosin, eis to anaplerosai auton tas amartias pantote. ephthasen de ep' autous e rorge eis telos.
2:17 Emeis de, adelphoi, aporphanisthentes aph' umon pros kairon oras, prosopo ou kardia, perissoteros espoudasamen to prosopon umon idein en polle epithumia.
2:18 rdioti ethelesamen elthein pros umas, ego men Paulos kai apax kai dis, kai enekopsen emas o Satanas.
2:19 tis gar emon elpis e khara e stephanos kaukheseos-- e oukhi kai umeis-- emprosthen tou kuriou emon Iesou en te autou parousia;
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