10:1 Autos de ego Paulos parakalo umas dia tes prautetos kai epieikeias tou Khristou, os kata prosopon men tapeinos en umin, apon de tharro eis umas*
10:2 deomai de to me paron tharresai te pepoithesei e logizomai tolmesai epi tinas tous logizomenous emas os kata sarka peripatountas.
10:3 en sarki gar peripatountes ou kata sarka strateuometha--
10:4 ta gar opla tes strateias emon ou sarkika alla dunata to theo pros kathairesin okhuromaton-- logismous kathairountes
10:5 kai pan upsoma epairomenon kata tes gnoseos tou theou, kai aikhmalotizontes pan noema eis ten upakoen tou Khristou,
10:6 kai en etoimo ekhontes ekdikesai pasan parakoen, otan plerothe umon e upakoe.
10:7 Ta kata prosopon blepete. ei tis pepoithen eauto Khristou einai, touto logizestho palin reph' eautou oti kathos autos Khristou outos kai remeis.
10:8 ean rte rgar perissoteron ti kaukhesomai peri tes exousias emon, es edoken o rkurios eis oikodomen kai ouk eis kathairesin umon, ouk aiskhunthesomai,
10:9 ina me doxo os an ekphobein umas dia ton epistolon*
10:10 oti Ai [?]epistolai men[?], phesin, bareiai kai iskhurai, e de parousia tou somatos asthenes kai o logos exouthenemenos.
10:11 touto logizestho o toioutos, oti oioi esmen to logo di' epistolon apontes, toioutoi kai parontes to ergo.
10:12 Ou gar tolmomen egkrinai e sugkrinai eautous tisin ton eautous sunistanonton* alla autoi en eautois eautous metrountes kai sugkrinontes eautous eautois ou suniasin.
10:13 emeis de rouk eis ta ametra kaukhesometha, alla kata to metron tou kanonos ou emerisen emin o theos metrou, ephikesthai akhri kai umon--
10:14 ou gar os me ephiknoumenoi eis umas uperekteinomen eautous, akhri gar kai umon ephthasamen en to euaggelio tou Khristou--
10:15 ouk eis ta ametra kaukhomenoi en allotriois kopois, elpida de ekhontes auxanomenes tes pisteos umon en umin megalunthenai kata ton kanona emon eis perisseian,
10:16 eis ta uperekeina umon euaggelisasthai, ouk en allotrio kanoni eis ta etoima kaukhesasthai.
10:18 ou gar o eauton rsunistanon, ekeinos estin dokimos, alla on o kurios sunistesin.
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