4:1 Dia touto, ekhontes ten diakonian tauten kathos eleethemen, ouk regkakoumen,
4:2 alla apeipametha ta krupta tes aiskhunes, me peripatountes en panourgia mede dolountes ton logon tou theou, alla te phanerosei tes aletheias rsunistanontes eautous pros pasan suneidesin anthropon enopion tou theou.
4:3 ei de kai estin kekalummenon to euaggelion emon, en tois apollumenois estin kekalummenon,
4:4 en ois o theos tou aionos toutou etuphlosen ta noemata ton apiston eis to me raugasai ton photismon tou euaggeliou tes doxes tou Khristou, os estin eikon tou theou.
4:5 ou gar eautous kerussomen alla [?]Khriston Iesoun[?] kurion, eautous de doulous umon dia Iesoun.
4:6 oti o theos o eipon* Ek skotous phos rlampsei, os elampsen en tais kardiais emon pros photismon tes gnoseos tes doxes tou theou en prosopo rKhristou.
4:7 Ekhomen de ton thesauron touton en ostrakinois skeuesin, ina e uperbole tes dunameos e tou theou kai me ex emon*
4:8 en panti thlibomenoi all' ou stenokhoroumenoi, aporoumenoi all' ouk exaporoumenoi,
4:10 pantote ten nekrosin rtou Iesou en to somati peripherontes, ina kai e zoe tou Iesou en to somati emon phanerothe*
4:11 aei gar emeis oi zontes eis thanaton paradidometha dia Iesoun, ina kai e zoe tou Iesou phanerothe en te thnete sarki emon.
4:12 oste ro thanatos en emin energeitai, e de zoe en umin.
4:13 Ekhontes de to auto pneuma tes pisteos, kata to gegrammenon* Episteusa, dio elalesa, kai emeis pisteuomen, dio kai laloumen,
4:14 eidotes oti o egeiras rton Iesoun kai emas rsun Iesou egerei kai parastesei sun umin.
4:15 ta gar panta di' umas, ina e kharis pleonasasa dia ton pleionon ten eukharistian perisseuse eis ten doxan tou theou.
4:16 Dio ouk regkakoumen, all' ei kai o exo emon anthropos diaphtheiretai, all' o [?]eso emon[?] anakainoutai emera kai emera.
4:17 to gar parautika elaphron tes thlipseos remon kath' uperbolen eis uperbolen aionion baros doxes katergazetai emin,
4:18 me skopounton emon ta blepomena alla ta me blepomena, ta gar blepomena proskaira, ta de me blepomena aionia.
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