8:1 Gnorizomen de umin, adelphoi, ten kharin tou theou ten dedomenen en tais ekklesiais tes Makedonias,
8:2 oti en polle dokime thlipseos e perisseia tes kharas auton kai e kata bathous ptokheia auton eperisseusen eis [?]to ploutos[?] tes aplotetos auton*
8:3 oti kata dunamin, marturo, kai rpara dunamin, authairetoi
8:4 meta polles parakleseos deomenoi emon, ten kharin kai ten koinonian tes diakonias tes eis tous agious--
8:5 kai ou kathos elpisamen all' eautous edokan proton to kurio kai emin dia thelematos theou,
8:6 eis to parakalesai emas Titon ina kathos proenerxato outos kai epitelese eis umas kai ten kharin tauten*
8:7 all' osper en panti perisseuete, pistei kai logo kai gnosei kai pase spoude kai te ex [?]emon en umin[?] agape, ina kai en taute te khariti perisseuete.
8:8 Ou kat' epitagen lego alla dia tes eteron spoudes kai to tes umeteras agapes gnesion dokimazon*
8:9 ginoskete gar ten kharin tou kuriou emon Iesou Khristou, oti di' umas eptokheusen plousios on, ina umeis te ekeinou ptokheia ploutesete.
8:10 kai gnomen en touto didomi* touto gar umin sumpherei, oitines ou monon to poiesai alla kai to thelein proenerxasthe apo perusi*
8:11 nuni de kai to poiesai epitelesate, opos kathaper e prothumia tou thelein outos kai to epitelesai ek tou ekhein.
8:12 ei gar e prothumia prokeitai, katho ean rekhe euprosdektos, ou katho ouk ekhei.
8:13 ou gar ina allois anesis, rumin thlipsis* all' ex isotetos
8:14 en to nun kairo to umon perisseuma eis to ekeinon usterema, ina kai to ekeinon perisseuma genetai eis to umon usterema, opos genetai isotes*
8:15 kathos gegraptai* O to polu ouk epleonasen, kai o to oligon ouk elattonesen.
8:16 Kharis de to theo to rdidonti ten auten spouden uper umon en te kardia Titou,
8:17 oti ten men paraklesin edexato, spoudaioteros de uparkhon authairetos exelthen pros umas.
8:18 sunepempsamen de met' autou ton adelphon ou o epainos en to euaggelio dia pason ton ekklesion--
8:19 ou monon de alla kai kheirotonetheis upo ton ekklesion sunekdemos emon rsun te khariti taute te diakonoumene uph' emon pros ten rautou tou kuriou doxan kai prothumian emon--
8:20 stellomenoi touto me tis emas momesetai en te adroteti taute te diakonoumene uph' emon,
8:21 [?]pronooumen gar[?] kala ou monon enopion kuriou alla kai enopion anthropon.
8:22 sunepempsamen de autois ton adelphon emon on edokimasamen en pollois pollakis spoudaion onta, nuni de polu spoudaioteron pepoithesei polle te eis umas.
8:23 eite uper Titou, koinonos emos kai eis umas sunergos* eite adelphoi emon, apostoloi ekklesion, doxa Khristou.
8:24 ten oun endeixin tes agapes umon kai emon kaukheseos uper umon eis autous rendeiknumenoi eis prosopon ton ekklesion.
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