1:1 rSumeon Petros doulos kai apostolos Iesou Khristou tois isotimon emin lakhousin pistin en dikaiosune tou theou emon kai soteros Iesou Khristou*
1:2 kharis umin kai eirene plethuntheie en epignosei tou theou kai Iesou tou kuriou emon.
1:3 Os panta emin tes theias dunameos autou ta pros zoen kai eusebeian dedoremenes dia tes epignoseos tou kalesantos emas [?]idia doxe kai arete[?],
1:4 di' on ta [?]timia kai megista emin[?] epaggelmata dedoretai, ina dia touton genesthe theias koinonoi phuseos, apophugontes tes en rto kosmo en epithumia phthoras.
1:5 kai auto touto de spouden pasan pareisenegkantes epikhoregesate en te pistei umon ten areten, en de te arete ten gnosin,
1:6 en de te gnosei ten egkrateian, en de te egkrateia ten upomonen, en de te upomone ten eusebeian,
1:7 en de te eusebeia ten philadelphian, en de te philadelphia ten agapen*
1:8 tauta gar umin uparkhonta kai pleonazonta ouk argous oude akarpous kathistesin eis ten tou kuriou emon Iesou Khristou epignosin*
1:9 o gar me parestin tauta, tuphlos estin muopazon, lethen labon tou katharismou ton palai autou ramartematon.
1:10 dio mallon, adelphoi, spoudasate bebaian umon ten klesin kai eklogen poieisthai* tauta gar poiountes ou me ptaisete pote*
1:11 outos gar plousios epikhoregethesetai umin e eisodos eis ten aionion basileian tou kuriou emon kai soteros Iesou Khristou.
1:12 Dio rmelleso aei umas upomimneskein peri touton, kaiper eidotas kai esterigmenous en te parouse aletheia.
1:13 dikaion de egoumai, eph' oson eimi en touto to skenomati, diegeirein umas en upomnesei,
1:14 eidos oti takhine estin e apothesis tou skenomatos mou, kathos kai o kurios emon Iesous Khristos edelosen moi*
1:15 spoudaso de kai ekastote ekhein umas meta ten emen exodon ten touton mnemen poieisthai.
1:16 Ou gar sesophismenois muthois exakolouthesantes egnorisamen umin ten tou kuriou emon Iesou Khristou dunamin kai parousian, all' epoptai genethentes tes ekeinou megaleiotetos.
1:17 labon gar para theou patros timen kai doxan phones enekhtheises auto toiasde upo tes megaloprepous doxes* [?]O uios mou o agapetos mou outos estin[?], eis on ego eudokesa--
1:18 kai tauten ten phonen emeis ekousamen ex ouranou enekhtheisan sun auto ontes en to [?]agio orei[?].
1:19 kai ekhomen bebaioteron ton prophetikon logon, o kalos poieite prosekhontes os lukhno phainonti en aukhmero topo, eos ou emera diaugase kai phosphoros anateile en tais kardiais umon*
1:20 touto proton ginoskontes oti pasa propheteia graphes idias epiluseos ou ginetai,
1:21 ou gar thelemati anthropou enekhthe [?]propheteia pote[?], alla upo pneumatos agiou pheromenoi elalesan rapo theou anthropoi.
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