2:1 Ei tis oun paraklesis en Khristo, ei ti paramuthion agapes, ei tis koinonia pneumatos, ei tis splagkhna kai oiktirmoi,
2:2 plerosate mou ten kharan ina to auto phronete, ten auten agapen ekhontes, sumpsukhoi, to en phronountes,
2:3 meden kat' eritheian [?]mede kata[?] kenodoxian, alla te tapeinophrosune allelous egoumenoi uperekhontas eauton,
2:4 me ta eauton rekastoi rskopountes, alla kai ta eteron r.ekastoi.
2:5 touto rphroneite en umin o kai en Khristo Iesou,
2:6 os en morphe theou uparkhon oukh arpagmon egesato to einai isa theo,
2:7 alla eauton ekenosen morphen doulou labon, en omoiomati anthropon genomenos* kai skhemati euretheis os anthropos
2:8 etapeinosen eauton genomenos upekoos mekhri thanatou, thanatou de staurou*
2:9 dio kai o theos auton uperupsosen, kai ekharisato auto rto onoma to uper pan onoma,
2:10 ina en to onomati Iesou pan gonu kampse epouranion kai epigeion kai katakhthonion,
2:11 kai pasa glossa exomologesetai oti kurios Iesous Khristos eis doxan theou patros.
2:12 Oste, agapetoi mou, kathos pantote upekousate, me os en te parousia mou monon alla nun pollo mallon en te apousia mou, meta phobou kai tromou ten eauton soterian katergazesthe,
2:13 rtheos gar estin o energon en umin kai to thelein kai to energein uper tes eudokias.
2:14 Panta poieite khoris goggusmon kai dialogismon,
2:15 ina genesthe amemptoi kai akeraioi, tekna theou [?]amoma meson[?] geneas skolias kai diestrammenes, en ois phainesthe os phosteres en kosmo
2:16 logon zoes epekhontes, eis kaukhema emoi eis emeran Khristou, oti ouk eis kenon edramon oude eis kenon ekopiasa.
2:17 alla ei kai spendomai epi te thusia kai leitourgia tes pisteos umon, khairo kai sugkhairo pasin umin*
2:18 to de auto kai umeis khairete kai sugkhairete moi.
2:19 Elpizo de en kurio Iesou Timotheon takheos pempsai umin, ina kago eupsukho gnous ta peri umon.
2:20 oudena gar ekho isopsukhon ostis gnesios ta peri umon merimnesei,
2:21 oi pantes gar ta eauton zetousin, ou ta [?]Iesou Khristou[?].
2:22 ten de dokimen autou ginoskete, oti os patri teknon sun emoi edouleusen eis to euaggelion.
2:23 touton men oun elpizo pempsai os an aphido ta peri eme exautes*
2:24 pepoitha de en kurio oti kai autos takheos eleusomai.
2:25 Anagkaion de egesamen Epaphroditon ton adelphon kai sunergon kai sustratioten mou, umon de apostolon kai leitourgon tes khreias mou, pempsai pros umas,
2:26 epeide epipothon en pantas rumas, kai ademonon dioti ekousate oti esthenesen.
2:27 kai gar esthenesen paraplesion rthanato* alla o theos [?]eleesen auton[?], ouk auton de monon alla kai eme, ina me lupen epi lupen skho.
2:28 spoudaioteros oun epempsa auton ina idontes auton palin kharete kago alupoteros o.
2:29 prosdekhesthe oun auton en kurio meta pases kharas, kai tous toioutous entimous ekhete,
2:30 oti dia to ergon rKhristou mekhri thanatou eggisen, rparaboleusamenos te psukhe ina anaplerose to umon usterema tes pros me leitourgias.
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