1:1 Paulos doulos theou, apostolos de Iesou Khristou kata pistin eklekton theou kai epignosin aletheias tes kat' eusebeian
1:2 ep' elpidi zoes aioniou, en epeggeilato o apseudes theos pro khronon aionion
1:3 ephanerosen de kairois idiois, ton logon autou en kerugmati o episteuthen ego kat' epitagen tou soteros emon theou,
1:4 Tito gnesio tekno kata koinen pistin* kharis rkai eirene apo theou patros kai [?]Khristou Iesou[?] tou soteros emon.
1:5 Toutou kharin rapelipon se en Krete ina ta leiponta epidiorthose, kai katasteses kata polin presbuterous, os ego soi dietaxamen,
1:6 ei tis estin anegkletos, mias gunaikos aner, tekna ekhon pista, me en kategoria asotias e anupotakta.
1:7 dei gar ton episkopon anegkleton einai os theou oikonomon, me authade, me orgilon, me paroinon, me plekten, me aiskhrokerde,
1:8 alla philoxenon, philagathon, sophrona, dikaion, osion, egkrate,
1:9 antekhomenon tou kata ten didakhen pistou logou, ina dunatos e kai parakalein en te didaskalia te ugiainouse kai tous antilegontas elegkhein.
1:10 Eisin gar polloi rkai anupotaktoi, mataiologoi kai phrenapatai, malista oi ek rtes peritomes,
1:11 ous dei epistomizein, oitines olous oikous anatrepousin didaskontes a me dei aiskhrou kerdous kharin.
1:12 eipen tis ex auton, idios auton prophetes, Kretes aei pseustai, kaka theria, gasteres argai*
1:13 e marturia aute estin alethes. di' en aitian elegkhe autous apotomos, ina ugiainosin en te pistei,
1:14 me prosekhontes Ioudaikois muthois kai entolais anthropon apostrephomenon ten aletheian.
1:15 rpanta kathara tois katharois* tois de memiammenois kai apistois ouden katharon, alla memiantai auton kai o nous kai e suneidesis.
1:16 theon omologousin eidenai, tois de ergois arnountai, bdeluktoi ontes kai apeitheis kai pros pan ergon agathon adokimoi.
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