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1 | dia touto econtev thn diakonian tauthn kaywv hlehyhmen ouk ekkakoumen |
2 | all apeipameya ta krupta thv aiscunhv mh peripatountev en panourgia mhde dolountev ton logon tou yeou alla th fanerwsei thv alhyeiav sunistwntev eautouv prov pasan suneidhsin anyrwpwn enwpion tou yeou |
3 | ei de kai estin kekalummenon to euaggelion hmwn en toiv apollumenoiv estin kekalummenon |
4 | en oiv o yeov tou aiwnov toutou etuflwsen ta nohmata twn apistwn eiv to mh augasai autoiv ton fwtismon tou euaggeliou thv doxhv tou cristou ov estin eikwn tou yeou |
5 | ou gar eautouv khrussomen alla criston ihsoun kurion eautouv de doulouv umwn dia ihsoun |
6 | oti o yeov o eipwn ek skotouv fwv lamqai ov elamqen en taiv kardiaiv hmwn prov fwtismon thv gnwsewv thv doxhv tou yeou en proswpw ihsou cristou |
7 | ecomen de ton yhsauron touton en ostrakinoiv skeuesin ina h uperbolh thv dunamewv h tou yeou kai mh ex hmwn |
8 | en panti ylibomenoi all ou stenocwroumenoi aporoumenoi all ouk exaporoumenoi |
9 | diwkomenoi all ouk egkataleipomenoi kataballomenoi all ouk apollumenoi |
10 | pantote thn nekrwsin tou kuriou ihsou en tw swmati periferontev ina kai h zwh tou ihsou en tw swmati hmwn fanerwyh |
11 | aei gar hmeiv oi zwntev eiv yanaton paradidomeya dia ihsoun ina kai h zwh tou ihsou fanerwyh en th ynhth sarki hmwn |
12 | wste o men yanatov en hmin energeitai h de zwh en umin |
13 | econtev de to auto pneuma thv pistewv kata to gegrammenon episteusa dio elalhsa kai hmeiv pisteuomen dio kai laloumen |
14 | eidotev oti o egeirav ton kurion ihsoun kai hmav dia ihsou egerei kai parasthsei sun umin |
15 | ta gar panta di umav ina h cariv pleonasasa dia twn pleionwn thn eucaristian perisseush eiv thn doxan tou yeou |
16 | dio ouk ekkakoumen all ei kai o exw hmwn anyrwpov diafyeiretai all o eswyen anakainoutai hmera kai hmera
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17 | to gar parautika elafron thv yliqewv hmwn kay uperbolhn eiv uperbolhn aiwnion barov doxhv katergazetai hmin |
18 | mh skopountwn hmwn ta blepomena alla ta mh blepomena ta gar blepomena proskaira ta de mh blepomena aiwnia |