Chapter 4

[] Dia touto, econteV thn diakonian tauthn, kaqwV hlehqhmen, den apokamnomen,

all' aphrnhqhmen ta krupta thV aiscunhV, mh peripatounteV en panourgia mhde dolononteV ton logon tou Qeou, alla me thn fanerwsin thV alhqeiaV sunistwnteV eautouV proV pasan suneidhsin anqrwpwn enwpion tou Qeou.

Ean de kai hnai to euaggelion hmwn kekalummenon, eiV touV apollumenouV einai kekalummenon,

twn opoiwn apistwn ontwn o QeoV tou kosmou toutou etuflwse ton noun, dia na mh epilamyh eiV autouV o fwtismoV tou euaggeliou thV doxhV tou Cristou, ostiV einai eikwn tou Qeou.

Dioti hmeiV den khruttomen eautouV, alla ton Criston Ihsoun ton Kurion, eautouV de doulouV umwn dia ton Ihsoun.

Dioti o QeoV o eipwn na lamyh fwV ek tou skotouV, einai ostiV elamyen en taiV kardiaiV hmwn proV fwtismon thV gnwsewV thV doxhV tou Qeou dia tou proswpou tou Ihsou Cristou.

Ecomen de ton qhsauron touton eiV ostrakina skeuh, dia na hnai h uperbolh thV dunamewV tou Qeou kai ouci ex hmwn,

[] kata panta qlibomenoi all' ouci stenocwroumenoi, aporoumenoi all' ouci apelpizomenoi,

diwkomenoi all' ouci egkataleipomenoi, kataballomenoi all' ouci apollumenoi,

pantote thn nekrwsin tou Kuriou Ihsou periferonteV en tw swmati, dia na fanerwqh en tw swmati hmwn kai h zwh tou Ihsou.

Dioti hmeiV oi zwnteV paradidomeqa pantote eiV ton qanaton dia ton Ihsoun, dia na fanerwqh kai h zwh tou Ihsou en th qnhth hmwn sarki.

Wste o men qanatoV energeitai en hmin, h de zwh en umin.

EconteV de to auto pneuma thV pistewV kata to gegrammenon, Episteusa, dio elalhsa, kai hmeiV pisteuomen, dio kai laloumen,

exeuronteV oti o anasthsaV ton Kurion Ihsoun qelei anasthsei kai hmaV dia tou Ihsou kai parasthsei meq' umwn.

Dioti ta panta einai dia saV, wste h cariV, pleonasasa dia thn eucaristian twn pleioterwn, na perisseush eiV thn doxan tou Qeou.

Dia touto den apokamnomen, all' ean kai o exwterikoV hmwn anqrwpoV fqeirhtai, o eswterikoV omwV ananeoutai kaq' ekasthn hmeran.

Dioti h proswrinh elafra qliyiV hmwn ergazetai eiV hmaV kaq' uperbolhn eiV uperbolhn aiwnion baroV doxhV,

epeidh hmeiV den enatenizomen eiV ta blepomena, all' eiV ta mh blepomena× dioti ta blepomena einai proskaira, ta de mh blepomena aiwnia.