1:1 paulos apostolos ihsou cristou kat epitaghn qeou swthros hmwn kai kuriou ihsou cristou ths elpidos hmwn

1:2 timoqew gnhsiw teknw en pistei caris eleos eirhnh apo qeou patros hmwn kai ihsou cristou tou kuriou hmwn

1:3 kaqws parekalesa se prosmeinai en efesw poreuomenos eis makedonian ina paraggeilhs tisin mh eterodidaskalein

1:4 mhde prosecein muqois kai genealogiais aperantois aitines zhthseis parecousin mallon h oikodomian qeou thn en pistei

1:5 to de telos ths paraggelias estin agaph ek kaqaras kardias kai suneidhsews agaqhs kai pistews anupokritou

1:6 wn tines astochsantes exetraphsan eis mataiologian

1:7 qelontes einai nomodidaskaloi mh noountes mhte a legousin mhte peri tinwn diabebaiountai

1:8 oidamen de oti kalos o nomos ean tis autw nomimws crhtai

1:9 eidws touto oti dikaiw nomos ou keitai anomois de kai anupotaktois asebesin kai amartwlois anosiois kai bebhlois patralwais kai mhtralwais androfonois

1:10 pornois arsenokoitais andrapodistais yeustais epiorkois kai ei ti eteron th ugiainoush didaskalia antikeitai

1:11 kata to euaggelion ths doxhs tou makariou qeou o episteuqhn egw

1:12 kai carin ecw tw endunamwsanti me cristw ihsou tw kuriw hmwn oti piston me hghsato qemenos eis diakonian

1:13 ton proteron onta blasfhmon kai diwkthn kai ubristhn all hlehqhn oti agnown epoihsa en apistia

1:14 uperepleonasen de h caris tou kuriou hmwn meta pistews kai agaphs ths en cristw ihsou

1:15 pistos o logos kai pashs apodochs axios oti cristos ihsous hlqen eis ton kosmon amartwlous swsai wn prwtos eimi egw

1:16 alla dia touto hlehqhn ina en emoi prwtw endeixhtai ihsous cristos thn pasan makroqumian pros upotupwsin twn mellontwn pisteuein ep autw eis zwhn aiwnion

1:17 tw de basilei twn aiwnwn afqartw aoratw monw sofw qew timh kai doxa eis tous aiwnas twn aiwnwn amhn

1:18 tauthn thn paraggelian paratiqemai soi teknon timoqee kata tas proagousas epi se profhteias ina strateuh en autais thn kalhn strateian

1:19 ecwn pistin kai agaqhn suneidhsin hn tines apwsamenoi peri thn pistin enauaghsan