1:1 paulos apostolos ihsou cristou dia qelhmatos qeou kai timoqeos o adelfos th ekklhsia tou qeou th oush en korinqw sun tois agiois pasin tois ousin en olh th Acaia

1:2 caris umin kai eirhnh apo qeou patros hmwn kai kuriou ihsou cristou

1:3 euloghtos o qeos kai pathr tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou o pathr twn oiktirmwn kai qeos pashs paraklhsews

1:4 o parakalwn hmas epi pash th qliyei hmwn eis to dunasqai hmas parakalein tous en pash qliyei dia ths paraklhsews hs parakaloumeqa autoi upo tou qeou

1:5 oti kaqws perisseuei ta paqhmata tou cristou eis hmas outws dia cristou perisseuei kai h paraklhsis hmwn

1:6 eite de qlibomeqa uper ths umwn paraklhsews kai swthrias ths energoumenhs en upomonh twn autwn paqhmatwn wn kai hmeis pascomen eite parakaloumeqa uper ths umwn paraklhsews kai swthrias kai h elpis hmwn bebaia uper umwn

1:7 eidotes oti wsper koinwnoi este twn paqhmatwn outws kai ths paraklhsews

1:8 ou gar qelomen umas agnoein adelfoi uper ths qliyews hmwn ths genomenhs hmin en th asia oti kaq uperbolhn ebarhqhmen uper dunamin wste exaporhqhnai hmas kai tou zhn

1:9 alla autoi en eautois to apokrima tou qanatou eschkamen ina mh pepoiqotes wmen ef eautois all epi tw qew tw egeironti tous nekrous

1:10 os ek thlikoutou qanatou errusato hmas kai ruetai eis on hlpikamen [oti] oti kai eti rusetai

1:11 sunupourgountwn kai umwn uper hmwn th dehsei ina ek pollwn proswpwn to eis hmas carisma dia pollwn eucaristhqh uper hmwn

1:12 h gar kauchsis hmwn auth estin to marturion ths suneidhsews hmwn oti en aplothti kai eilikrineia qeou [kai] ouk en sofia sarkikh all en cariti qeou anestrafhmen en tw kosmw perissoterws de pros umas

1:13 ou gar alla grafomen umin all h a anaginwskete h kai epiginwskete elpizw de oti kai ews telous epignwsesqe

1:14 kaqws kai epegnwte hmas apo merous oti kauchma umwn esmen kaqaper kai umeis hmwn en th hmera tou kuriou [hmwn] ihsou

1:15 kai tauth th pepoiqhsei eboulomhn pros umas elqein proteron ina deuteran carin echte

1:16 kai di umwn dielqein eis makedonian kai palin apo makedonias elqein pros umas kai uf umwn propemfqhnai eis thn ioudaian

1:17 touto oun bouleuomenos mh ti ara th elafria ecrhsamhn h a bouleuomai kata sarka bouleuomai ina h par emoi to nai nai kai to ou ou

1:18 pistos de o qeos oti o logos hmwn o pros umas ouk egeneto nai kai ou

1:19 o gar tou qeou uios ihsous cristos o en umin di hmwn khrucqeis di emou kai silouanou kai timoqeou ouk egeneto nai kai ou alla nai en autw gegonen

1:20 osai gar epaggeliai qeou en autw to nai kai en autw to amhn tw qew pros doxan di hmwn

1:21 o de bebaiwn hmas sun umin eis criston kai crisas hmas qeos

1:22 o kai sfragisamenos hmas kai dous ton arrabwna tou pneumatos en tais kardiais hmwn

1:23 egw de martura ton qeon epikaloumai epi thn emhn yuchn oti feidomenos umwn ouketi hlqon eis korinqon