4:1 dia touto econtes thn diakonian tauthn kaqws hlehqhmen ouk ekkakoumen

4:2 all apeipameqa ta krupta ths aiscunhs mh peripatountes en panourgia mhde dolountes ton logon tou qeou alla th fanerwsei ths alhqeias sunistwntes eautous pros pasan suneidhsin anqrwpwn enwpion tou qeou

4:3 ei de kai estin kekalummenon to euaggelion hmwn en tois apollumenois estin kekalummenon

4:4 en ois o qeos tou aiwnos toutou etuflwsen ta nohmata twn apistwn eis to mh augasai autois ton fwtismon tou euaggeliou ths doxhs tou cristou os estin eikwn tou qeou

4:5 ou gar eautous khrussomen alla criston ihsoun kurion eautous de doulous umwn dia ihsoun

4:6 oti o qeos o eipwn ek skotous fws lamyai os elamyen en tais kardiais hmwn pros fwtismon ths gnwsews ths doxhs tou qeou en proswpw [ihsou] ihsou cristou

4:7 ecomen de ton qhsauron touton en ostrakinois skeuesin ina h uperbolh ths dunamews h tou qeou kai mh ex hmwn

4:8 en panti qlibomenoi all ou stenocwroumenoi aporoumenoi all ouk exaporoumenoi

4:9 diwkomenoi all ouk egkataleipomenoi kataballomenoi all ouk apollumenoi

4:10 pantote thn nekrwsin tou kuriou ihsou en tw swmati periferontes ina kai h zwh tou ihsou en tw swmati hmwn fanerwqh

4:11 aei gar hmeis oi zwntes eis qanaton paradidomeqa dia ihsoun ina kai h zwh tou ihsou fanerwqh en th qnhth sarki hmwn

4:12 wste o men qanatos en hmin energeitai h de zwh en umin

4:13 econtes de to auto pneuma ths pistews kata to gegrammenon episteusa dio elalhsa kai hmeis pisteuomen dio kai laloumen

4:14 eidotes oti o egeiras ton kurion ihsoun kai hmas dia ihsou egerei kai parasthsei sun umin

4:15 ta gar panta di umas ina h caris pleonasasa dia twn pleionwn thn eucaristian perisseush eis thn doxan tou qeou

4:16 dio ouk ekkakoumen all ei kai o exw hmwn anqrwpos diafqeiretai all o eswqen anakainoutai hmera kai hmera

4:17 to gar parautika elafron ths qliyews hmwn kaq uperbolhn eis uperbolhn aiwnion baros doxhs katergazetai hmin