8:1 gnwrizomen de umin adelfoi thn carin tou qeou thn dedomenhn en tais ekklhsiais ths makedonias

8:2 oti en pollh dokimh qliyews h perisseia ths caras autwn kai h kata baqous ptwceia autwn eperisseusen eis ton plouton ths aplothtos autwn

8:3 oti kata dunamin marturw kai uper dunamin auqairetoi

8:4 meta pollhs paraklhsews deomenoi hmwn thn carin kai thn koinwnian ths diakonias ths eis tous agious dexasqai hmas

8:5 kai ou kaqws hlpisamen all eautous edwkan prwton tw kuriw kai hmin dia qelhmatos qeou

8:6 eis to parakalesai hmas titon ina kaqws proenhrxato outws kai epitelesh eis umas kai thn carin tauthn

8:7 all wsper en panti perisseuete pistei kai logw kai gnwsei kai pash spoudh kai th ex umwn en hmin agaph ina kai en tauth th cariti perisseuhte

8:8 ou kat epitaghn legw alla dia ths eterwn spoudhs kai to ths umeteras agaphs gnhsion dokimazwn

8:9 ginwskete gar thn carin tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou oti di umas eptwceusen plousios wn ina umeis th ekeinou ptwceia plouthshte

8:10 kai gnwmhn en toutw didwmi touto gar umin sumferei oitines ou monon to poihsai alla kai to qelein proenhrxasqe apo perusi

8:11 nuni de kai to poihsai epitelesate opws kaqaper h proqumia tou qelein outws kai to epitelesai ek tou ecein

8:12 ei gar h proqumia prokeitai kaqo ean ech tis euprosdektos ou kaqo ouk ecei

8:13 ou gar ina allois anesis umin de qliyis all ex isothtos en tw nun kairw to umwn perisseuma eis to ekeinwn usterhma

8:14 ina kai to ekeinwn perisseuma genhtai eis to umwn usterhma opws genhtai isoths

8:15 kaqws gegraptai o to polu ouk epleonasen kai o to oligon ouk hlattonhsen

8:16 caris de tw qew tw didonti thn authn spoudhn uper umwn en th kardia titou

8:17 oti thn men paraklhsin edexato spoudaioteros de uparcwn auqairetos exhlqen pros umas

8:18 sunepemyamen de met autou ton adelfon ou o epainos en tw euaggeliw dia paswn twn ekklhsiwn

8:19 ou monon de alla kai ceirotonhqeis upo twn ekklhsiwn sunekdhmos hmwn sun th cariti tauth th diakonoumenh uf hmwn pros thn [autou] autou tou kuriou doxan kai proqumian umwn

8:20 stellomenoi touto mh tis hmas mwmhshtai en th adrothti tauth th diakonoumenh uf hmwn

8:21 pronooumenoi kala ou monon enwpion kuriou alla kai enwpion anqrwpwn

8:22 sunepemyamen de autois ton adelfon hmwn on edokimasamen en pollois pollakis spoudaion onta nuni de polu spoudaioteron pepoiqhsei pollh th eis umas

8:23 eite uper titou koinwnos emos kai eis umas sunergos eite adelfoi hmwn apostoloi ekklhsiwn doxa cristou