2:1 su oun teknon mou endunamou en th cariti th en cristw ihsou

2:2 kai a hkousas par emou dia pollwn marturwn tauta paraqou pistois anqrwpois oitines ikanoi esontai kai eterous didaxai

2:3 su oun kakopaqhson ws kalos stratiwths ihsou cristou

2:4 oudeis strateuomenos empleketai tais tou biou pragmateiais ina tw stratologhsanti aresh

2:5 ean de kai aqlh tis ou stefanoutai ean mh nomimws aqlhsh

2:6 ton kopiwnta gewrgon dei prwton twn karpwn metalambanein

2:7 noei a legw dwh gar soi o kurios sunesin en pasin

2:8 mnhmoneue ihsoun criston eghgermenon ek nekrwn ek spermatos dabid kata to euaggelion mou

2:9 en w kakopaqw mecri desmwn ws kakourgos all o logos tou qeou ou dedetai

2:10 dia touto panta upomenw dia tous eklektous ina kai autoi swthrias tucwsin ths en cristw ihsou meta doxhs aiwniou

2:11 pistos o logos ei gar sunapeqanomen kai suzhsomen

2:12 ei upomenomen kai sumbasileusomen ei arnoumeqa kakeinos arnhsetai hmas

2:13 ei apistoumen ekeinos pistos menei arnhsasqai eauton ou dunatai

2:14 tauta upomimnhske diamarturomenos enwpion tou kuriou mh logomacein eis ouden crhsimon epi katastrofh twn akouontwn

2:15 spoudason seauton dokimon parasthsai tw qew ergathn anepaiscunton orqotomounta ton logon ths alhqeias

2:16 tas de bebhlous kenofwnias periistaso epi pleion gar prokoyousin asebeias

2:17 kai o logos autwn ws gaggraina nomhn exei wn estin umenaios kai filhtos

2:18 oitines peri thn alhqeian hstochsan legontes [thn] thn anastasin hdh gegonenai kai anatrepousin thn tinwn pistin

2:19 o mentoi stereos qemelios tou qeou esthken ecwn thn sfragida tauthn egnw kurios tous ontas autou kai aposthtw apo adikias pas o onomazwn to onoma cristou

2:20 en megalh de oikia ouk estin monon skeuh crusa kai argura alla kai xulina kai ostrakina kai a men eis timhn a de eis atimian

2:21 ean oun tis ekkaqarh eauton apo toutwn estai skeuos eis timhn hgiasmenon kai eucrhston tw despoth eis pan ergon agaqon htoimasmenon

2:22 tas de newterikas epiqumias feuge diwke de dikaiosunhn pistin agaphn eirhnhn meta twn epikaloumenwn ton kurion ek kaqaras kardias

2:23 tas de mwras kai apaideutous zhthseis paraitou eidws oti gennwsin macas

2:24 doulon de kuriou ou dei macesqai all hpion einai pros pantas didaktikon anexikakon

2:25 en praothti paideuonta tous antidiatiqemenous mhpote dw autois o qeos metanoian eis epignwsin alhqeias