2:1 qelw gar umas eidenai hlikon agwna ecw peri umwn kai twn en laodikeia kai osoi ouc ewrakasin to proswpon mou en sarki

2:2 ina paraklhqwsin ai kardiai autwn sumbibasqentwn en agaph kai eis panta plouton ths plhroforias ths sunesews eis epignwsin tou musthriou tou qeou kai patros kai tou cristou

2:3 en w eisin pantes oi qhsauroi ths sofias kai ths gnwsews apokrufoi

2:4 touto de legw ina mh tis umas paralogizhtai en piqanologia

2:5 ei gar kai th sarki apeimi alla tw pneumati sun umin eimi cairwn kai blepwn umwn thn taxin kai to sterewma ths eis criston pistews umwn

2:6 ws oun parelabete ton criston ihsoun ton kurion en autw peripateite

2:7 errizwmenoi kai epoikodomoumenoi en autw kai bebaioumenoi en th pistei kaqws edidacqhte perisseuontes en auth en eucaristia

2:8 blepete mh tis umas estai o sulagwgwn dia ths filosofias kai kenhs apaths kata thn paradosin twn anqrwpwn kata ta stoiceia tou kosmou kai ou kata criston

2:9 oti en autw katoikei pan to plhrwma ths qeothtos swmatikws

2:10 kai este en autw peplhrwmenoi os estin h kefalh pashs archs kai exousias

2:11 en w kai perietmhqhte peritomh aceiropoihtw en th apekdusei tou swmatos twn amartiwn ths sarkos en th peritomh tou cristou

2:12 suntafentes autw en tw baptismati en w kai sunhgerqhte dia ths pistews ths energeias tou qeou tou egeirantos auton ek twn nekrwn

2:13 kai umas nekrous ontas [en] en tois paraptwmasin kai th akrobustia ths sarkos umwn sunezwopoihsen sun autw carisamenos umin panta ta paraptwmata

2:14 exaleiyas to kaq hmwn ceirografon tois dogmasin o hn upenantion hmin kai auto hrken ek tou mesou proshlwsas auto tw staurw

2:15 apekdusamenos tas arcas kai tas exousias edeigmatisen en parrhsia qriambeusas autous en autw

2:16 mh oun tis umas krinetw en brwsei h en posei h en merei eorths h noumhnias h sabbatwn

2:17 a estin skia twn mellontwn to de swma tou cristou

2:18 mhdeis umas katabrabeuetw qelwn en tapeinofrosunh kai qrhskeia twn aggelwn a mh ewraken embateuwn eikh fusioumenos upo tou noos ths sarkos autou

2:19 kai ou kratwn thn kefalhn ex ou pan to swma dia twn afwn kai sundesmwn epicorhgoumenon kai sumbibazomenon auxei thn auxhsin tou qeou

2:20 ei oun apeqanete sun tw cristw apo twn stoiceiwn tou kosmou ti ws zwntes en kosmw dogmatizesqe

2:21 mh ayh mhde geush mhde qighs

2:22 a estin panta eis fqoran th apocrhsei kata ta entalmata kai didaskalias twn anqrwpwn