12:1 toigaroun kai hmeis tosouton econtes perikeimenon hmin nefos marturwn ogkon apoqemenoi panta kai thn euperistaton amartian di upomonhs trecwmen ton prokeimenon hmin agwna

12:2 aforwntes eis ton ths pistews archgon kai teleiwthn ihsoun os anti ths prokeimenhs autw caras upemeinen stauron aiscunhs katafronhsas en dexia te tou qronou tou qeou ekaqisen

12:3 analogisasqe gar ton toiauthn upomemenhkota upo twn amartwlwn eis auton antilogian ina mh kamhte tais yucais umwn ekluomenoi

12:4 oupw mecris aimatos antikatesthte pros thn amartian antagwnizomenoi

12:5 kai eklelhsqe ths paraklhsews htis umin ws uiois dialegetai uie mou mh oligwrei paideias kuriou mhde ekluou up autou elegcomenos

12:6 on gar agapa kurios paideuei mastigoi de panta uion on paradecetai

12:7 ei paideian upomenete ws uiois umin prosferetai o qeos tis gar estin uios on ou paideuei pathr

12:8 ei de cwris este paideias hs metocoi gegonasin pantes ara noqoi este kai ouc uioi

12:9 eita tous men ths sarkos hmwn pateras eicomen paideutas kai enetrepomeqa ou [de] pollw mallon upotaghsomeqa tw patri twn pneumatwn kai zhsomen

12:10 oi men gar pros oligas hmeras kata to dokoun autois epaideuon o de epi to sumferon eis to metalabein ths agiothtos autou

12:11 pasa de paideia pros men to paron ou dokei caras einai alla luphs usteron de karpon eirhnikon tois di auths gegumnasmenois apodidwsin dikaiosunhs

12:12 dio tas pareimenas ceiras kai ta paralelumena gonata anorqwsate

12:13 kai trocias orqas poihsate tois posin umwn ina mh to cwlon ektraph iaqh de mallon

12:14 eirhnhn diwkete meta pantwn kai ton agiasmon ou cwris oudeis oyetai ton kurion

12:15 episkopountes mh tis usterwn apo ths caritos tou qeou mh tis riza pikrias anw fuousa enoclh kai dia tauths mianqwsin polloi

12:16 mh tis pornos h bebhlos ws hsau os anti brwsews mias apedoto ta prwtotokia autou

12:17 iste gar oti kai metepeita qelwn klhronomhsai thn eulogian apedokimasqh metanoias gar topon ouc euren kaiper meta dakruwn ekzhthsas authn

12:18 ou gar proselhluqate yhlafwmenw orei kai kekaumenw puri kai gnofw kai skotw kai quellh

12:19 kai salpiggos hcw kai fwnh rhmatwn hs oi akousantes parhthsanto mh prosteqhnai autois logon

12:20 ouk eferon gar to diastellomenon kan qhrion qigh tou orous liqobolhqhsetai h bolidi katatoxeuqhsetai

12:21 kai outws foberon hn to fantazomenon mwshs eipen ekfobos eimi kai entromos

12:22 alla proselhluqate siwn orei kai polei qeou zwntos ierousalhm epouraniw kai muriasin aggelwn

12:23 panhgurei kai ekklhsia prwtotokwn en ouranois apogegrammenwn kai krith qew pantwn kai pneumasin dikaiwn teteleiwmenwn

12:24 kai diaqhkhs neas mesith ihsou kai aimati rantismou kreittona lalounti para to Abel

12:25 blepete mh paraithshsqe ton lalounta ei gar ekeinoi ouk efugon ton epi ths ghs paraithsamenoi crhmatizonta pollw mallon hmeis oi ton ap ouranwn apostrefomenoi

12:26 ou h fwnh thn ghn esaleusen tote nun de ephggeltai legwn eti apax egw seiw ou monon thn ghn alla kai ton ouranon

12:27 to de eti apax dhloi [thn] twn saleuomenwn thn metaqesin ws pepoihmenwn ina meinh ta mh saleuomena

12:28 dio basileian asaleuton paralambanontes ecwmen carin di hs latreuwmen euarestws tw qew meta aidous kai eulabeias