1:1 ioudas ihsou cristou doulos adelfos de iakwbou tois en qew patri hgiasmenois kai ihsou cristw tethrhmenois klhtois

1:2 eleos umin kai eirhnh kai agaph plhqunqeih

1:3 agaphtoi pasan spoudhn poioumenos grafein umin peri ths koinhs swthrias anagkhn escon grayai umin parakalwn epagwnizesqai th apax paradoqeish tois agiois pistei

1:4 pareisedusan gar tines anqrwpoi oi palai progegrammenoi eis touto to krima asebeis thn tou qeou hmwn carin metatiqentes eis aselgeian kai ton monon despothn qeon kai kurion hmwn ihsoun criston arnoumenoi

1:5 upomnhsai de umas boulomai eidotas [umas] umas apax touto oti [o] o kurios laon ek ghs aiguptou swsas to deuteron tous mh pisteusantas apwlesen

1:6 aggelous te tous mh thrhsantas thn eautwn archn alla apolipontas to idion oikhthrion eis krisin megalhs hmeras desmois aidiois upo zofon tethrhken

1:7 ws sodoma kai gomorra kai ai peri autas poleis ton omoion toutois tropon ekporneusasai kai apelqousai opisw sarkos eteras prokeintai deigma puros aiwniou dikhn upecousai

1:8 omoiws mentoi kai outoi enupniazomenoi sarka men miainousin kuriothta de aqetousin doxas de blasfhmousin

1:9 o de micahl o arcaggelos ote tw diabolw diakrinomenos dielegeto peri tou mwsews swmatos ouk etolmhsen krisin epenegkein blasfhmias all eipen epitimhsai soi kurios

1:10 outoi de osa men ouk oidasin blasfhmousin osa de fusikws ws ta aloga zwa epistantai en toutois fqeirontai

1:11 ouai autois oti th odw tou kain eporeuqhsan kai th planh tou balaam misqou execuqhsan kai th antilogia tou Kore apwlonto

1:12 outoi eisin en tais agapais umwn spilades suneuwcoumenoi umin afobws eautous poimainontes nefelai anudroi upo anemwn periferomenai dendra fqinopwrina akarpa dis apoqanonta ekrizwqenta

1:13 kumata agria qalasshs epafrizonta tas eautwn aiscunas asteres planhtai ois o zofos tou skotous eis ton aiwna tethrhtai

1:14 proefhteusen de kai toutois ebdomos apo adam enwc legwn idou hlqen kurios en muriasin agiais autou

1:15 poihsai krisin kata pantwn kai exelegxai pantas tous asebeis autwn peri pantwn twn ergwn asebeias autwn wn hsebhsan kai peri pantwn twn sklhrwn wn elalhsan kat autou amartwloi asebeis

1:16 outoi eisin goggustai memyimoiroi kata tas epiqumias autwn poreuomenoi kai to stoma autwn lalei uperogka qaumazontes proswpa wfeleias carin

1:17 umeis de agaphtoi mnhsqhte twn rhmatwn twn proeirhmenwn upo twn apostolwn tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou

1:18 oti elegon umin [oti] [tou] oti en escatw cronw esontai empaiktai kata tas eautwn epiqumias poreuomenoi twn asebeiwn

1:19 outoi eisin oi apodiorizontes eautous yucikoi pneuma mh econtes

1:20 umeis de agaphtoi th agiwtath umwn pistei epoikodomountes eautous en pneumati agiw proseucomenoi

1:21 eautous en agaph qeou thrhsate prosdecomenoi to eleos tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou eis zwhn aiwnion

1:22 kai ous men eleeite diakrinomenoi

1:23 ous de en fobw swzete ek tou puros arpazontes misountes kai ton apo ths sarkos espilwmenon citwna

1:24 tw de dunamenw fulaxai umas aptaistous kai sthsai katenwpion ths doxhs autou amwmous en agalliasei