| Chapter 3 |
1 | [] Dia touto egw o PauloV, o desmioV tou Ihsou Cristou uper umwn twn eqnikwn, |
2 | epeidh hkousate thn oikonomian thV caritoV tou Qeou thV doqeishV eiV eme uper umwn, |
3 | oti di' apokaluyewV efanerwsen eiV eme to musthrion, kaqwV proegraya suntomwV, |
4 | ex wn dunasqe anaginwskonteV na nohshte thn en tw musthriw tou Cristou gnwsin mou, |
5 | to opoion en allaiV geneaiV den egnwstopoihqh eiV touV uiouV twn anqrwpwn, kaqwV twra apekalufqh dia PneumatoV eiV touV agiouV autou apostolouV kai profhtaV, |
6 | na hnai ta eqnh sugklhronoma kai susswma kai summetoca thV epaggeliaV autou en tw Cristw dia tou euaggeliou, |
7 | tou opoiou egeina uphrethV kata thn dwrean thV caritoV tou Qeou, thn doqeisan eiV eme kata thn energeian thV dunamewV autou. |
8 | EiV eme ton pleon elaciston pantwn twn agiwn edoqh h cariV auth, na euaggelisw metaxu twn eqnwn ton anexicniaston plouton tou Cristou |
9 | kai na fwtisw pantaV, poia einai h koinwnia tou musthriou tou apokekrummenou apo twn aiwnwn en tw Qew ostiV ektise ta panta dia tou Ihsou Cristou, |
10 | dia na gnwrisqh twra dia thV ekklhsiaV en toiV epouranioiV eiV taV arcaV kai taV exousiaV h polupoikiloV sofia tou Qeou, |
11 | kata thn aiwnion proqesin, thn opoian ekamen en Cristw Ihsou tw Kuriw hmwn, |
12 | dia tou opoiou ecomen thn parrhsian kai thn eisodon me pepoiqhsin dia thV eiV auton pistewV. |
13 | Dia touto saV parakalw na mh aqumhte dia taV uper umwn qliyeiV mou, to opoion einai doxa umwn. |
14 | [] Dia touto kamptw ta gonata mou proV ton Patera tou Kuriou hmwn Ihsou Cristou, |
15 | ek tou opoiou pasa patria en ouranoiV kai epi ghV onomazetai, |
16 | dia na dwsh eiV esaV kata ton plouton thV doxhV autou, na krataiwqhte en dunamei dia tou PneumatoV autou eiV ton eswterikon anqrwpon, |
17 | dia na katoikhsh o CristoV dia thV pistewV en taiV kardiaiV umwn, |
18 | wste na dunhqhte, errizwmenoi kai teqemeliwmenoi en agaph, na katalabhte meta pantwn twn agiwn ti to platoV kai mhkoV kai baqoV kai uyoV, |
19 | kai na gnwrishte thn agaphn tou Cristou thn uperbainousan pasan gnwsin, dia na plhrwqhte me olon to plhrwma tou Qeou. |
20 | EiV de ton dunamenon uperekperissou na kamh uper panta osa zhtoumen h nooumen, kata thn dunamin thn energoumenhn en hmin, |
21 | eiV auton estw h doxa en th ekklhsia dia Ihsou Cristou eiV pasaV taV geneaV tou aiwnoV twn aiwnwn× amhn. |