PROS TIMOQEON B

KEFALAION 1

1 paulos apostolos ihsou cristou dia qelhmatos qeou kat epaggelian zwhs ths en cristw ihsou

2 timoqew agaphtw teknw caris eleos eirhnh apo qeou patros kai cristou ihsou tou kuriou hmwn

3 carin ecw tw qew w latreuw apo progonwn en kaqara suneidhsei ws adialeipton ecw thn peri sou mneian en tais dehsesin mou nuktos kai hmeras

4 epipoqwn se idein memnhmenos sou twn dakruwn ina caras plhrwqw

5 upomnhsin lambanwn ths en soi anupokritou pistews htis enwkhsen prwton en th mammh sou lwidi kai th mhtri sou euneikh pepeismai de oti kai en soi

6 di hn aitian anamimnhskw se anazwpurein to carisma tou qeou o estin en soi dia ths epiqesews twn ceirwn mou

7 ou gar edwken hmin o qeos pneuma deilias alla dunamews kai agaphs kai swfronismou

8 mh oun epaiscunqhs to marturion tou kuriou hmwn mhde eme ton desmion autou alla sugkakopaqhson tw euaggeliw kata dunamin qeou

9 tou swsantos hmas kai kalesantos klhsei agia ou kata ta erga hmwn alla kat idian proqesin kai carin thn doqeisan hmin en cristw ihsou pro cronwn aiwniwn

10 fanerwqeisan de nun dia ths epifaneias tou swthros hmwn ihsou cristou katarghsantos men ton qanaton fwtisantos de zwhn kai afqarsian dia tou euaggeliou

11 eis o eteqhn egw khrux kai apostolos kai didaskalos eqnwn

12 di hn aitian kai tauta pascw all ouk epaiscunomai oida gar w pepisteuka kai pepeismai oti dunatos estin thn paraqhkhn mou fulaxai eis ekeinhn thn hmeran

13 upotupwsin ece ugiainontwn logwn wn par emou hkousas en pistei kai agaph th en cristw ihsou

14 thn kalhn parakataqhkhn fulaxon dia pneumatos agiou tou enoikountos en hmin

15 oidas touto oti apestrafhsan me pantes oi en th asia wn estin fugellos kai ermogenhs

16 dwh eleos o kurios tw onhsiforou oikw oti pollakis me aneyuxen kai thn alusin mou ouk ephscunqh

17 alla genomenos en rwmh spoudaioteron ezhthsen me kai euren

18 dwh autw o kurios eurein eleos para kuriou en ekeinh th hmera kai osa en efesw dihkonhsen beltion su ginwskeis

KEFALAION 2

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

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

3 su oun kakopaqhson ws kalos stratiwths ihsou cristou

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

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

6 ton kopiwnta gewrgon dei prwton twn karpwn metalambanein

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

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

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

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

11 pistos o logos ei gar sunapeqanomen kai suzhsomen

12 ei upomenomen kai sumbasileusomen ei arnoumeqa kakeinos arnhsetai hmas

13 ei apistoumen ekeinos pistos menei arnhsasqai eauton ou dunatai

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

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

16 tas de bebhlous kenofwnias periistaso epi pleion gar prokoyousin asebeias

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

18 oitines peri thn alhqeian hstochsan legontes thn anastasin hdh gegonenai kai anatrepousin thn tinwn pistin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26 kai ananhywsin ek ths tou diabolou pagidos ezwgrhmenoi up autou eis to ekeinou qelhma

KEFALAION 3

1 touto de ginwske oti en escatais hmerais ensthsontai kairoi calepoi

2 esontai gar oi anqrwpoi filautoi filarguroi alazones uperhfanoi blasfhmoi goneusin apeiqeis acaristoi anosioi

3 astorgoi aspondoi diaboloi akrateis anhmeroi afilagaqoi

4 prodotai propeteis tetufwmenoi filhdonoi mallon h filoqeoi

5 econtes morfwsin eusebeias thn de dunamin auths hrnhmenoi kai toutous apotrepou

6 ek toutwn gar eisin oi endunontes eis tas oikias kai aicmalwteuontes ta gunaikaria seswreumena amartiais agomena epiqumiais poikilais

7 pantote manqanonta kai mhdepote eis epignwsin alhqeias elqein dunamena

8 on tropon de iannhs kai iambrhs antesthsan mwusei outws kai outoi anqistantai th alhqeia anqrwpoi katefqarmenoi ton noun adokimoi peri thn pistin

9 all ou prokoyousin epi pleion h gar anoia autwn ekdhlos estai pasin ws kai h ekeinwn egeneto

10 su de parhkolouqhkas mou th didaskalia th agwgh th proqesei th pistei th makroqumia th agaph th upomonh

11 tois diwgmois tois paqhmasin oia moi egeneto en antioceia en ikoniw en lustrois oious diwgmous uphnegka kai ek pantwn me errusato o kurios

12 kai pantes de oi qelontes eusebws zhn en cristw ihsou diwcqhsontai

13 ponhroi de anqrwpoi kai gohtes prokoyousin epi to ceiron planwntes kai planwmenoi

14 su de mene en ois emaqes kai epistwqhs eidws para tinos emaqes

15 kai oti apo brefous ta iera grammata oidas ta dunamena se sofisai eis swthrian dia pistews ths en cristw ihsou

16 pasa grafh qeopneustos kai wfelimos pros didaskalian pros elegcon pros epanorqwsin pros paideian thn en dikaiosunh

17 ina artios h o tou qeou anqrwpos pros pan ergon agaqon exhrtismenos

KEFALAION 4

1 diamarturomai oun egw enwpion tou qeou kai tou kuriou ihsou cristou tou mellontos krinein zwntas kai nekrous kata thn epifaneian autou kai thn basileian autou

2 khruxon ton logon episthqi eukairws akairws elegxon epitimhson parakaleson en pash makroqumia kai didach

3 estai gar kairos ote ths ugiainoushs didaskalias ouk anexontai alla kata tas epiqumias tas idias eautois episwreusousin didaskalous knhqomenoi thn akohn

4 kai apo men ths alhqeias thn akohn apostreyousin epi de tous muqous ektraphsontai

5 su de nhfe en pasin kakopaqhson ergon poihson euaggelistou thn diakonian sou plhroforhson

6 egw gar hdh spendomai kai o kairos ths emhs analusews efesthken

7 ton agwna ton kalon hgwnismai ton dromon teteleka thn pistin tethrhka

8 loipon apokeitai moi o ths dikaiosunhs stefanos on apodwsei moi o kurios en ekeinh th hmera o dikaios kriths ou monon de emoi alla kai pasin tois hgaphkosin thn epifaneian autou

9 spoudason elqein pros me tacews

10 dhmas gar me egkatelipen agaphsas ton nun aiwna kai eporeuqh eis qessalonikhn krhskhs eis galatian titos eis dalmatian

11 loukas estin monos met emou markon analabwn age meta seautou estin gar moi eucrhstos eis diakonian

12 tucikon de apesteila eis efeson

13 ton failonhn on apelipon en trwadi para karpw ercomenos fere kai ta biblia malista tas membranas

14 alexandros o calkeus polla moi kaka enedeixato apodwh autw o kurios kata ta erga autou

15 on kai su fulassou lian gar anqesthken tois hmeterois logois

16 en th prwth mou apologia oudeis moi sumparegeneto alla pantes me egkatelipon mh autois logisqeih

17 o de kurios moi paresth kai enedunamwsen me ina di emou to khrugma plhroforhqh kai akoush panta ta eqnh kai errusqhn ek stomatos leontos

18 kai rusetai me o kurios apo pantos ergou ponhrou kai swsei eis thn basileian autou thn epouranion w h doxa eis tous aiwnas twn aiwnwn amhn

19 aspasai priskan kai akulan kai ton onhsiforou oikon

20 erastos emeinen en korinqw trofimon de apelipon en milhtw asqenounta

21 spoudason pro ceimwnos elqein aspazetai se euboulos kai poudhs kai linos kai klaudia kai oi adelfoi pantes