PROS KOLOSSAEIS

KEFALAION 1

1 paulos apostolos ihsou cristou dia qelhmatos qeou kai timoqeos o adelfos

2 tois en kolassais agiois kai pistois adelfois en cristw caris umin kai eirhnh apo qeou patros hmwn kai kuriou ihsou cristou

3 eucaristoumen tw qew kai patri tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou pantote peri umwn proseucomenoi

4 akousantes thn pistin umwn en cristw ihsou kai thn agaphn thn eis pantas tous agious

5 dia thn elpida thn apokeimenhn umin en tois ouranois hn prohkousate en tw logw ths alhqeias tou euaggeliou

6 tou parontos eis umas kaqws kai en panti tw kosmw kai estin karpoforoumenon kaqws kai en umin af hs hmeras hkousate kai epegnwte thn carin tou qeou en alhqeia

7 kaqws kai emaqete apo epafra tou agaphtou sundoulou hmwn os estin pistos uper umwn diakonos tou cristou

8 o kai dhlwsas hmin thn umwn agaphn en pneumati

9 dia touto kai hmeis af hs hmeras hkousamen ou pauomeqa uper umwn proseucomenoi kai aitoumenoi ina plhrwqhte thn epignwsin tou qelhmatos autou en pash sofia kai sunesei pneumatikh

10 peripathsai umas axiws tou kuriou eis pasan areskeian en panti ergw agaqw karpoforountes kai auxanomenoi eis thn epignwsin tou qeou

11 en pash dunamei dunamoumenoi kata to kratos ths doxhs autou eis pasan upomonhn kai makroqumian meta caras

12 eucaristountes tw patri tw ikanwsanti hmas eis thn merida tou klhrou twn agiwn en tw fwti

13 os errusato hmas ek ths exousias tou skotous kai metesthsen eis thn basileian tou uiou ths agaphs autou

14 en w ecomen thn apolutrwsin dia tou aimatos autou thn afesin twn amartiwn

15 os estin eikwn tou qeou tou aoratou prwtotokos pashs ktisews

16 oti en autw ektisqh ta panta ta en tois ouranois kai ta epi ths ghs ta orata kai ta aorata eite qronoi eite kuriothtes eite arcai eite exousiai ta panta di autou kai eis auton ektistai

17 kai autos estin pro pantwn kai ta panta en autw sunesthken

18 kai autos estin h kefalh tou swmatos ths ekklhsias os estin arch prwtotokos ek twn nekrwn ina genhtai en pasin autos prwteuwn

19 oti en autw eudokhsen pan to plhrwma katoikhsai

20 kai di autou apokatallaxai ta panta eis auton eirhnopoihsas dia tou aimatos tou staurou autou di autou eite ta epi ths ghs eite ta en tois ouranois

21 kai umas pote ontas aphllotriwmenous kai ecqrous th dianoia en tois ergois tois ponhrois nuni de apokathllaxen

22 en tw swmati ths sarkos autou dia tou qanatou parasthsai umas agious kai amwmous kai anegklhtous katenwpion autou

23 eige epimenete th pistei teqemeliwmenoi kai edraioi kai mh metakinoumenoi apo ths elpidos tou euaggeliou ou hkousate tou khrucqentos en pash th ktisei th upo ton ouranon ou egenomhn egw paulos diakonos

24 nun cairw en tois paqhmasin mou uper umwn kai antanaplhrw ta usterhmata twn qliyewn tou cristou en th sarki mou uper tou swmatos autou o estin h ekklhsia

25 hs egenomhn egw diakonos kata thn oikonomian tou qeou thn doqeisan moi eis umas plhrwsai ton logon tou qeou

26 to musthrion to apokekrummenon apo twn aiwnwn kai apo twn genewn nuni de efanerwqh tois agiois autou

27 ois hqelhsen o qeos gnwrisai tis o ploutos ths doxhs tou musthriou toutou en tois eqnesin os estin cristos en umin h elpis ths doxhs

28 on hmeis kataggellomen nouqetountes panta anqrwpon kai didaskontes panta anqrwpon en pash sofia ina parasthswmen panta anqrwpon teleion en cristw ihsou

29 eis o kai kopiw agwnizomenos kata thn energeian autou thn energoumenhn en emoi en dunamei

KEFALAION 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 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

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

4 touto de legw ina mh tis umas paralogizhtai en piqanologia

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

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

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

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

9 oti en autw katoikei pan to plhrwma ths qeothtos swmatikws

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

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

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

13 kai umas nekrous ontas en tois paraptwmasin kai th akrobustia ths sarkos umwn sunezwpoihsen sun autw carisamenos hmin panta ta paraptwmata

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

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

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

17 a estin skia twn mellontwn to de swma tou cristou

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

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

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

21 mh ayh mhde geush mhde qighs

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

23 atina estin logon men econta sofias en eqeloqrhskeia kai tapeinofrosunh kai afeidia swmatos ouk en timh tini pros plhsmonhn ths sarkos

KEFALAION 3

1 ei oun sunhgerqhte tw cristw ta anw zhteite ou o cristos estin en dexia tou qeou kaqhmenos

2 ta anw froneite mh ta epi ths ghs

3 apeqanete gar kai h zwh umwn kekruptai sun tw cristw en tw qew

4 otan o cristos fanerwqh h zwh hmwn tote kai umeis sun autw fanerwqhsesqe en doxh

5 nekrwsate oun ta melh umwn ta epi ths ghs porneian akaqarsian paqos epiqumian kakhn kai thn pleonexian htis estin eidwlolatreia

6 di a ercetai h orgh tou qeou epi tous uious ths apeiqeias

7 en ois kai umeis periepathsate pote ote ezhte en autois

8 nuni de apoqesqe kai umeis ta panta orghn qumon kakian blasfhmian aiscrologian ek tou stomatos umwn

9 mh yeudesqe eis allhlous apekdusamenoi ton palaion anqrwpon sun tais praxesin autou

10 kai endusamenoi ton neon ton anakainoumenon eis epignwsin kat eikona tou ktisantos auton

11 opou ouk eni ellhn kai ioudaios peritomh kai akrobustia barbaros skuqhs doulos eleuqeros alla ta panta kai en pasin cristos

12 endusasqe oun ws eklektoi tou qeou agioi kai hgaphmenoi splagcna oiktirmwn crhstothta tapeinofrosunhn praothta makroqumian

13 anecomenoi allhlwn kai carizomenoi eautois ean tis pros tina ech momfhn kaqws kai o cristos ecarisato umin outws kai umeis

14 epi pasin de toutois thn agaphn htis estin sundesmos ths teleiothtos

15 kai h eirhnh tou qeou brabeuetw en tais kardiais umwn eis hn kai eklhqhte en eni swmati kai eucaristoi ginesqe

16 o logos tou cristou enoikeitw en umin plousiws en pash sofia didaskontes kai nouqetountes eautous yalmois kai umnois kai wdais pneumatikais en cariti adontes en th kardia umwn tw kuriw

17 kai pan o ti an poihte en logw h en ergw panta en onomati kuriou ihsou eucaristountes tw qew kai patri di autou

18 ai gunaikes upotassesqe tois idiois andrasin ws anhken en kuriw

19 oi andres agapate tas gunaikas kai mh pikrainesqe pros autas

20 ta tekna upakouete tois goneusin kata panta touto gar estin euareston tw kuriw

21 oi pateres mh ereqizete ta tekna umwn ina mh aqumwsin

22 oi douloi upakouete kata panta tois kata sarka kuriois mh en ofqalmodouleiais ws anqrwpareskoi all en aplothti kardias foboumenoi ton qeon

23 kai pan o ti ean poihte ek yuchs ergazesqe ws tw kuriw kai ouk anqrwpois

24 eidotes oti apo kuriou apolhyesqe thn antapodosin ths klhronomias tw gar kuriw cristw douleuete

25 o de adikwn komieitai o hdikhsen kai ouk estin proswpolhyia

KEFALAION 4

1 oi kurioi to dikaion kai thn isothta tois doulois parecesqe eidotes oti kai umeis ecete kurion en ouranois

2 th proseuch proskartereite grhgorountes en auth en eucaristia

3 proseucomenoi ama kai peri hmwn ina o qeos anoixh hmin quran tou logou lalhsai to musthrion tou cristou di o kai dedemai

4 ina fanerwsw auto ws dei me lalhsai

5 en sofia peripateite pros tous exw ton kairon exagorazomenoi

6 o logos umwn pantote en cariti alati hrtumenos eidenai pws dei umas eni ekastw apokrinesqai

7 ta kat eme panta gnwrisei umin tucikos o agaphtos adelfos kai pistos diakonos kai sundoulos en kuriw

8 on epemya pros umas eis auto touto ina gnw ta peri umwn kai parakalesh tas kardias umwn

9 sun onhsimw tw pistw kai agaphtw adelfw os estin ex umwn panta umin gnwriousin ta wde

10 aspazetai umas aristarcos o sunaicmalwtos mou kai markos o aneyios barnaba peri ou elabete entolas ean elqh pros umas dexasqe auton

11 kai ihsous o legomenos ioustos oi ontes ek peritomhs outoi monoi sunergoi eis thn basileian tou qeou oitines egenhqhsan moi parhgoria

12 aspazetai umas epafras o ex umwn doulos cristou pantote agwnizomenos uper umwn en tais proseucais ina sthte teleioi kai peplhrwmenoi en panti qelhmati tou qeou

13 marturw gar autw oti ecei zhlon polun uper umwn kai twn en laodikeia kai twn en ierapolei

14 aspazetai umas loukas o iatros o agaphtos kai dhmas

15 aspasasqe tous en laodikeia adelfous kai numfan kai thn kat oikon autou ekklhsian

16 kai otan anagnwsqh par umin h epistolh poihsate ina kai en th laodikewn ekklhsia anagnwsqh kai thn ek laodikeias ina kai umeis anagnwte

17 kai eipate arcippw blepe thn diakonian hn parelabes en kuriw ina authn plhrois