PROS TITON

KEFALAION 1

1 paulos doulos qeou apostolos de ihsou cristou kata pistin eklektwn qeou kai epignwsin alhqeias ths kat eusebeian

2 ep elpidi zwhs aiwniou hn ephggeilato o ayeudhs qeos pro cronwn aiwniwn

3 efanerwsen de kairois idiois ton logon autou en khrugmati o episteuqhn egw kat epitaghn tou swthros hmwn qeou

4 titw gnhsiw teknw kata koinhn pistin caris eleos eirhnh apo qeou patros kai kuriou ihsou cristou tou swthros hmwn

5 toutou carin katelipon se en krhth ina ta leiponta epidiorqwsh kai katasthshs kata polin presbuterous ws egw soi dietaxamhn

6 ei tis estin anegklhtos mias gunaikos anhr tekna ecwn pista mh en kathgoria aswtias h anupotakta

7 dei gar ton episkopon anegklhton einai ws qeou oikonomon mh auqadh mh orgilon mh paroinon mh plhkthn mh aiscrokerdh

8 alla filoxenon filagaqon swfrona dikaion osion egkrath

9 antecomenon tou kata thn didachn pistou logou ina dunatos h kai parakalein en th didaskalia th ugiainoush kai tous antilegontas elegcein

10 eisin gar polloi kai anupotaktoi mataiologoi kai frenapatai malista oi ek peritomhs

11 ous dei epistomizein oitines olous oikous anatrepousin didaskontes a mh dei aiscrou kerdous carin

12 eipen tis ex autwn idios autwn profhths krhtes aei yeustai kaka qhria gasteres argai

13 h marturia auth estin alhqhs di hn aitian elegce autous apotomws ina ugiainwsin en th pistei

14 mh prosecontes ioudaikois muqois kai entolais anqrwpwn apostrefomenwn thn alhqeian

15 panta men kaqara tois kaqarois tois de memiasmenois kai apistois ouden kaqaron alla memiantai autwn kai o nous kai h suneidhsis

16 qeon omologousin eidenai tois de ergois arnountai bdeluktoi ontes kai apeiqeis kai pros pan ergon agaqon adokimoi

KEFALAION 2

1 su de lalei a prepei th ugiainoush didaskalia

2 presbutas nhfalious einai semnous swfronas ugiainontas th pistei th agaph th upomonh

3 presbutidas wsautws en katasthmati ieroprepeis mh diabolous mh oinw pollw dedoulwmenas kalodidaskalous

4 ina swfronizwsin tas neas filandrous einai filoteknous

5 swfronas agnas oikourous agaqas upotassomenas tois idiois andrasin ina mh o logos tou qeou blasfhmhtai

6 tous newterous wsautws parakalei swfronein

7 peri panta seauton parecomenos tupon kalwn ergwn en th didaskalia adiafqorian semnothta afqarsian

8 logon ugih akatagnwston ina o ex enantias entraph mhden ecwn peri umwn legein faulon

9 doulous idiois despotais upotassesqai en pasin euarestous einai mh antilegontas

10 mh nosfizomenous alla pistin pasan endeiknumenous agaqhn ina thn didaskalian tou swthros umwn qeou kosmwsin en pasin

11 epefanh gar h caris tou qeou h swthrios pasin anqrwpois

12 paideuousa hmas ina arnhsamenoi thn asebeian kai tas kosmikas epiqumias swfronws kai dikaiws kai eusebws zhswmen en tw nun aiwni

13 prosdecomenoi thn makarian elpida kai epifaneian ths doxhs tou megalou qeou kai swthros hmwn ihsou cristou

14 os edwken eauton uper hmwn ina lutrwshtai hmas apo pashs anomias kai kaqarish eautw laon periousion zhlwthn kalwn ergwn

15 tauta lalei kai parakalei kai elegce meta pashs epitaghs mhdeis sou perifroneitw

KEFALAION 3

1 upomimnhske autous arcais kai exousiais upotassesqai peiqarcein pros pan ergon agaqon etoimous einai

2 mhdena blasfhmein amacous einai epieikeis pasan endeiknumenous praothta pros pantas anqrwpous

3 hmen gar pote kai hmeis anohtoi apeiqeis planwmenoi douleuontes epiqumiais kai hdonais poikilais en kakia kai fqonw diagontes stughtoi misountes allhlous

4 ote de h crhstoths kai h filanqrwpia epefanh tou swthros hmwn qeou

5 ouk ex ergwn twn en dikaiosunh wn epoihsamen hmeis alla kata ton autou eleon eswsen hmas dia loutrou paliggenesias kai anakainwsews pneumatos agiou

6 ou execeen ef hmas plousiws dia ihsou cristou tou swthros hmwn

7 ina dikaiwqentes th ekeinou cariti klhronomoi genwmeqa kat elpida zwhs aiwniou

8 pistos o logos kai peri toutwn boulomai se diabebaiousqai ina frontizwsin kalwn ergwn proistasqai oi pepisteukotes tw qew tauta estin ta kala kai wfelima tois anqrwpois

9 mwras de zhthseis kai genealogias kai ereis kai macas nomikas periistaso eisin gar anwfeleis kai mataioi

10 airetikon anqrwpon meta mian kai deuteran nouqesian paraitou

11 eidws oti exestraptai o toioutos kai amartanei wn autokatakritos

12 otan pemyw arteman pros se h tucikon spoudason elqein pros me eis nikopolin ekei gar kekrika paraceimasai

13 zhnan ton nomikon kai apollw spoudaiws propemyon ina mhden autois leiph

14 manqanetwsan de kai oi hmeteroi kalwn ergwn proistasqai eis tas anagkaias creias ina mh wsin akarpoi