2Corinthians:4

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* [] Dia touto , econteV thn diakonian tauthn , kaqwV hlehqhmen , den apokamnomen , * all ' aphrnhqhmen ta krupta thV aiscunhV , mh peripatounteV en panourgia mhde dolononteV ton logon tou Qeou , alla me thn fanerwsin thV alhqeiaV sunistwnteV eautouV proV pasan suneidhsin anqrwpwn enwpion tou Qeou . * Ean de kai hnai to euaggelion hmwn kekalummenon , eiV touV apollumenouV einai kekalummenon , * twn opoiwn apistwn ontwn o QeoV tou kosmou toutou etuflwse ton noun , dia na mh epilamyh eiV autouV o fwtismoV tou euaggeliou thV doxhV tou Cristou , ostiV einai eikwn tou Qeou . * Dioti hmeiV den khruttomen eautouV , alla ton Criston Ihsoun ton Kurion , eautouV de doulouV umwn dia ton Ihsoun . * Dioti o QeoV o eipwn na lamyh fwV ek tou skotouV , einai ostiV elamyen en taiV kardiaiV hmwn proV fwtismon thV gnwsewV thV doxhV tou Qeou dia tou proswpou tou Ihsou Cristou . * Ecomen de ton qhsauron touton eiV ostrakina skeuh , dia na hnai h uperbolh thV dunamewV tou Qeou kai ouci ex hmwn , * [] kata panta qlibomenoi all ' ouci stenocwroumenoi , aporoumenoi all ' ouci apelpizomenoi , * diwkomenoi all ' ouci egkataleipomenoi , kataballomenoi all ' ouci apollumenoi , * pantote thn nekrwsin tou Kuriou Ihsou periferonteV en tw swmati , dia na fanerwqh en tw swmati hmwn kai h zwh tou Ihsou * Dioti hmeiV oi zwnteV paradidomeqa pantote eiV ton qanaton dia ton Ihsoun , dia na fanerwqh kai h zwh tou Ihsou en th qnhth hmwn sarki . * Wste o men qanatoV energeitai en hmin , h de zwh en umin . * EconteV de to auto pneuma thV pistewV kata to gegrammenon , Episteusa , dio elalhsa , kai hmeiV pisteuomen , dio kai laloumen , * exeuronteV oti o anasthsaV ton Kurion Ihsoun qelei anasthsei kai hmaV dia tou Ihsou kai parasthsei meq ' umwn . * Dioti ta panta einai dia saV , wste h cariV , pleonasasa dia thn eucaristian twn pleioterwn , na perisseush eiV thn doxan tou Qeou . * Dia touto den apokamnomen , all ' ean kai o exwterikoV hmwn anqrwpoV fqeirhtai , o eswterikoV omwV ananeoutai kaq ' ekasthn hmeran . * Dioti h proswrinh elafra qliyiV hmwn ergazetai eiV hmaV kaq ' uperbolhn eiV uperbolhn aiwnion baroV doxhV , * epeidh hmeiV den enatenizomen eiV ta blepomena , all ' eiV ta mh blepomena × dioti ta blepomena einai proskaira , ta de mh blepomena aiwnia .

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