2. PETER
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1:1 simwn sumewn petros doulos kai apostolos ihsou cristou tois isotimon hmin lacousin pistin en dikaiosunh tou qeou hmwn kai swthros ihsou cristou
1:2 caris umin kai eirhnh plhqunqeih en epignwsei tou qeou kai ihsou tou kuriou hmwn
1:3 ws panta hmin ths qeias dunamews autou ta pros zwhn kai eusebeian dedwrhmenhs dia ths epignwsews tou kalesantos hmas dia doxhs kai areths idia doxh kai areth
1:4 di wn ta timia kai megista hmin epaggelmata dedwrhtai ina dia toutwn genhsqe qeias koinwnoi fusews apofugontes ths en tw kosmw en epiqumia fqoras
1:5 kai auto touto de spoudhn pasan pareisenegkantes epicorhghsate en th pistei umwn thn arethn en de th areth thn gnwsin
1:6 en de th gnwsei thn egkrateian en de th egkrateia thn upomonhn en de th upomonh thn eusebeian
1:7 en de th eusebeia thn filadelfian en de th filadelfia thn agaphn
1:8 tauta gar umin uparconta kai pleonazonta ouk argous oude akarpous kaqisthsin eis thn tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou epignwsin
1:9 w gar mh parestin tauta tuflos estin muwpazwn lhqhn labwn tou kaqarismou twn palai autou amartiwn
1:10 dio mallon adelfoi spoudasate bebaian umwn thn klhsin kai ekloghn poieisqai tauta gar poiountes ou mh ptaishte pote
1:11 outws gar plousiws epicorhghqhsetai umin h eisodos eis thn aiwnion basileian tou kuriou hmwn kai swthros ihsou cristou
1:12 dio mellhsw aei umas upomimnhskein peri toutwn kaiper eidotas kai esthrigmenous en th paroush alhqeia
1:13 dikaion de hgoumai ef oson eimi en toutw tw skhnwmati diegeirein umas en upomnhsei
1:14 eidws oti tacinh estin h apoqesis tou skhnwmatos mou kaqws kai o kurios hmwn ihsous cristos edhlwsen moi
1:15 spoudasw de kai ekastote ecein umas meta thn emhn exodon thn toutwn mnhmhn poieisqai
1:16 ou gar sesofismenois muqois exakolouqhsantes egnwrisamen umin thn tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou dunamin kai parousian all epoptai genhqentes ths ekeinou megaleiothtos
1:17 labwn gar para qeou patros timhn kai doxan fwnhs enecqeishs autw toiasde upo ths megaloprepous doxhs o uios mou o agaphtos mou outos estin eis on egw eudokhsa
1:18 kai tauthn thn fwnhn hmeis hkousamen ex ouranou enecqeisan sun autw ontes en tw agiw orei
1:19 kai ecomen bebaioteron ton profhtikon logon w kalws poieite prosecontes ws lucnw fainonti en aucmhrw topw ews ou hmera diaugash kai fwsforos anateilh en tais kardiais umwn
1:20 touto prwton ginwskontes oti pasa profhteia grafhs idias epilusews ou ginetai
1:21 ou gar qelhmati anqrwpou hnecqh profhteia pote alla upo pneumatos agiou feromenoi elalhsan apo qeou anqrwpoi
2:1 egenonto de kai yeudoprofhtai en tw law ws kai en umin esontai yeudodidaskaloi oitines pareisaxousin aireseis apwleias kai ton agorasanta autous despothn arnoumenoi epagontes eautois tacinhn apwleian
2:2 kai polloi exakolouqhsousin autwn tais aselgeiais di ous h odos ths alhqeias blasfhmhqhsetai
2:3 kai en pleonexia plastois logois umas emporeusontai ois to krima ekpalai ouk argei kai h apwleia autwn ou nustazei
2:4 ei gar o qeos aggelwn amarthsantwn ouk efeisato alla seirois seirais zofou tartarwsas paredwken eis krisin throumenous
2:5 kai arcaiou kosmou ouk efeisato alla ogdoon nwe dikaiosunhs khruka efulaxen kataklusmon kosmw asebwn epaxas
2:6 kai poleis sodomwn kai gomorras tefrwsas [katastrofh] katekrinen upodeigma mellontwn asebesin
2:7 kai dikaion lwt kataponoumenon upo ths twn aqesmwn en aselgeia anastrofhs errusato
2:8 blemmati gar kai akoh o dikaios egkatoikwn en autois hmeran ex hmeras yuchn dikaian anomois ergois ebasanizen
2:9 oiden kurios eusebeis ek peirasmou ruesqai adikous de eis hmeran krisews kolazomenous threin
2:10 malista de tous opisw sarkos en epiqumia miasmou poreuomenous kai kuriothtos katafronountas tolmhtai auqadeis doxas ou tremousin blasfhmountes
2:11 opou aggeloi iscui kai dunamei meizones ontes ou ferousin kat autwn [para kuriw] para kuriou blasfhmon krisin
2:12 outoi de ws aloga zwa gegennhmena fusika eis alwsin kai fqoran en ois agnoousin blasfhmountes en th fqora autwn kai fqarhsontai
2:13 adikoumenoi misqon adikias hdonhn hgoumenoi thn en hmera trufhn spiloi kai mwmoi entrufwntes en tais apatais autwn suneuwcoumenoi umin
2:14 ofqalmous econtes mestous moicalidos kai akatapastous akatapaustous amartias deleazontes yucas asthriktous kardian gegumnasmenhn pleonexias econtes kataras tekna
2:15 kataleipontes euqeian odon eplanhqhsan exakolouqhsantes th odw tou balaam tou bewr bosor os misqon adikias hgaphsen
2:16 elegxin de escen idias paranomias upozugion afwnon en anqrwpou fwnh fqegxamenon ekwlusen thn tou profhtou parafronian
2:17 outoi eisin phgai anudroi kai omiclai upo lailapos elaunomenai ois o zofos tou skotous tethrhtai
2:18 uperogka gar mataiothtos fqeggomenoi deleazousin en epiqumiais sarkos aselgeiais tous oligws apofeugontas tous en planh anastrefomenous
2:19 eleuqerian autois epaggellomenoi autoi douloi uparcontes ths fqoras w gar tis htthtai toutw dedoulwtai
2:20 ei gar apofugontes ta miasmata tou kosmou en epignwsei tou kuriou [hmwn] kai swthros ihsou cristou toutois de palin emplakentes httwntai gegonen autois ta escata ceirona twn prwtwn
2:21 kreitton gar hn autois mh epegnwkenai thn odon ths dikaiosunhs h epignousin upostreyai ek ths paradoqeishs autois agias entolhs
2:22 sumbebhken autois to ths alhqous paroimias kuwn epistreyas epi to idion exerama kai us lousamenh eis kulismon borborou
3:1 tauthn hdh agaphtoi deuteran umin grafw epistolhn en ais diegeirw umwn en upomnhsei thn eilikrinh dianoian
3:2 mnhsqhnai twn proeirhmenwn rhmatwn upo twn agiwn profhtwn kai ths twn apostolwn umwn entolhs tou kuriou kai swthros
3:3 touto prwton ginwskontes oti eleusontai ep escatwn twn hmerwn en [en] empaigmonh empaiktai kata tas idias epiqumias autwn poreuomenoi
3:4 kai legontes pou estin h epaggelia ths parousias autou af hs gar oi pateres ekoimhqhsan panta outws diamenei ap archs ktisews
3:5 lanqanei gar autous touto qelontas oti ouranoi hsan ekpalai kai gh ex udatos kai di udatos sunestwsa tw tou qeou logw
3:6 di wn o tote kosmos udati kataklusqeis apwleto
3:7 oi de nun ouranoi kai h gh tw autw logw teqhsaurismenoi eisin puri throumenoi eis hmeran krisews kai apwleias twn asebwn anqrwpwn
3:8 en de touto mh lanqanetw umas agaphtoi oti mia hmera para kuriw ws cilia eth kai cilia eth ws hmera mia
3:9 ou bradunei kurios ths epaggelias ws tines braduthta hgountai alla makroqumei eis umas mh boulomenos tinas apolesqai alla pantas eis metanoian cwrhsai
3:10 hxei de hmera kuriou ws klepths en h oi ouranoi roizhdon pareleusontai stoiceia de kausoumena luqhsetai kai gh kai ta en auth erga eureqhsetai
3:11 toutwn outws pantwn luomenwn potapous dei uparcein [umas] en agiais anastrofais kai eusebeiais
3:12 prosdokwntas kai speudontas thn parousian ths tou qeou hmeras di hn ouranoi puroumenoi luqhsontai kai stoiceia kausoumena thketai
3:13 kainous de ouranous kai ghn kainhn kata to epaggelma autou prosdokwmen en ois dikaiosunh katoikei
3:14 dio agaphtoi tauta prosdokwntes spoudasate aspiloi kai amwmhtoi autw eureqhnai en eirhnh
3:15 kai thn tou kuriou hmwn makroqumian swthrian hgeisqe kaqws kai o agaphtos hmwn adelfos paulos kata thn doqeisan autw sofian egrayen umin
3:16 ws kai en pasais epistolais lalwn en autais peri toutwn en ais estin dusnohta tina a oi amaqeis kai asthriktoi streblousin ws kai tas loipas grafas pros thn idian autwn apwleian
3:17 umeis oun agaphtoi proginwskontes fulassesqe ina mh th twn aqesmwn planh sunapacqentes ekpeshte tou idiou sthrigmou
3:18 auxanete de en cariti kai gnwsei tou kuriou hmwn kai swthros ihsou cristou autw h doxa kai nun kai eis hmeran aiwnos [amhn]