4:1 [] To de Pneuma rhtwV legei oti en usteroiV kairoiV qelousin apostathsei tineV apo thV pistewV, proseconteV eiV pneumata planhV kai eiV didaskaliaV daimoniwn,

4:2 dia thV upokrisewV yeudologwn, econtwn thn eautwn suneidhsin kekauthriasmenhn,

4:3 empodizontwn ton gamon, prostazontwn apochn brwmatwn, ta opoia o QeoV ektise dia na metalambanwsi meta eucaristiaV oi pistoi kai oi gnwrisanteV thn alhqeian.

4:4 Dioti pan ktisma Qeou einai kalon, kai ouden aporriyimon, otan lambanhtai meta eucaristiaV×

4:5 dioti agiazetai dia tou logou tou Qeou kai dia thV proseuchV.

4:6 [] Tauta sumbouleuwn eiV touV adelfouV, qeleiV eisqai kaloV diakonoV tou Ihsou Cristou, entrefomenoV en toiV logoiV thV pistewV kai thV kalhV didaskaliaV, thn opoian parhkolouqhsaV.

4:7 TouV de bebhlouV kai grawdeiV muqouV paraitou kai gumnaze seauton eiV thn eusebeian×

4:8 dioti h swmatikh gumnasia einai proV oligon wfelimoV all' h eusebeia einai proV panta wfelimoV, ecousa epaggelian thV paroushV zwhV kai thV melloushV.

4:9 PistoV o logoV kai pashV apodochV axioV×

4:10 epeidh dia touto kai kopiazomen kai oneidizomeqa, dioti elpizomen eiV ton zwnta Qeon, ostiV einai o Swthr pantwn anqrwpwn, malista twn pistwn.

4:11 Paraggelle tauta kai didaske.

4:12 MhdeiV aV mh katafronh thn neothta sou, alla ginou tupoV twn pistwn eiV logon, eiV sunanastrofhn, eiV agaphn, eiV pneuma, eiV pistin, eiV kaqarothta.

4:13 EwV na elqw, kataginou eiV thn anagnwsin, eiV thn protrophn, eiV thn didaskalian×

4:14 mh amelei to carisma, to opoion einai en soi, to opoion edoqh eiV se dia profhteiaV meta epiqesewV twn ceirwn tou presbuteriou.

4:15 Tauta meleta, eiV tauta mene, dia na hnai fanera eiV pantaV h prokoph sou.