5:1 [] Presbuteron mh epiplhxhV, alla protrepe wV patera, touV newterouV wV adelfouV,

5:2 taV presbuteraV wV mhteraV, taV newteraV wV adelfaV meta pashV kaqarothtoV.

5:3 [] TaV chraV tima taV alhqwV chraV.

5:4 Ean de tiV chra ech tekna h ekgona, aV manqanwsi prwton na kaqistwsin eusebh ton idion autwn oikon kai na apodidwsin amoibaV eiV touV progonouV autwn. Dioti touto einai kalon kai euprosdekton enwpion tou Qeou.

5:5 H de alhqwV chra kai memonwmenh elpizei epi ton Qeon kai emmenei eiV taV dehseiV kai taV proseucaV nukta kai hmeran×

5:6 h dedomenh omwV eiV taV hdonaV enw zh einai nekra.

5:7 Kai tauta paraggelle, dia na hnai amemptoi.

5:8 All' ean tiV den pronoh peri twn eautou kai malista twn oikeiwn, hrnhqh thn pistin kai einai apistou ceiroteroV.

5:9 AV katagrafhtai chra ouci oligwteron twn exhkonta etwn, htiV uphrxen enoV androV gunh,

5:10 htiV martureitai dia ta kala authV erga, ean aneqreye tekna, ean perieqalye xenouV, ean podaV agiwn eniyen, ean qlibomenouV ebohqhsen, ean ephkolouqhsen eiV pan ergon agaqon.

5:11 TaV de newteraV chraV apoballe× dioti afou entrufhswsi kata tou Cristou, qelousi na upandreuwntai,

5:12 ecousai thn katadikhn, dioti hqethsan thn prwthn pistin×

5:13 kai entautw manqanousi na hnai argai, periercomenai taV oikiaV, kai ouci monon argai, alla kai fluaroi kai periergoi, lalousai ta mh preponta.

5:14 Qelw loipon ai newterai na upandreuwntai, na teknopoiwsi, na kubernwsin oikon, na mh didwsi mhdemian aformhn eiV ton enantion na loidorh.

5:15 Dioti exetraphsan hdh tineV opisw tou Satana.

5:16 Ean tiV pistoV h pisth ech chraV, aV promhqeuh eiV autaV ta anagkaia, kai aV mh epibarunhtai h ekklhsia, dia na dunatai na bohqh taV alhqwV chraV.

5:17 [] Oi kalwV proistamenoi presbuteroi aV axionwntai diplhV timhV, malista osoi kopiazousin eiV logon kai didaskalian×

5:18 dioti legei h grafh× Den qeleiV emfraxei to stoma booV alwnizontoV× kai, AxioV einai o ergathV tou misqou autou.

5:19 Kathgorian enantion presbuterou mh paradecou, ektoV dia stomatoV duo h triwn marturwn.

5:20 TouV amartanontaV elegce enwpion pantwn, dia na ecwsi fobon kai oi loipoi.

5:21 Diamarturomai enwpion tou Qeou kai tou Kuriou Ihsou Cristou kai twn eklektwn aggelwn, na fulaxhV tauta, cwriV protimhsewV, mhden prattwn kata carin.

5:22 Mh epiqete ceiraV tacewV eiV mhdena, mhde ginou koinwnoV allotriwn amartiwn× fulatte seauton kaqaron.

5:23 Mh udropotei pleon, alla metaceirizou oligon oinon dia ton stomacon sou kai taV sucnaV sou asqeneiaV.

5:24 Tinwn anqrwpwn ai amartiai einai fanerai, kai proporeuontai autwn eiV thn krisin, eiV tinaV de kai epakolouqousin×