2:1 [] Dioti qelw na exeurhte opoion megan agwna ecw dia saV kai touV en Laodikeia kai touV osoi den eidon to proswpon mou swmatikwV,

2:2 dia na parhgorhqwsin ai kardiai autwn, enwqentwn omou en agaph kai eiV panta plouton thV plhroforiaV thV sunesewV, wste na gnwriswsi to musthrion tou Qeou kai PatroV kai tou Cristou,

2:3 en tw opoiw einai kekrummenoi panteV oi qhsauroi thV sofiaV kai thV gnwsewV.

2:4 [] Legw de touto, dia na mh saV exapata tiV me piqanologian×

2:5 dioti an kai kata to swma hmai apwn, me to pneuma omwV eimai meq' umwn, cairwn kai blepwn thn taxin saV kai thn staqerothta thV eiV Criston pistewV saV.

2:6 KaqwV loipon parelabete ton Criston Ihsoun ton Kurion, en autw peripateite,

2:7 errizwmenoi kai epoikodhmoumenoi en autw kai stereoumenoi en th pistei kaqwV edidacqhte, perisseuonteV en auth meta eucaristiaV.

2:8 Blepete mh saV exapathsh tiV dia thV filosofiaV kai thV mataiaV apathV, kata thn paradosin twn anqrwpwn, kata ta stoiceia tou kosmou kai ouci kata Criston×

2:9 dioti en autw katoikei pan to plhrwma thV qeothtoV swmatikwV,

2:10 kai eisqe plhreiV en autw, ostiV einai h kefalh pashV archV kai exousiaV,

2:11 eiV ton opoion kai perietmhqhte me peritomhn aceiropoihton, apekduqenteV to swma twn amartiwn thV sarkoV dia thV peritomhV tou Cristou,

2:12 suntafenteV met' autou en tw baptismati, dia tou opoiou kai sunanesthte dia thV pistewV thV energeiaV tou Qeou, ostiV anesthsen auton ek twn nekrwn.

2:13 [] Kai esaV, ontaV nekrouV eiV ta amarthmata kai thn akrobustian thV sarkoV saV, sunezwopoihse met' autou, sugcwrhsaV eiV esaV panta ta ptaismata,

2:14 exaleiyaV to kaq' hmwn ceirografon, sunistamenon eiV diatagmata, to opoion hto enantion eiV hmaV, kai afhresen auto ek tou mesou, proshlwsaV auto epi tou staurou×

2:15 kai apogumnwsaV taV arcaV kai taV exousiaV, paredeigmatise parrhsia, qriambeusaV kat' autwn ep' autou.

2:16 [] AV mh saV krinh loipon mhdeiV dia faghton h dia poton h dia logon eorthV h neomhniaV h sabbatwn,

2:17 ta opoia einai skia twn mellontwn, to swma omwV einai tou Cristou.

2:18 AV mh saV sterhsh mhdeiV tou brabeiou me prospoihsin tapeinofrosunhV kai me qrhskeian twn aggelwn, embateuwn eiV pragmata ta opoia den eide, mataiwV fusioumenoV upo tou nooV thV sarkoV autou,

2:19 kai mh kratwn thn kefalhn, ton Criston, ek tou opoiou olon to swma dia twn armwn kai sundesmwn diathroumenon kai sundeomenon auxanei kata thn auxhsin tou Qeou.

2:20 Ean loipon apeqanete meta tou Cristou apo twn stoiceiwn tou kosmou, dia ti wV zwnteV en tw kosmw upokeisqe eiV diatagmata,

2:21 Mh piashV, mh geuqhV, mh eggishV,

2:22 ta opoia panta fqeirontai dia thV crhsewV, kata ta entalmata kai taV didaskaliaV twn anqrwpwn;