3:1 [] Dia touto egw o PauloV, o desmioV tou Ihsou Cristou uper umwn twn eqnikwn,

3:2 epeidh hkousate thn oikonomian thV caritoV tou Qeou thV doqeishV eiV eme uper umwn,

3:3 oti di' apokaluyewV efanerwsen eiV eme to musthrion, kaqwV proegraya suntomwV,

3:4 ex wn dunasqe anaginwskonteV na nohshte thn en tw musthriw tou Cristou gnwsin mou,

3:5 to opoion en allaiV geneaiV den egnwstopoihqh eiV touV uiouV twn anqrwpwn, kaqwV twra apekalufqh dia PneumatoV eiV touV agiouV autou apostolouV kai profhtaV,

3:6 na hnai ta eqnh sugklhronoma kai susswma kai summetoca thV epaggeliaV autou en tw Cristw dia tou euaggeliou,

3:7 tou opoiou egeina uphrethV kata thn dwrean thV caritoV tou Qeou, thn doqeisan eiV eme kata thn energeian thV dunamewV autou.

3:8 EiV eme ton pleon elaciston pantwn twn agiwn edoqh h cariV auth, na euaggelisw metaxu twn eqnwn ton anexicniaston plouton tou Cristou

3:9 kai na fwtisw pantaV, poia einai h koinwnia tou musthriou tou apokekrummenou apo twn aiwnwn en tw Qew ostiV ektise ta panta dia tou Ihsou Cristou,

3:10 dia na gnwrisqh twra dia thV ekklhsiaV en toiV epouranioiV eiV taV arcaV kai taV exousiaV h polupoikiloV sofia tou Qeou,

3:11 kata thn aiwnion proqesin, thn opoian ekamen en Cristw Ihsou tw Kuriw hmwn,

3:12 dia tou opoiou ecomen thn parrhsian kai thn eisodon me pepoiqhsin dia thV eiV auton pistewV.

3:13 Dia touto saV parakalw na mh aqumhte dia taV uper umwn qliyeiV mou, to opoion einai doxa umwn.

3:14 [] Dia touto kamptw ta gonata mou proV ton Patera tou Kuriou hmwn Ihsou Cristou,

3:15 ek tou opoiou pasa patria en ouranoiV kai epi ghV onomazetai,

3:16 dia na dwsh eiV esaV kata ton plouton thV doxhV autou, na krataiwqhte en dunamei dia tou PneumatoV autou eiV ton eswterikon anqrwpon,

3:17 dia na katoikhsh o CristoV dia thV pistewV en taiV kardiaiV umwn,

3:18 wste na dunhqhte, errizwmenoi kai teqemeliwmenoi en agaph, na katalabhte meta pantwn twn agiwn ti to platoV kai mhkoV kai baqoV kai uyoV,

3:19 kai na gnwrishte thn agaphn tou Cristou thn uperbainousan pasan gnwsin, dia na plhrwqhte me olon to plhrwma tou Qeou.

3:20 EiV de ton dunamenon uperekperissou na kamh uper panta osa zhtoumen h nooumen, kata thn dunamin thn energoumenhn en hmin,