1osoi eisin upo zugon douloi tous idious despotas pasēs timēs axious ēgeisthōsan ina mē to onoma tou theou kai ē didaskalia blasphēmētai 2oi de pistous echontes despotas mē kataphroneitōsan oti adelphoi eisin alla mallon douleuetōsan oti pistoi eisin kai agapētoi oi tēs euergesias antilambanomenoi tauta didaske kai parakalei

3ei tis eterodidaskalei kai mē proserchetai ugiainousin logois tois tou kuriou ēmōn iēsou christou kai tē kat eusebeian didaskalia 4tetuphōtai mēden epistamenos alla nosōn peri zētēseis kai logomachias ex ōn ginetai phthonos eris blasphēmiai uponoiai ponērai 5paradiatribai diephtharmenōn anthrōpōn ton noun kai apesterēmenōn tēs alētheias nomizontōn porismon einai tēn eusebeian aphistaso apo tōn toioutōn

6estin de porismos megas ē eusebeia meta autarkeias 7ouden gar eisēnenkamen eis ton kosmon dēlon oti oude exenenkein ti dunametha 8echontes de diatrophas kai skepasmata toutois arkesthēsometha 9oi de boulomenoi ploutein empiptousin eis peirasmon kai pagida kai epithumias pollas anoētous kai blaberas aitines buthizousin tous anthrōpous eis olethron kai apōleian 10riza gar pantōn tōn kakōn estin ē philarguria ēs tines oregomenoi apeplanēthēsan apo tēs pisteōs kai eautous periepeiran odunais pollais

11su de ō anthrōpe tou theou tauta pheuge diōke de dikaiosunēn eusebeian pistin agapēn upomonēn praotēta 12agōnizou ton kalon agōna tēs pisteōs epilabou tēs aiōniou zōēs eis ēn kai eklēthēs kai ōmologēsas tēn kalēn omologian enōpion pollōn marturōn 13parangellō soi enōpion tou theou tou zōopoiountos ta panta kai christou iēsou tou marturēsantos epi pontiou pilatou tēn kalēn omologian 14tērēsai se tēn entolēn aspilon anepilēpton mechri tēs epiphaneias tou kuriou ēmōn iēsou christou 15ēn kairois idiois deixei o makarios kai monos dunastēs o basileus tōn basileuontōn kai kurios tōn kurieuontōn 16o monos echōn athanasian phōs oikōn aprositon on eiden oudeis anthrōpōn oude idein dunatai ō timē kai kratos aiōnion amēn

17tois plousiois en tō nun aiōni parangelle mē upsēlophronein mēde ēlpikenai epi ploutou adēlotēti all en tō theō tō zōnti tō parechonti ēmin plousiōs panta eis apolausin 18agathoergein ploutein en ergois kalois eumetadotous einai koinōnikous 19apothēsaurizontas eautois themelion kalon eis to mellon ina epilabōntai tēs aiōniou zōēs

20ō timothee tēn parakatathēkēn phulaxon ektrepomenos tas bebēlous kenophōnias kai antitheseis tēs pseudōnumou gnōseōs 21ēn tines epangellomenoi peri tēn pistin ēstochēsan ē charis meta sou amēn [pros timotheon prōtē egraphē apo laodikeias ētis estin mētropolis phrugias tēs pakatianēs]