1archometha palin eautous sunistanein ē mē chrēzomen ōs tines sustatikōn epistolōn pros umas ē ex umōn 2ē epistolē ēmōn umeis este engegrammenē en tais kardiais ēmōn ginōskomenē kai anaginōskomenē upo pantōn anthrōpōn 3phaneroumenoi oti este epistolē christou diakonētheisa uph ēmōn engegrammenē ou melani alla pneumati theou zōntos ouk en plaxin lithinais all en plaxin kardiais sarkinais

4pepoithēsin de toiautēn echomen dia tou christou pros ton theon 5ouch oti aph eautōn ikanoi esmen logisasthai ti ōs ex eautōn all ē ikanotēs ēmōn ek tou theou 6os kai ikanōsen ēmas diakonous kainēs diathēkēs ou grammatos alla pneumatos to gar gramma {WH: apokteinei } {UBS4: apoktennei } to de pneuma zōopoiei

7ei de ē diakonia tou thanatou en grammasin entetupōmenē lithois egenēthē en doxē ōste mē dunasthai atenisai tous uious israēl eis to prosōpon mōuseōs dia tēn doxan tou prosōpou autou tēn katargoumenēn 8pōs ouchi mallon ē diakonia tou pneumatos estai en doxē 9ei gar {WH: ē } {UBS4: tē } diakonia tēs katakriseōs doxa pollō mallon perisseuei ē diakonia tēs dikaiosunēs doxē 10kai gar ou dedoxastai to dedoxasmenon en toutō tō merei eineken tēs uperballousēs doxēs 11ei gar to katargoumenon dia doxēs pollō mallon to menon en doxē

12echontes oun toiautēn elpida pollē parrēsia chrōmetha 13kai ou kathaper mōusēs etithei kalumma epi to prosōpon autou pros to mē atenisai tous uious israēl eis to telos tou katargoumenou 14alla epōrōthē ta noēmata autōn achri gar tēs sēmeron ēmeras to auto kalumma epi tē anagnōsei tēs palaias diathēkēs menei mē anakaluptomenon oti en christō katargeitai 15all eōs sēmeron ēnika an anaginōskētai mōusēs kalumma epi tēn kardian autōn keitai 16ēnika de ean epistrepsē pros kurion periaireitai to kalumma 17o de kurios to pneuma estin ou de to pneuma kuriou eleutheria 18ēmeis de pantes anakekalummenō prosōpō tēn doxan kuriou katoptrizomenoi tēn autēn eikona metamorphoumetha apo doxēs eis doxan kathaper apo kuriou pneumatos