Η ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΑΣΣΑΕΙΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ

Epistle to the Colossians

CHAPTER 2

| 1 | θελω |  | γαρ |  | υμας |  | ειδεναι |  | ηλικον |  | αγωνα |  | εχω |  | περι |  | υμων |  | και |  | των |  | εν |
|  | For I wish |  | ♦ |  | you |  | to know |  | how great |  | conflict |  | I have |  | for |  | you, |  | and |  | those |  | in |

λαοδικεια |  | και |  | οσοι |  | ουχ |  | εωρακασιν |  | το |  | προσωπον |  | μου |  | εν |  | σαρκι
Laodicea, |  | and |  | as many as |  | have not seen |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | face 2 |  | my 1 |  | in |  | flesh;

| 2 | ινα |  | παρακληθωσιν |  | αι |  | καρδιαι |  | αυτων |  | συμβιβασθεντων |  | εν |  | αγαπη |
|  | that |  | may be encouraged |  | their hearts, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | being knit together |  | in |  | love, |

και |  | εις |  | παντα |  | πλουτον |  | της |  | πληροφοριας |  | της |  | συνεσεως |  | εις |
and |  | to |  | all |  | riches |  | of the |  | full assurance |  | ♦ |  | of understanding; |  | to |

επιγνωσιν |  | του |  | μυστηριου |  | του |  | θεου |  | και |  | πατρος |  | και |  | του |  | χριστου |  |
[the] knowledge |  | of the |  | mystery |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | and |  | of [the] Father |  | and |  | of the |  | Christ; |  |

| 3 | εν |  | ω |  | εισιν |  | παντες |  | οι |  | θησαυροι |  | της |  | σοφιας |  | και |  | της |  | γνωσεως |
|  | in |  | which |  | are |  | all |  | the |  | treasures |  | ♦ |  | of wisdom |  | and |  | ♦ |  | of knowledge |

αποκρυφοι |  |
hid. |  |

| 4 | τουτο |  | δε |  | λεγω |  | ινα |  | μη |  | τις |  | υμας |  | παραλογιζηται |  | εν |  | πιθανολογια |  |
|  | And this |  | ♦ |  | I say, |  | that |  | not |  | anyone |  | you |  | may beguile |  | by |  | persuasive speech. |  |

| 5 | ει |  | γαρ |  | και |  | τη |  | σαρκι |  | απειμι |  | αλλα |  | τω |  | πνευματι |  | συν |  | υμιν |  | ειμι |
|  | For if |  | ♦ |  | indeed |  | in the |  | flesh |  | I am absent, |  | yet |  | ♦ |  | in spirit |  | with |  | you |  | I am, |

χαιρων |  | και |  | βλεπων |  | υμων |  | την |  | ταξιν |  | και |  | το |  | στερεωμα |  | της |  | εις |  | χριστον |
rejoicing |  | and |  | seeing |  | your |  | ♦ |  | order, |  | and |  | the |  | firmness |  | ♦ |  | in 4 |  | Christ 5 |

πιστεως |  | υμων |  |
of 1 your 2 faith. 3 |  | ♦ |  |

| 6 | ως |  | ουν |  | παρελαβετε |  | τον |  | χριστον |  | ιησουν |  | τον |  | κυριον |  | εν |  | αυτω |
|  | As |  | therefore |  | ye received |  | the |  | Christ, |  | Jesus |  | the |  | Lord, |  | in |  | him |

περιπατειτε |  |
walk, |  |

| 7 | ερριζωμενοι |  | και |  | εποικοδομουμενοι |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | και |  | βεβαιουμενοι |  | εν |  | τη |
|  | having been rooted |  | and |  | being built up |  | in |  | him, |  | and |  | being confirmed |  | in |  | the |

πιστει |  | καθως |  | εδιδαχθητε |  | περισσευοντες |  | εν |  | αυτη |  | εν |  | ευχαριστια |  |
faith, |  | even as |  | ye were taught, |  | abounding |  | in |  | it |  | with |  | thanksgiving. |  |

| 8 | βλεπετε |  | μη |  | τις |  | υμας |  | εσται |  | ο |  | συλαγωγων |  | δια |  | της |
|  | Take heed |  | lest |  | anyone 4 |  | you 10 |  | there 1 shall 2 be 3 |  | who 5 |  | makes 6 a 7 prey 8 of 9 |  | through |  | ♦ |

φιλοσοφιας |  | και |  | κενης |  | απατης |  | κατα |  | την |  | παραδοσιν |  | των |  | ανθρωπων |
philosophy |  | and |  | empty |  | deceit, |  | according to |  | the |  | tradition |  | ♦ |  | of men, |

κατα |  | τα |  | στοιχεια |  | του |  | κοσμου |  | και |  | ου |  | κατα |  | χριστον |  |
according to |  | the |  | elements |  | of the |  | world, |  | and |  | not |  | according to |  | Christ. |  |

| 9 | οτι |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | κατοικει |  | παν |  | το |  | πληρωμα |  | της |  | θεοτητος |  | σωματικως |  |
|  | For |  | in |  | him |  | dwells |  | all |  | the |  | fulness |  | of the |  | Godhead |  | bodily; |  |

| 10 | και |  | εστε |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | πεπληρωμενοι |  | ος |  | εστιν |  | η |  | κεφαλη |  | πασης |  | αρχης |
|  | and |  | ye are |  | in 2 |  | him 3 |  | complete, 1 |  | who |  | is |  | the |  | head |  | of all |  | principality |

και |  | εξουσιας |  |
and |  | authority, |  |

| 11 | εν |  | ω |  | και |  | περιετμηθητε |  | περιτομη |  | αχειροποιητω |  | εν |  | τη |
|  | in |  | whom |  | also |  | ye were circumcised |  | with circumcision |  | not made by hand, |  | in |  | the |

απεκδυσει |  | του |  | σωματος |  | των |  | αμαρτιων |  | της |  | σαρκος |  | εν |  | τη |  | περιτομη |
putting off |  | of the |  | body |  | of the |  | sins |  | of the |  | flesh, |  | in |  | the |  | circumcision |

του |  | χριστου |  |
of the |  | Christ; |  |

| 12 | συνταφεντες |  | αυτω |  | εν |  | τω |  | βαπτισματι |  | εν |  | ω |  | και |
|  | having been buried with |  | him |  | in |  | ♦ |  | baptism, |  | in |  | which |  | also |

συνηγερθητε |  | δια |  | της |  | πιστεως |  | της |  | ενεργειας |  | του |  | θεου |  | του |
ye were raised with [him] |  | through |  | the |  | faith |  | of the |  | working |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | who |

εγειραντος |  | αυτον |  | εκ |  | των |  | νεκρων |  |
raised |  | him |  | from among |  | the |  | dead. |  |

| 13 | και |  | υμας |  | νεκρους |  | οντας |  | εν |  | τοις |  | παραπτωμασιν |  | και |  | τη |  | ακροβυστια |
|  | And |  | you, |  | dead 2 |  | being 1 |  | in |  | ♦ |  | offences |  | and |  | in the |  | uncircumcision |

της |  | σαρκος |  | υμων |  | συνεζωποιησεν |  | συν |  | αυτω |  | χαρισαμενος |  | ημιν |
of your flesh, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | he quickened together |  | with |  | him, |  | having forgiven |  | us |

παντα |  | τα |  | παραπτωματα |  |
all |  | the |  | offences; |  |

| 14 | εξαλειψας |  | το |  | καθ |  | ημων |  | χειρογραφον |  | τοις |  | δογμασιν |  | ο |  | ην |
|  | having blotted out |  | the |  | against 5 |  | us 6 |  | handwriting 1 |  | in 2 the 3 |  | decrees, 4 |  | which |  | was |

υπεναντιον |  | ημιν |  | και |  | αυτο |  | ηρκεν |  | εκ |  | του |  | μεσου |  | προσηλωσας |  | αυτο |
adverse |  | to us, |  | also |  | it |  | he has taken |  | out of |  | the |  | midst, |  | having nailed |  | it |

τω |  | σταυρω |  |
to the |  | cross; |  |

| 15 | απεκδυσαμενος |  | τας |  | αρχας |  | και |  | τας |  | εξουσιας |  | εδειγματισεν |
|  | having stripped |  | the |  | principalities |  | and |  | the |  | authorities, |  | he made a show [of them] |

εν |  | παρρησια |  | θριαμβευσας |  | αυτους |  | εν |  | αυτω |  |
publicly, |  | ♦ |  | leading in triumph |  | them |  | in |  | it. |  |

| 16 | μη |  | ουν |  | τις |  | υμας |  | κρινετω |  | εν |  | βρωσει |  | η |  | εν |  | ποσει |  | η |  | εν |  | μερει |
|  | Not 2 |  | therefore 3 |  | anyone 4 |  | you 6 |  | let 1 judge 5 |  | in |  | meat |  | or |  | in |  | drink, |  | or |  | in |  | respect |

εορτης |  | η |  | νουμηνιας |  | η |  | σαββατων |  |
of feast, |  | or |  | new moon, |  | or |  | sabbaths, |  |

| 17 | α |  | εστιν |  | σκια |  | των |  | μελλοντων |  | το |  | δε |  | σωμα |  | του |
|  | which |  | are |  | a shadow |  | of things to come; |  | ♦ |  | but the |  | ♦ |  | body [is] |  | of the |

χριστου |  |
Christ. |  |

| 18 | μηδεις |  | υμας |  | καταβραβευετω |  | θελων |  | εν |  | ταπεινοφροσυνη |  | και |
|  | No 2 one 3 |  | you 5 |  | let 1 defraud 4 of the prize, |  | doing [his] will |  | in |  | humility |  | and |

θρησκεια |  | των |  | αγγελων |  | α |  | μη |  | εωρακεν |  | εμβατευων |  | εικη |
worship |  | of the |  | angels, |  | things 3 which 4 |  | not 7 |  | he 5 has 6 seen 8 |  | intruding 1 into, 2 |  | vainly |

φυσιουμενος |  | υπο |  | του |  | νοος |  | της |  | σαρκος |  | αυτου |  |
puffed up |  | by |  | the |  | mind |  | of his flesh, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 19 | και |  | ου |  | κρατων |  | την |  | κεφαλην |  | εξ |  | ου |  | παν |  | το |  | σωμα |  | δια |  | των |  | αφων |  | και
|  | and |  | not |  | holding fast |  | the |  | head, |  | from |  | whom |  | all |  | the |  | body, |  | by |  | the |  | joints |  | and

| συνδεσμων |  | επιχορηγουμενον |  | και |  | συμβιβαζομενον |  | αυξει |  | την |
| bands |  | being supplied |  | and |  | knit together, |  | increases [with] |  | the |

αυξησιν |  | του |  | θεου |  |
increase |  | ♦ |  | of God. |  |

| 20 | ει |  | ουν |  | απεθανετε |  | συν |  | τω |  | χριστω |  | απο |  | των |  | στοιχειων |  | του |  | κοσμου |  | τι |
|  | If |  | then |  | ye died |  | with |  | the |  | Christ |  | from |  | the |  | elements |  | of the |  | world, |  | why |

ως |  | ζωντες |  | εν |  | κοσμω |  | δογματιζεσθε |  |
as if |  | alive |  | in |  | [the] world |  | do ye subject yourselves to decrees? |  |

| 21 | μη |  | αψη |  | μηδε |  | γευση |  | μηδε |
|  | Thou mayest not handle, |  | ♦ |  | Thou mayest not taste, |  | ♦ |  | Thou mayest not touch, |

θιγης |  |
♦ |  |

| 22 | α |  | εστιν |  | παντα |  | εις |  | φθοραν |  | τη |  | αποχρησει |  | κατα |  | τα |
|  | (which things |  | are |  | all |  | unto |  | corruption |  | in the |  | using,) |  | according to |  | the |

ενταλματα |  | και |  | διδασκαλιας |  | των |  | ανθρωπων |  |
injunctions |  | and |  | teachings |  | ♦ |  | of men, |  |

| 23 | ατινα |  | εστιν |  | λογον |  | μεν |  | εχοντα |  | σοφιας |  | εν |  | εθελοθρησκεια |  | και |
|  | which |  | are |  | an 2 appearance 3 |  | indeed 4 |  | having 1 |  | of wisdom |  | in |  | voluntary worship |  | and |

ταπεινοφροσυνη |  | και |  | αφειδια |  | σωματος |  | ουκ |  | εν |  | τιμη |  | τινι |
humility |  | and |  | unsparing treatment |  | of [the] body, |  | not |  | in |  | honour 3 |  | a 1 certain 2 |

προς |  | πλησμονην |  | της |  | σαρκος |  |
for |  | satisfaction |  | of the |  | flesh. |  |