ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ

Second Epistle of John the Theologian

| 1 | ο |  | πρεσβυτερος |  | εκλεκτη |  | κυρια |  | και |  | τοις |  | τεκνοις |  | αυτης |  | ους |  | εγω |
|  | The |  | elder |  | to [the] elect |  | lady |  | and |  | her children, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | whom |  | I |

αγαπω |  | εν |  | αληθεια |  | και |  | ουκ |  | εγω |  | μονος |  | αλλα |  | και |  | παντες |  | οι |
love |  | in |  | truth, |  | and |  | not |  | I |  | only, |  | but |  | also |  | all |  | those who |

εγνωκοτες |  | την |  | αληθειαν |  |
have known |  | the |  | truth, |  |

| 2 | δια |  | την |  | αληθειαν |  | την |  | μενουσαν |  | εν |  | ημιν |  | και |  | μεθ |  | ημων |  | εσται |
|  | for sake of |  | the |  | truth |  | which |  | abides |  | in |  | us, |  | and |  | with |  | us |  | shall be |

εις |  | τον |  | αιωνα |  |
for ever. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 3 | εσται |  | μεθ |  | ημων |  | χαρις |  | ελεος |  | ειρηνη |  | παρα |  | θεου |  | πατρος |  | και |  | παρα |
|  | Shall 2 be 3 |  | with 4 |  | our 5 |  | grace, 1 |  | mercy, |  | peace, |  | from |  | God |  | [the] Father, |  | and |  | from |

κυριου |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  | του |  | υιου |  | του |  | πατρος |  | εν |  | αληθεια |  | και |  | αγαπη |  |
[the] Lord |  | Jesus |  | Christ, |  | the |  | Son |  | of the |  | Father, |  | in |  | truth |  | and |  | love. |  |

| 4 | εχαρην |  | λιαν |  | οτι |  | ευρηκα |  | εκ |  | των |  | τεκνων |  | σου |  | περιπατουντας |
|  | I rejoiced |  | exceedingly |  | that |  | I have found |  | of |  | thy children |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | walking |

εν |  | αληθεια |  | καθως |  | εντολην |  | ελαβομεν |  | παρα |  | του |  | πατρος |  |
in |  | truth, |  | as |  | commandment |  | we received |  | from |  | the |  | Father. |  |

| 5 | και |  | νυν |  | ερωτω |  | σε |  | κυρια |  | ουχ |  | ως |  | εντολην |  | γραφω |  | σοι |  | καινην |
|  | And |  | now |  | I beseech |  | thee, |  | lady, |  | not |  | as |  | a commandment 2 |  | I 3 write 4 |  | to 5 thee 6 |  | new, 1 |

αλλα |  | ην |  | ειχομεν |  | απ |  | αρχης |  | ινα |  | αγαπωμεν |  | αλληλους |  |
but |  | that which |  | we were having |  | from |  | [the] beginning, |  | that |  | we should love |  | one another. |  |

| 6 | και |  | αυτη |  | εστιν |  | η |  | αγαπη |  | ινα |  | περιπατωμεν |  | κατα |  | τας |
|  | And |  | this |  | is |  | ♦ |  | love, |  | that |  | we should walk |  | according to |  | his commandments. |

εντολας |  | αυτου |  | αυτη |  | εστιν |  | η |  | εντολη |  | καθως |  | ηκουσατε |  | απ |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | This |  | is |  | the |  | commandment, |  | even as |  | ye heard |  | from |

αρχης |  | ινα |  | εν |  | αυτη |  | περιπατητε |  |
[the] beginning, |  | that |  | in |  | it |  | ye might walk. |  |

| 7 | οτι |  | πολλοι |  | πλανοι |  | εισηλθον |  | εις |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | οι |  | μη |
|  | Because |  | many |  | deceivers |  | entered |  | into |  | the |  | world, |  | those who |  | do not confess |

ομολογουντες |  | ιησουν |  | χριστον |  | ερχομενον |  | εν |  | σαρκι |  | ουτος |  | εστιν |  | ο |
♦ |  | Jesus |  | Christ |  | coming |  | in |  | flesh-- |  | this |  | is |  | the |

πλανος |  | και |  | ο |  | αντιχριστος |  |
deceiver |  | and |  | the |  | antichrist. |  |

| 8 | βλεπετε |  | εαυτους |  | ινα |  | μη |  | απολεσωμεν |  | α |  | ειργασαμεθα |  | αλλα |
|  | See to |  | yourselves, |  | that |  | not 3 |  | we 1 may 2 lose |  | what things |  | we wrought, |  | but |

μισθον |  | πληρη |  | απολαβωμεν |  |
a reward 2 |  | full 1 |  | we may receive. |  |

| 9 | πας |  | ο |  | παραβαινων |  | και |  | μη |  | μενων |  | εν |  | τη |  | διδαχη
|  | Anyone (lit. everyone) 2 |  | who 3 |  | transgresses, 4 |  | and 5 |  | abides 6 not 7 |  | ♦ |  | in 8 |  | the 9 |  | teaching 10

| του |  | χριστου |  | θεον |  | ουκ |  | εχει |  | ο |  | μενων |  | εν |  | τη |  | διδαχη |  | του |  | χριστου |
| of 11 the 12 |  | Christ, 13 |  | God 15 |  | not 1 |  | has. 14 |  | He that |  | abides |  | in |  | the |  | teaching |  | of the |  | Christ, |

ουτος |  | και |  | τον |  | πατερα |  | και |  | τον |  | υιον |  | εχει |  |
this [one] |  | both |  | the |  | Father |  | and |  | the |  | Son |  | has. |  |

| 10 | ει |  | τις |  | ερχεται |  | προς |  | υμας |  | και |  | ταυτην |  | την |  | διδαχην |  | ου |  | φερει |
|  | If |  | anyone |  | comes |  | to |  | you, |  | and |  | this |  | ♦ |  | teaching |  | does not bring, |  | ♦ |

μη |  | λαμβανετε |  | αυτον |  | εις |  | οικιαν |  | και |  | χαιρειν |  | αυτω |  | μη |
do not receive |  | ♦ |  | him |  | into |  | [the] house, |  | and |  | Hail! 3 |  | to 4 him 5 |  | say 1 not; 2 |

λεγετε |  |
♦ |  |

| 11 | ο |  | γαρ |  | λεγων |  | αυτω |  | χαιρειν |  | κοινωνει |  | τοις |  | εργοις |  | αυτου |  | τοις |
|  | for he who |  | ♦ |  | says |  | to him |  | Hail! |  | partakes |  | in |  | works 3 |  | his 1 |  | ♦ |

πονηροις |  |
evil. 2 |  |

| 12 | πολλα |  | εχων |  | υμιν |  | γραφειν |  | ουκ |  | ηβουληθην |  | δια |  | χαρτου |  | και |
|  | Many things |  | having |  | to 3 you 4 |  | to 1 write, 2 |  | I would not |  | ♦ |  | with |  | paper |  | and |

μελανος |  | αλλα |  | ελπιζω |  | ελθειν |  | προς |  | υμας |  | και |  | στομα |  | προς |  | στομα |  | λαλησαι |
ink; |  | but |  | hope |  | to come |  | to |  | you, |  | and |  | mouth |  | to |  | mouth |  | to speak, |

ινα |  | η |  | χαρα |  | ημων |  | η |  | πεπληρωμενη |  |
that |  | ♦ |  | joy 2 |  | our 1 |  | may be full. |  | ♦ |  |

| 13 | ασπαζεται |  | σε |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | της |  | αδελφης |  | σου |  | της |  | εκλεκτης |  | αμην |  |
|  | Salute 7 |  | thee 8 |  | the 1 |  | children 2 |  | ♦ |  | sister 6 |  | of 3 thine 4 |  | ♦ |  | elect. 5 |  | Amen. |  |