Η ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ

First Epistle to Timothy

CHAPTER 4

| 1 | το |  | δε |  | πνευμα |  | ρητως |  | λεγει |  | οτι |  | εν |  | υστεροις |  | καιροις |  | αποστησονται |
|  | But the |  | ♦ |  | Spirit |  | expressly |  | speaks, |  | that |  | in |  | latter |  | times |  | shall 2 depart 3 from 4 |

τινες |  | της |  | πιστεως |  | προσεχοντες |  | πνευμασιν |  | πλανοις |  | και |  | διδασκαλιαις |
some 1 |  | the |  | faith, |  | giving heed |  | to spirits 2 |  | deceiving 1 |  | and |  | teachings |

δαιμονιων |  |
of demons |  |

| 2 | εν |  | υποκρισει |  | ψευδολογων |  | κεκαυτηριασμενων |  | την |  | ιδιαν |
|  | in |  | hypocrisy |  | of speakers of lies, |  | being cauterized [as to] |  | their own |  | ♦ |

συνειδησιν |  |
conscience, |  |

| 3 | κωλυοντων |  | γαμειν |  | απεχεσθαι |  | βρωματων |  | α |  | ο |  | θεος |  | εκτισεν |  | εις |
|  | forbidding |  | to marry, |  | [bidding] to abstain |  | from meats, |  | what |  | ♦ |  | God |  | created |  | for |

μεταληψιν |  | μετα |  | ευχαριστιας |  | τοις |  | πιστοις |  | και |  | επεγνωκοσιν |  | την |
reception |  | with |  | thanksgiving |  | for the |  | faithful |  | and |  | who know |  | the |

αληθειαν |  |
truth. |  |

| 4 | οτι |  | παν |  | κτισμα |  | θεου |  | καλον |  | και |  | ουδεν |  | αποβλητον |  | μετα |  | ευχαριστιας
|  | Because |  | every |  | creature |  | of God |  | [is] good, |  | and |  | nothing |  | to be rejected, |  | with |  | thanksgiving

| λαμβανομενον |  |
| being received; |  |

| 5 | αγιαζεται |  | γαρ |  | δια |  | λογου |  | θεου |  | και |  | εντευξεως |  |
|  | it 2 is 3 sanctified 4 |  | for 1 |  | by |  | word 2 |  | God’s 1 |  | and |  | intercourse [with him]. |  |

| 6 | ταυτα |  | υποτιθεμενος |  | τοις |  | αδελφοις |  | καλος |  | εση |  | διακονος |
|  | These things |  | laying before |  | the |  | brethren, |  | good 2 |  | thou 4 wilt 5 be 6 |  | a 1 servant 3 |

ιησου |  | χριστου |  | εντρεφομενος |  | τοις |  | λογοις |  | της |  | πιστεως |  | και |  | της |  | καλης |
of Jesus |  | Christ, |  | being nourished |  | with the |  | words |  | of the |  | faith, |  | and |  | of the |  | good |

διδασκαλιας |  | η |  | παρηκολουθηκας |  |
teaching |  | which |  | thou hast closely followed. |  |

| 7 | τους |  | δε |  | βεβηλους |  | και |  | γραωδεις |  | μυθους |  | παραιτου |  | γυμναζε |  | δε |  | σεαυτον
|  | But the |  | ♦ |  | profane |  | and |  | old wives’ |  | fables |  | refuse, |  | but exercise |  | ♦ |  | thyself

| προς |  | ευσεβειαν |  |
| to |  | piety; |  |

| 8 | η |  | γαρ |  | σωματικη |  | γυμνασια |  | προς |  | ολιγον |  | εστιν |  | ωφελιμος |  | η |
|  | for bodily |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | exercise |  | for |  | a little |  | is |  | profitable, |  | but piety |

δε |  | ευσεβεια |  | προς |  | παντα |  | ωφελιμος |  | εστιν |  | επαγγελιαν |  | εχουσα |  | ζωης |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | for |  | everything |  | profitable 2 |  | is, 1 |  | promise |  | having |  | of life, |

της |  | νυν |  | και |  | της |  | μελλουσης |  |
of that which [is] |  | now |  | and |  | of that which [is] |  | coming. |  |

| 9 | πιστος |  | ο |  | λογος |  | και |  | πασης |  | αποδοχης |  | αξιος |  |
|  | Faithful [is] |  | the |  | word |  | and |  | of all |  | acceptation |  | worthy; |  |

| 10 | εις |  | τουτο |  | γαρ |  | και |  | κοπιωμεν |  | και |  | ονειδιζομεθα |  | οτι |  | ηλπικαμεν |
|  | for, for this |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | both |  | we labour |  | and |  | are reproached, |  | because |  | we have hope |

επι |  | θεω |  | ζωντι |  | ος |  | εστιν |  | σωτηρ |  | παντων |  | ανθρωπων |  | μαλιστα |  | πιστων |  |
in |  | a God 2 |  | living, 1 |  | who |  | is |  | Preserver |  | of all |  | men, |  | specially |  | of believers. |  |

| 11 | παραγγελλε |  | ταυτα |  | και |  | διδασκε |  |
|  | Charge |  | these things |  | and |  | teach. |  |

| 12 | μηδεις |  | σου |  | της |  | νεοτητος |  | καταφρονειτω |  | αλλα |  | τυπος |  | γινου |  | των |
|  | No 2 one 3 |  | thy 5 |  | ♦ |  | youth 6 |  | let 1 despise, 4 |  | but |  | a pattern |  | be |  | of the |

πιστων |  | εν |  | λογω |  | εν |  | αναστροφη |  | εν |  | αγαπη |  | εν |  | πνευματι |  | εν |  | πιστει |  | εν |
believers |  | in |  | word, |  | in |  | conduct, |  | in |  | love, |  | in |  | [the] Spirit, |  | in |  | faith, |  | in |

αγνεια |  |
purity. |  |

| 13 | εως |  | ερχομαι |  | προσεχε |  | τη |  | αναγνωσει |  | τη |  | παρακλησει |  | τη |  | διδασκαλια |  |
|  | Till |  | I come, |  | give heed |  | ♦ |  | to reading, |  | ♦ |  | to exhortation, |  | ♦ |  | to teaching. |  |

| 14 | μη |  | αμελει |  | του |  | εν |  | σοι |  | χαρισματος |  | ο |  | εδοθη |  | σοι |  | δια |
|  | Be not negligent |  | ♦ |  | of the |  | in 2 |  | thee 3 |  | gift, 1 |  | which |  | was given |  | to thee |  | through |

προφητειας |  | μετα |  | επιθεσεως |  | των |  | χειρων |  | του |  | πρεσβυτεριου |  |
prophecy |  | with |  | laying on |  | of the |  | hands |  | of the |  | elderhood. |  |

| 15 | ταυτα |  | μελετα |  | εν |  | τουτοις |  | ισθι |  | ινα |  | σου |  | η |  | προκοπη |  | φανερα
|  | These things |  | meditate on, |  | in |  | them |  | be, |  | that |  | thy |  | advancement |  | ♦ |  | manifest

| η |  | εν |  | πασιν |  |
| may be |  | among |  | all. |  |

| 16 | επεχε |  | σεαυτω |  | και |  | τη |  | διδασκαλια |  | επιμενε |  | αυτοις |  | τουτο |  | γαρ |  | ποιων |
|  | Give heed |  | to thyself |  | and |  | to the |  | teaching; |  | continue |  | in them; |  | for this |  | ♦ |  | doing, |

και |  | σεαυτον |  | σωσεις |  | και |  | τους |  | ακουοντας |  | σου |  |
both |  | thyself |  | thou shalt save |  | and |  | those that |  | hear |  | thee. |  |