ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ Η ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ

Epistle to the Romans

CHAPTER 12

| 1 | παρακαλω |  | ουν |  | υμας |  | αδελφοι |  | δια |  | των |  | οικτιρμων |  | του |  | θεου |
|  | I exhort |  | therefore |  | you, |  | brethren, |  | by |  | the |  | compassions |  | ♦ |  | of God, |

παραστησαι |  | τα |  | σωματα |  | υμων |  | θυσιαν |  | ζωσαν |  | αγιαν |  | ευαρεστον |  | τω
to present |  | your bodies |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | a sacrifice 2 |  | living, 1 |  | holy, |  | well-pleasing |  | ♦

| θεω |  | την |  | λογικην |  | λατρειαν |  | υμων |  |
| to God, |  | ♦ |  | intelligent 2 |  | service 3 |  | your. 1 |  |

| 2 | και |  | μη |  | συσχηματιζεσθε |  | τω |  | αιωνι |  | τουτω |  | αλλα |  | μεταμορφουσθε |
|  | And |  | not 2 |  | fashion yourselves 1 |  | to this age, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | but |  | be transformed |

τη |  | ανακαινωσει |  | του |  | νοος |  | υμων |  | εις |  | το |  | δοκιμαζειν |  | υμας |  | τι |
by the |  | renewing |  | of your mind, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | for |  | ♦ |  | to prove |  | by you |  | what [is] |

το |  | θελημα |  | του |  | θεου |  | το |  | αγαθον |  | και |  | ευαρεστον |  | και |  | τελειον |  |
♦ |  | will 7 |  | ♦ |  | of 8 God 9 |  | the 1 |  | good 2 |  | and 3 |  | well-pleasing 4 |  | and 5 |  | perfect 6 |  |

| 3 | λεγω |  | γαρ |  | δια |  | της |  | χαριτος |  | της |  | δοθεισης |  | μοι |  | παντι |  | τω |  | οντι |
|  | For I say |  | ♦ |  | through |  | the |  | grace |  | which |  | is given |  | to me, |  | to everyone |  | that is |  | ♦ |

εν |  | υμιν |  | μη |  | υπερφρονειν |  | παρ |  | ο |  | δει |  | φρονειν |  | αλλα |
among |  | you, |  | not |  | to be high-minded |  | above |  | what |  | it behoves [you] |  | to be minded; |  | but |

φρονειν |  | εις |  | το |  | σωφρονειν |  | εκαστω |  | ως |  | ο |  | θεος |  | εμερισεν |  | μετρον |
to be minded |  | so as |  | ♦ |  | to be sober-minded |  | to each |  | as |  | ♦ |  | God |  | divided |  | a measure |

πιστεως |  |
of faith. |  |

| 4 | καθαπερ |  | γαρ |  | εν |  | ενι |  | σωματι |  | μελη |  | πολλα |  | εχομεν |  | τα |  | δε |  | μελη |
|  | For even as |  | ♦ |  | in |  | one |  | body |  | members 2 |  | many 1 |  | we have, |  | but the |  | ♦ |  | members |

παντα |  | ου |  | την |  | αυτην |  | εχει |  | πραξιν |  |
all |  | not 2 |  | the 3 |  | same 4 |  | have 1 |  | function; |  |

| 5 | ουτως |  | οι |  | πολλοι |  | εν |  | σωμα |  | εσμεν |  | εν |  | χριστω |  | ο |  | δε |  | καθ |  | εις |
|  | thus |  | the 2 |  | many 3 |  | one 5 |  | body 6 |  | we 1 are 4 |  | in |  | Christ |  | and each one |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

αλληλων |  | μελη |  |
of 2 each 3 other 4 |  | members. 1 |  |

| 6 | εχοντες |  | δε |  | χαρισματα |  | κατα |  | την |  | χαριν |  | την |  | δοθεισαν |  | ημιν |
|  | But having |  | ♦ |  | gifts 2 |  | according 3 to 4 |  | the 5 |  | grace 6 |  | which 7 |  | is 8 given 9 |  | to 10 us 11 |

διαφορα |  | ειτε |  | προφητειαν |  | κατα |  | την |  | αναλογιαν |  | της |  | πιστεως |  |
different, 1 |  | whether |  | prophecy-- |  | according to |  | the |  | proportion |  | ♦ |  | of faith; |  |

| 7 | ειτε |  | διακονιαν |  | εν |  | τη |  | διακονια |  | ειτε |  | ο |  | διδασκων |  | εν |  | τη |  | διδασκαλια |  |
|  | or |  | service-- |  | in |  | ♦ |  | service; |  | or |  | he that |  | teaches-- |  | in |  | ♦ |  | teaching; |  |

| 8 | ειτε |  | ο |  | παρακαλων |  | εν |  | τη |  | παρακλησει |  | ο |  | μεταδιδους |  | εν |  | απλοτητι |
|  | or |  | that |  | exhorts-- |  | in |  | ♦ |  | exhortation; |  | he that |  | imparts-- |  | in |  | simplicity, |

ο |  | προισταμενος |  | εν |  | σπουδη |  | ο |  | ελεων |  | εν |  | ιλαροτητι |  |
he that |  | takes the lead-- |  | with |  | diligence; |  | he that |  | shews mercy-- |  | with |  | cheerfulness. |  |

| 9 | η |  | αγαπη |  | ανυποκριτος |  | αποστυγουντες |  | το |  | πονηρον |  | κολλωμενοι |  | τω |
|  | [Let] |  | love [be] |  | unfeigned; |  | abhorring |  | ♦ |  | evil, |  | cleaving |  | ♦ |

αγαθω |  |
to good; |  |

| 10 | τη |  | φιλαδελφια |  | εις |  | αλληλους |  | φιλοστοργοι |  | τη |  | τιμη |
|  | ♦ |  | in brotherly love |  | towards |  | one another |  | kindly affectioned; |  | in [giving] |  | honour |

αλληλους |  | προηγουμενοι |  |
one 3 another 4 |  | going 1 before; 2 |  |

| 11 | τη |  | σπουδη |  | μη |  | οκνηροι |  | τω |  | πνευματι |  | ζεοντες |  | τω |  | καιρω |
|  | ♦ |  | in diligence |  | not |  | slothful; |  | ♦ |  | in spirit, |  | fervent; |  | ♦ |  | in 2 season 3 |

δουλευοντες |  |
serving. 1 |  |

| 12 | τη |  | ελπιδι |  | χαιροντες |  | τη |  | θλιψει |  | υπομενοντες |  | τη |  | προσευχη |
|  | ♦ |  | In hope, |  | rejoicing; |  | ♦ |  | in tribulation, |  | enduring; |  | ♦ |  | in prayer, |

προσκαρτερουντες |  |
stedfastly continuing; |  |

| 13 | ταις |  | χρειαις |  | των |  | αγιων |  | κοινωνουντες |  | την |  | φιλοξενιαν |  | διωκοντες |  |
|  | to the |  | needs |  | of the |  | saints |  | communicating; |  | ♦ |  | hospitality |  | pursuing. |  |

| 14 | ευλογειτε |  | τους |  | διωκοντας |  | υμας |  | ευλογειτε |  | και |  | μη |  | καταρασθε |  |
|  | Bless |  | those that |  | persecute |  | you; |  | bless, |  | and |  | curse not. |  | ♦ |  |

| 15 | χαιρειν |  | μετα |  | χαιροντων |  | και |  | κλαιειν |  | μετα |  | κλαιοντων |  |
|  | Rejoice |  | with |  | rejoicing ones, |  | and |  | weep |  | with |  | weeping ones; |  |

| 16 | το |  | αυτο |  | εις |  | αλληλους |  | φρονουντες |  | μη |  | τα |  | υψηλα |
|  | the |  | same thing |  | toward |  | one another |  | minding, |  | not |  | high things |  | ♦ |

φρονουντες |  | αλλα |  | τοις |  | ταπεινοις |  | συναπαγομενοι |  | μη |  | γινεσθε |
minding, |  | but |  | with the |  | lowly |  | going along: |  | be not |  | ♦ |

φρονιμοι |  | παρ |  | εαυτοις |  |
wise |  | in |  | yourselves: |  |

| 17 | μηδενι |  | κακον |  | αντι |  | κακου |  | αποδιδοντες |  | προνοουμενοι |  | καλα |
|  | to no one |  | evil |  | for |  | evil |  | rendering: |  | providing |  | right [things] |

ενωπιον |  | παντων |  | ανθρωπων |  |
before |  | all |  | men: |  |

| 18 | ει |  | δυνατον |  | το |  | εξ |  | υμων |  | μετα |  | παντων |  | ανθρωπων |
|  | if |  | possible, |  | as to yourselves, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | with |  | all |  | men |

ειρηνευοντες |  |
being at peace; |  |

| 19 | μη |  | εαυτους |  | εκδικουντες |  | αγαπητοι |  | αλλα |  | δοτε |  | τοπον |  | τη |  | οργη |
|  | not |  | yourselves |  | avenging, |  | beloved, |  | but |  | give |  | place |  | ♦ |  | to wrath; |

γεγραπται |  | γαρ |  | εμοι |  | εκδικησις |  | εγω |  | ανταποδωσω |  | λεγει |  | κυριος |  |
for it has been written, |  | ♦ |  | To me |  | vengeance! |  | I |  | will recompense, |  | says [the] |  | Lord. |  |

| 20 | εαν |  | ουν |  | πεινα |  | ο |  | εχθρος |  | σου |  | ψωμιζε |  | αυτον |  | εαν |  | διψα |
|  | If |  | therefore |  | should hunger |  | ♦ |  | enemy 2 |  | thine, 1 |  | feed |  | him; |  | if |  | he should thirst, |

ποτιζε |  | αυτον |  | τουτο |  | γαρ |  | ποιων |  | ανθρακας |  | πυρος |  | σωρευσεις |  | επι |  | την |
give drink 2 |  | him; 1 |  | this 4 |  | for 3 |  | doing, |  | coals |  | of fire |  | thou wilt heap |  | upon |  | ♦ |

κεφαλην |  | αυτου |  |
head 2 |  | his. 1 |  |

| 21 | μη |  | νικω |  | υπο |  | του |  | κακου |  | αλλα |  | νικα |  | εν |  | τω |  | αγαθω |  | το |
|  | Be not overcome |  | ♦ |  | by |  | ♦ |  | evil, |  | but |  | overcome |  | with 2 |  | ♦ |  | good 3 |  | ♦ |

κακον |  |
evil. 1 |  |