ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ

Epistle of James the Theologian

CHAPTER 4

| 1 | ποθεν |  | πολεμοι |  | και |  | μαχαι |  | εν |  | υμιν |  | ουκ |  | εντευθεν |  | εκ |  | των |
|  | Whence |  | [come] wars |  | and |  | fightings |  | among |  | you? |  | [Is it] not |  | thence, |  | from |  | your pleasures, |

ηδονων |  | υμων |  | των |  | στρατευομενων |  | εν |  | τοις |  | μελεσιν |  | υμων |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | which |  | war |  | in |  | your members? |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 2 | επιθυμειτε |  | και |  | ουκ |  | εχετε |  | φονευετε |  | και |  | ζηλουτε |  | και |  | ου |
|  | Ye desire, |  | and |  | have not; |  | ♦ |  | ye kill |  | and |  | are emulous, |  | and |  | are not able |

δυνασθε |  | επιτυχειν |  | μαχεσθε |  | και |  | πολεμειτε |  | ουκ |  | εχετε |  | δε |  | δια |
♦ |  | to obtain; |  | ye fight |  | and |  | war, |  | ye 2 have 3 not 4 |  | ♦ |  | but 1 |  | because |

το |  | μη |  | αιτεισθαι |  | υμας |  |
♦ |  | not 3 |  | ask 2 |  | you. 1 |  |

| 3 | αιτειτε |  | και |  | ου |  | λαμβανετε |  | διοτι |  | κακως |  | αιτεισθε |  | ινα |  | εν |
|  | Ye ask, |  | and |  | receive not, |  | ♦ |  | because |  | evilly |  | ye ask |  | that |  | in |

ταις |  | ηδοναις |  | υμων |  | δαπανησητε |  |
your pleasures |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ye may spend [it]. |  |

| 4 | μοιχοι |  | και |  | μοιχαλιδες |  | ουκ |  | οιδατε |  | οτι |  | η |  | φιλια |  | του |  | κοσμου |
|  | Adulterers |  | and |  | adultresses, |  | know ye not |  | ♦ |  | that |  | the |  | friendship |  | of the |  | world |

εχθρα |  | του |  | θεου |  | εστιν |  | ος |  | αν |  | ουν |  | βουληθη |  | φιλος |  | ειναι |  | του |
enmity [with] |  | ♦ |  | God |  | is? |  | Whosoever |  | ♦ |  | therefore |  | be minded |  | a friend |  | to be |  | of the |

κοσμου |  | εχθρος |  | του |  | θεου |  | καθισταται |  |
world, |  | an enemy |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | is constituted. |  |

| 5 | η |  | δοκειτε |  | οτι |  | κενως |  | η |  | γραφη |  | λεγει |  | προς |  | φθονον |  | επιποθει |  | το |
|  | Or |  | think ye |  | that |  | in vain |  | the |  | scripture |  | speaks? |  | with |  | envy |  | does long 3 |  | the 1 |

πνευμα |  | ο |  | κατωκησεν |  | εν |  | ημιν |  |
Spirit 2 |  | which |  | took up [his] abode |  | in |  | us? |  |

| 6 | μειζονα |  | δε |  | διδωσιν |  | χαριν |  | διο |  | λεγει |  | ο |  | θεος |  | υπερηφανοις |
|  | But greater 3 |  | ♦ |  | he 1 gives 2 |  | grace. |  | Wherefore |  | he says, |  | ♦ |  | God |  | [the] 4 proud 5 |

αντιτασσεται |  | ταπεινοις |  | δε |  | διδωσιν |  | χαριν |  |
sets 1 himself 2 against, 3 |  | but to [the] lowly |  | ♦ |  | he gives |  | grace. |  |

| 7 | υποταγητε |  | ουν |  | τω |  | θεω |  | αντιστητε |  | τω |  | διαβολω |  | και |  | φευξεται |  | αφ
|  | Subject yourselves |  | therefore |  | ♦ |  | to God. |  | Resist |  | the |  | devil, |  | and |  | he will flee |  | from

| υμων |  |
| you. |  |

| 8 | εγγισατε |  | τω |  | θεω |  | και |  | εγγιει |  | υμιν |  | καθαρισατε |  | χειρας |
|  | Draw near |  | ♦ |  | to God, |  | and |  | he will draw near |  | to you. |  | Have cleansed |  | [your] hands, |

αμαρτωλοι |  | και |  | αγνισατε |  | καρδιας |  | διψυχοι |  |
sinners, |  | and |  | have purified |  | [your] hearts, |  | ye double minded. |  |

| 9 | ταλαιπωρησατε |  | και |  | πενθησατε |  | και |  | κλαυσατε |  | ο |  | γελως |  | υμων |
|  | Be wretched, |  | and |  | mourn, |  | and |  | weep. |  | Your laughter |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

εις |  | πενθος |  | μεταστραφητω |  | και |  | η |  | χαρα |  | εις |  | κατηφειαν |  |
to |  | mourning |  | let be turned, |  | and |  | [your] joy |  | ♦ |  | to |  | heaviness. |  |

| 10 | ταπεινωθητε |  | ενωπιον |  | του |  | κυριου |  | και |  | υψωσει |  | υμας |  |
|  | Humble yourselves |  | before |  | the |  | Lord, |  | and |  | he will exalt |  | you. |  |

| 11 | μη |  | καταλαλειτε |  | αλληλων |  | αδελφοι |  | ο |  | καταλαλων |
|  | Speak not against |  | ♦ |  | one another, |  | brethren. |  | He that |  | speaks against |

αδελφου |  | και |  | κρινων |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | αυτου |  | καταλαλει |  | νομου |  | και |
[his] brother, |  | and |  | judges |  | his brother, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | speaks against |  | [the] law, |  | and |

κρινει |  | νομον |  | ει |  | δε |  | νομον |  | κρινεις |  | ουκ |  | ει |  | ποιητης |  | νομου |
judges |  | [the] law. |  | But if |  | ♦ |  | [the] law |  | thou judgest, |  | not 3 |  | thou 1 art 2 |  | a doer |  | of [the] law, |

αλλα |  | κριτης |  |
but |  | a judge. |  |

| 12 | εις |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | νομοθετης |  | ο |  | δυναμενος |  | σωσαι |  | και |  | απολεσαι |  | συ |  | τις |
|  | One |  | is |  | the |  | lawgiver, |  | who |  | is able |  | to save |  | and |  | to destroy: |  | thou 3 |  | who 1 |

ει |  | ος |  | κρινεις |  | τον |  | ετερον |  |
art 2 |  | that |  | judgest |  | the |  | other? |  |

| 13 | αγε |  | νυν |  | οι |  | λεγοντες |  | σημερον |  | και |  | αυριον |  | πορευσωμεθα |  | εις |
|  | Go to |  | now, |  | ye who |  | say, |  | To-day |  | and |  | to-morrow |  | we may go |  | into |

τηνδε |  | την |  | πολιν |  | και |  | ποιησωμεν |  | εκει |  | ενιαυτον |  | ενα |  | και |
such a city |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | may spend |  | there |  | year 2 |  | one 1 |  | and |

εμπορευσωμεθα |  | και |  | κερδησωμεν |  |
may traffic, |  | and |  | may make gain, |  |

| 14 | οιτινες |  | ουκ |  | επιστασθε |  | το |  | της |  | αυριον |  | ποια |  | γαρ |  | η |  | ζωη
|  | ye who |  | not 2 |  | know 1 |  | what |  | on the |  | morrow [will be], |  | (for what [is] |  | ♦ |  | your life? |  | ♦

| υμων |  | ατμις |  | γαρ |  | εστιν |  | η |  | προς |  | ολιγον |  | φαινομενη |  | επειτα |  | δε |
| ♦ |  | A vapour |  | even |  | it is, |  | which |  | for |  | a little [while] |  | appears |  | then 2 |  | and 1 |

αφανιζομενη |  |
disappears,) |  |

| 15 | αντι |  | του |  | λεγειν |  | υμας |  | εαν |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | θεληση |  | και |  | ζησωμεν |  | και |
|  | instead of |  | ♦ |  | your saying |  | ♦ |  | If |  | the |  | Lord |  | should will |  | and |  | we should live, |  | also |

ποιησωμεν |  | τουτο |  | η |  | εκεινο |  |
we may do |  | this |  | or |  | that. |  |

| 16 | νυν |  | δε |  | καυχασθε |  | εν |  | ταις |  | αλαζονειαις |  | υμων |  | πασα |  | καυχησις |
|  | But now |  | ♦ |  | ye boast |  | in |  | your vauntings: |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | all |  | boasting 2 |

τοιαυτη |  | πονηρα |  | εστιν |  |
such 1 |  | evil |  | is. |  |

| 17 | ειδοτι |  | ουν |  | καλον |  | ποιειν |  | και |  | μη |  | ποιουντι |  | αμαρτια |  | αυτω |  | εστιν
|  | To [him] knowing |  | therefore |  | good |  | to do, |  | and |  | not |  | doing [it], |  | sin |  | to him |  | it is.