Book of Common Prayer

⁸ For gar we do not ou want thelō you hymeis to be unaware agnoeō, brothers adelphos, about hyper the ho affliction thlipsis we hēmeis · ho suffered ginomai in en · ho Asia Asia, that hoti we were burdened bareō excessively kata hyperbolē beyond hyper our power dynamis to cope, so that hōste we hēmeis despaired exaporeō even kai of ho living zaō. ⁹ Indeed alla, we autos had echō the ho sentence apokrima of ho death thanatos within en ourselves heautou, that hina we should eimi no longer mē trust peithō in epi ourselves heautou, but alla in epi the ho God theos who ho raises egeirō the ho dead nekros. ¹⁰ He hos delivered rhyomai us hēmeis from ek so great tēlikoutos a risk of death thanatos and kai will deliver rhyomai us. On eis him hos we have set our hope elpizō that hoti he will deliver rhyomai us yet eti again kai, ¹¹ as you hymeis also kai join in helping synypourgeō us hēmeis by ho prayer deēsis, so that hina thanks may be given eucharisteō by ek many polys people prosōpon on hyper our hēmeis behalf hyper for the ho gracious gift charisma granted to eis us hēmeis through dia the help of many polys.

¹² · ho For gar our hēmeis confidence kauchēsis is eimi this houtos, the ho testimony martyrion of ho our hēmeis conscience syneidēsis, that hoti with en simplicity haplotēs and kai sincerity eilikrineia like that of ho God theos, and kai not ou with en earthly sarkikos wisdom sophia but alla by en the grace charis of God theos, we conducted anastrephō ourselves in en the ho world kosmos, and de all the more perissoterōs toward pros you hymeis. ¹³ Now gar we are graphō not ou writing graphō you hymeis anything allos other alla than ē what hos you can read anaginōskō and ē also kai understand epiginōskō. But de I hope elpizō that hoti you will understand epiginōskō fully heōs telos, ¹⁴ just as kathōs also kai you have understood epiginōskō us hēmeis partially apo meros, that hoti we are eimi your hymeis source of pride kauchēma, as kathaper you hymeis also kai are ours hēmeis, in en the ho day hēmera of the ho Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous.

¹⁵ And kai because of this houtos · ho confidence pepoithēsis, I was intending boulomai to come erchomai to pros you hymeis first proteros, so that hina you might have echō a second deuteros benefit charis— ¹⁶ · kai through dia your hymeis help, to go dierchomai on to eis Macedonia Makedonia, and kai from apo Macedonia Makedonia to come erchomai back palin to pros you hymeis and kai to be helped by hypo you hymeis on my way propempō to eis · ho Judea Ioudaia. ¹⁷ Therefore oun when I was planning boulomai this houtos, I was chraomai not mēti · ho capricious elaphria, was I? Or ē the hos things I plan bouleuō, do I plan bouleuō according kata to the flesh sarx, so that hina with para me egō it would be eimi · ho “ Yes nai, yes nai” and kai · ho “ No ou, no ou” at the same time? ¹⁸ But de as surely as God theos is trustworthy pistos, · ho · ho our hēmeis word logos · ho to pros you hymeis has not ou been eimi “ Yes nai” and kai “ No ou.” ¹⁹ For gar the ho Son hyios of ho God theos, Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos, the ho one who was proclaimed kēryssō among en you hymeis by dia us hēmeis— by dia me egō, · kai Silvanus Silouanos, and kai Timothy Timotheos— was ginomai not ou “ Yes nai” and kai “ No ou,” but alla in en him autos it has always been ginomai “ Yes nai.” ²⁰ For gar all hosos the promises epangelia of God theos find their ho “ Yes nai” in en him autos; and that is why dio · kai it is through dia him autos that we hēmeis say our ho “ Amen amēn” to ho God theos for pros his glory doxa. ²¹ Now de God theos is the ho one who strengthens bebaioō us hēmeis, together with syn you hymeis, in eis Christ Christos, and kai has anointed chriō us hēmeis, ²² and who ho has also kai sealed sphragizō us hēmeis and kai given didōmi us his ho Spirit pneuma in en our hēmeis hearts kardia as ho a pledge arrabōn. · ho

²⁷ And kai they came erchomai again palin to eis Jerusalem Hierosolyma. And kai while peripateō he autos was walking about peripateō in en the ho temple hieron, the ho ruling archiereus priests and kai the ho scribes grammateus and kai the ho elders presbyteros came erchomai to pros him autos, ²⁸ and kai were asking legō him autos, “ By en what poios authority exousia are you doing poieō these houtos things ?” and ē, “ Who tis gave didōmi you sy · ho this houtos authority exousia to hina do poieō these houtos things ?” ²⁹ · ho But de Jesus Iēsous said legō to them autos, “ I will ask eperōtaō you hymeis one heis thing logos; · kai answer apokrinomai me egō, and kai I will tell legō you hymeis by en what poios authority exousia I do poieō these houtos things . ³⁰ The ho baptism baptisma of ho John Iōannēs— was it eimi from ek heaven ouranos or ē from ek man anthrōpos? Answer apokrinomai me egō!” ³¹ So kai they discussed dialogizomai it among pros themselves heautou, saying legō, “ If ean we say legō, ‘ From ek heaven ouranos,’ he will say legō, ‘ Why dia tis then oun did you not ou believe pisteuō him autos?’ ³² But alla if we say legō, ‘ From ek man’—( they were afraid phobeomai of the ho people ochlos, for gar everyone hapas considered echō that hoti · ho John Iōannēs was eimi truly ontōs a prophet prophētēs). ³³ So kai in answer apokrinomai to ho Jesus Iēsous, they said legō, “ We do not ou know oida.” And kai · ho Jesus Iēsous said legō to them autos, “ Neither oude will I egō tell legō you hymeis by en what poios authority exousia I am doing poieō these houtos things .”