Book of Common Prayer

3 So dio when we could bear stegō it no longer mēketi, we decided eudokeō to remain behind kataleipō at en Athens alone monos, ² and kai we sent pempō Timothy Timotheos, · ho our hēmeis brother adelphos and kai coworker synergos for ho God theos in en the ho gospel euangelion of ho Christ Christos, to eis establish stērizō and kai encourage parakaleō you hymeis in hyper · ho your hymeis faith pistis, ³ so ho that no one mēdeis would be moved sainō by en · ho these houtos afflictions thlipsis. For gar you yourselves autos know oida that hoti we were destined keimai for eis this houtos. ⁴ · kai In fact gar, when hote we were eimi with pros you hymeis, we told prolegō you hymeis in advance that hoti we would mellō suffer persecution thlibō; even as kathōs · kai it has turned ginomai out , as kai you know oida. ⁵ So because dia houtos I kagō could bear stegō it no longer mēketi, I sent pempō to eis find out ginōskō about ho your hymeis faith pistis; for fear that mē somehow pōs the ho tempter peirazō had tempted peirazō you hymeis and kai our hēmeis labor kopos had been ginomai in eis vain kenos. · ho

⁶ But de just now arti Timothy Timotheos has come erchomai to pros us hēmeis from apo you hymeis, and kai has brought us hēmeis the good news euangelizō of ho your faith pistis and kai · ho your hymeis love agapē; and kai that hoti you always pantote think mneia of us hēmeis with echō affection agathos and long epipotheō to see us hēmeis even as kathaper · kai we hēmeis long to see you hymeis. ⁷ So dia houtos in epi all pas our hēmeis distress anankē and kai affliction thlipsis, brothers adelphos, we have been reassured parakaleō about epi you hymeis · ho by dia · ho your hymeis faith pistis. ⁸ For hoti now nyn we live zaō, if ean you hymeis stand stēkō firm in en the Lord kyrios. ⁹ For gar what tis thanksgiving eucharistia can we dynamai return antapodidōmi to ho God theos for peri you hymeis, for epi all pas the ho joy chara with which hos we rejoice chairō before emprosthen our hēmeis God theos because dia of you hymeis? · ho ¹⁰ Night nyx and kai day hēmera we pray deomai most earnestly hyperekperissou that eis we may see your hymeis · ho face prosōpon and kai supply katartizō what ho is lacking hysterēma in ho your hymeis faith pistis.

¹¹ Now de may · ho our hēmeis God theos and kai Father patēr himself autos, and kai · ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous, direct kateuthunō · ho our hēmeis way hodos to pros you hymeis. ¹² And de may the ho Lord kyrios cause you hymeis to increase pleonazō and kai abound perisseuō in ho love agapē for eis one another allēlōn and kai for eis all pas, even as kathaper · kai we hēmeis do for eis you hymeis, ¹³ so as to eis establish stērizō your hymeis · ho hearts kardia blameless amemptos in en holiness hagiōsynē before emprosthen · ho our hēmeis God theos and kai Father patēr, at en the ho coming parousia of ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous with meta all pas · ho his autos saints hagios.

²⁷ “ You have heard akouō that hoti it was said legō, ‘ You shall not ou commit moicheuō adultery .’ ²⁸ But de I egō say legō to you hymeis that hoti whoever pas · ho looks blepō at a woman gynē to pros · ho lust epithumeō after her autos has already ēdē committed moicheuō adultery with her autos in en · ho his autos heart kardia. ²⁹ If ei · de · ho your sy right dexios eye ophthalmos · ho causes skandalizō you sy to sin, gouge exaireō it autos out and kai throw ballō it away apo from you sy, for gar it is better sympherō for you sy to hina lose apollymi a heis · ho part melos of your sy body than kai mē to have your sy whole holos · ho body sōma thrown ballō into eis hell geenna. ³⁰ And kai if ei · ho your sy right dexios hand cheir causes skandalizō you sy to sin, cut ekkoptō it autos off and kai throw ballō it away apo from you sy; for gar it is better sympherō for you sy to hina lose apollymi a heis · ho part melos of your sy body than kai mē to have your sy whole holos · ho body sōma thrown aperchomai into eis hell geenna.

³¹ “ And de it was said legō, ‘ Whoever hos an divorces apolyō · ho his autos wife gynē, let him give didōmi her autos a written notice of divorce apostasion.’ ³² But de I egō say legō to you hymeis that hoti anyone pas who ho divorces apolyō · ho his autos wife gynē, except parektos on the ground logos of sexual porneia immorality , makes poieō her autos commit moicheuō adultery , and kai whoever hos ean marries gameō a divorced apolyō woman is made to commit adultery moichaō.

³³ “ Again palin, you have heard akouō that hoti it was said legō to those ho of old archaios, ‘ You shall not ou break epiorkeō an oath , but de carry out apodidōmi the ho vows horkos you sy made to the ho Lord kyrios.’ ³⁴ But de I egō say legō to you hymeis, do not mē take omnyō an oath at all holōs; neither mēte by en · ho heaven ouranos, for hoti it is eimi the throne thronos of ho God theos, ³⁵ nor mēte by en the ho earth gē, for hoti it is eimi a footstool hypopodion for ho his autos feet pous, nor mēte by eis Jerusalem Hierosolyma, for hoti it is eimi the city polis of the ho great megas King basileus. ³⁶ Nor mēte shall you take an oath omnyō by en · ho your sy head kephalē, because hoti you cannot ou make poieō a single heis hair thrix white leukos or ē black melas. ³⁷ But de let what ho you hymeis say logos be eimi a simple ‘ Yes nai, Yes nai,’ or ‘ No ou, No ou;’ · ho · de anything more perissos than this houtos comes eimi from ek the ho evil ponēros one .