Chapter 4
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1 Μὴ
μόνον
οὖν
αὐτὸν
καλῶμεν
κύριον·
οὐ γὰρ τοῦτο σώσει ἡμᾶς. |
Let us therefore not only call Him Lord, for this will not save us: |
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2 λέγει
γάρ·
Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι· Κύριε, κύριε, σωθήσεται, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην. |
for He says, “Not every one who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’ will be saved, but he who does what is right” (see Matt. 7:21). |
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3 ὥστε
οὖν,
ἀδελφοί,
ἐν
τοῖς
ἔργοις
αὐτὸν
ὁμολογῶμεν,
ἐν
τῷ
ἀγαπᾶν
ἑαυτούς,
ἐν
τῷ
μὴ
μοιχᾶσθαι
μηδὲ
καταλαλεῖν
ἀλλήλων
μηδὲ
ζηλοῦν,
ἀλλ᾿
ἐγκρατεῖς
εἶναι,
ἐλεήμονας,
ἀγαθούς·
καὶ συμπάσχειν ἀλλήλοις ὀφείλομεν, καὶ μὴ φιλαργυρεῖν. ἐν τούτοις τοῖς ἔργοις ὁμολογῶμεν αὐτὸν καὶ μὴ ἐν τοῖς ἐναντίοις· |
So then, brothers, let us acknowledge Him in our actions, by loving one another, by not committing adultery nor slandering one another nor envying, but by being self-controlled, merciful, kind.
And we ought to be empathetic toward one another and not to be avaricious. By these works let us acknowledge Him, and not by their opposite. |
| 4 καὶ οὐ δεῖ ἡμᾶς φοβεῖσθαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μᾶλλον, ἀλλὰ τὸν θεόν. | And we must not fear men, but rather God. |
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5 διὰ
τοῦτο,
ταῦτα
ὑμῶν
πρασσόντων,
εἶπεν
ὁ
κύριος·
Ἐὰν ἦτε μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ συνηγμένοι ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου καὶ μὴ ποιῆτε τὰς ἐντολάς μου, ἀποβαλῶ ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐρῶ ὑμῖν· Ὑπάγετε ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς, πόθεν ἐστέ, ἐργάται ἀνομίας. |
For this cause, if you do these things, the Lord said, “If you are gathered together with Me in My bosom, and do not keep My commandments, I will cast you away and will say to you, ‘Depart from Me, I don’t know from where you are from, you workers of iniquity.’” (source unknown, see Matt. 7:22-23). |