Thirty-First Sunday of Pentecost
St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:15-17
English
Timothy, my son, the saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost
of sinners; but I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the
foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example
to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of
ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory to the ages
of ages. Amen.
Τέκνον Τιμόθεε, πιστὸς ὁ λόγος καὶ πάσης ἀποδοχῆς ἄξιος, ὅτι Χριστὸς
Ἰησοῦς ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἁμαρτωλοὺς σῶσαι, ὧν πρῶτός εἰμι ἐγώ· ἀλλὰ
διὰ τοῦτο ἠλεήθην, ἵνα ἐν ἐμοὶ πρώτῳ ἐνδείξηται Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς τὴν πᾶσαν
μακροθυμίαν, πρὸς ὑποτύπωσιν τῶν μελλόντων πιστεύειν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ εἰς ζωὴν
αἰώνιον. Τῷ δὲ βασιλεῖ τῶν αἰώνων, ἀφθάρτῳ, ἀοράτῳ, μόνῳ σοφῶ θεῷ, τιμὴ
καὶ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.