# Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis) 7.17.1

Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis), Chapter 7, Verse 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/catenae-novum-testamentum/catena-in-epistulam-ad-romanos-typus-monacensis/7.17.1

Χρυσοστόμου. Σαφὲς ἄρα φησὶν τὸ μὴ ἐμὴν ἔτι, τῆς δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἁμαρτίας εἶναι τὴν πρᾶξιν· ἐγὼ γὰρ αὐτὴν οὐδὲ βουλόμενος οὐδὲ θέλων πέφηνα· καὶ ἑρμηνεύων πῶς ποτε ἔφη τὸ, “ἡ οἰκοῦσα ἐν ἐμοὶ ἁμάρτια, ἐπάγει· “γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ οἴκει ἐν ἐμοὶ “τουτέστιν, ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, ἀγαθόν.” διὰ πάντων τούτων, τὸ ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις εὐαγγελίοις λέγων παρὰ τοῦ δεσπότου λεχθέν· “ὅτι “τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον, ἡ δὲ σὰρξ, ἀσθενήσ.” τὸ γὰρ τῆς σαρκὸς φθαρτὸν καὶ ἐμπαθὲς τῆς παρανομίας καταιτιᾶται· “οὐκ “οἰκεῖ γάρ,” φησιν, “ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, ἀγαθόν·” τουτέστιν, οὐκ ἔχει τὸ ἀπαθὲς οὐδὲ τὸ τέλειον, καὶ ἀνενδεὲς καὶ ἀναμάρτητον. ὅθεν αὐτὴν καὶ σάρκα πολλάκις ἁμαρτίας καλεῖ· καὶ σῶμα ἀμαρτίας, καὶ σῶμα θανάτου· αἱροῦμαι γοῦν τῷ νῷ τὸ ἀγαθόν· καὶ παρεσκεύασμαι πρὸς τοῦτο κατὰ ψυχήν. ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν διὰ σαρκὸς ὤργων, αὐτὸ μετελθεῖν οὐχ εὑρίσκω· ἀλλ’ ἐσπούδακα μὲν καὶ ἀγωνίζομαι ποιῆσαι τὸ ἀγαθόν. ὑπάγομαι δὲ παρ’ αὐτῆς πράττειν ἃ μὴ προῄρημαι. τὴν οὖν τοιαύτην πρᾶξιν, εἰκότως οὐκ ἐμὴν ἀλλ’ ἀλλοτρίαν λογίζομαι.

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Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis), ed. John Anthony Cramer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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