# Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis) 7.21.3

Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis), Chapter 7, Verse 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/catenae-novum-testamentum/catena-in-epistulam-ad-romanos-typus-monacensis/7.21.3

Θεοδωρήτου. καλὸς οὖν εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ ὁ νόμος. ἐπαινῶ γὰρ τὰ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ διηγορευομένα ὡς εὖ ἔχοντα· καὶ ὁμοίως αὐτὰ καὶ τὰ καλὰ φιλῶ· καὶ τὰ κακὰ μισῶ· ἀλλ’ ὅμως, ἐμοὶ τὸ κακὸν παράκειται· τουτέστιν ἡ ἁμαρτία. διά τε τὸ θνητὸν ἔχειν καὶ παθητὸν τὸ σῶμα· καὶ διὰ τὴν τῆς τύχης ῥαθυμίαν τε καὶ ἀσθένειαν. σὺ δὲ τὸ μὲν τῷ θέλοντι ἐμοὶ τὸ καλὸν ποιεῖν, τῇ ψυχῇ πρόσαψον· τὸ δὲ, ὅτι ἐμοὶ τὸ κακὸν παράκειται, τῇ σαρκί. λέγει γὰρ ὅτι ὁ νόμος, κατὰ μὲν τὴν ψυχὴν, χρήσιμος, παιδεύων αὐτὴν ἐφίεσθαι τοῦ καλοῦ, ἀποστρέφεσθαι δὲ τὸ κακόν. τὴν περὶ τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν δὲ ἡμῖν εὐκολίαν, οὐδαμῶς δύναται ἀφελεῖν· ἥτις ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τῆς θνητότητος ἐγένετο.

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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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