# Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis) 8.26.6

Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis), Chapter 8, Verse 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/catenae-novum-testamentum/catena-in-epistulam-ad-romanos-typus-monacensis/8.26.6

Γενναδίου. Ἢ καὶ οὕτως. ἡ μὲν φύσις ἡμῶν ἐστι, ἀσθενὴς, καὶ τὸ καθ’ αὑτὴν τὸ αὖθις ἀναβιώσεσθαι· τὰ δὲ ἐπηγγελμένα, μεγάλα τὲ καὶ θεῖα, καὶ οἷα μηδὲ νῷ χωρηθῆναι δυνάμενα. ἀλλ’ ὅμως πρὸς πίστιν τούτων τῶν τηλικούτων, ἀπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος οὐ μικρὰν ἐπικουρίαν ἔχομεν. τὰ γὰρ καὶ αἰτήσεως κρείττονα, καὶ περὶ ὧν οὐκ ἴσμεν, οὐ δὲ ὅπως εὔξασθαι χρὴ, ἵν εἴπῃ καὶ τὰ ὑπὲρ νοῦν ἀνθρώπινον καὶ εὐχὴν, ταῦτα ἡμῖν ἡ δεδομένη τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἀγίου χάρις ἀπορρήτως εἰσπράττεται, καὶ δίδωσιν ἡ ἀπαρχὴ θαρρεῖν περὶ τοῦ παντός. ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ ἔπι τῶν γάμων ἀρραβῶνες, οὓς ἀλλήλοις οἱ γαμοῦντες διδόασιν, ἐγγυῶνται τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα· καὶ προφερόμενοι τὰς ἐφ’ οἷς δέδονται συνθήκας, ἐπὶ πέρας ἀχθῆναι καταναγκάζουσιν· οὕτως οἴμαι καὶ ἡ ἀπαρχὴ τοῦ Πνεύματος, τουτέστι τὸ μερικὸν τοῦ Πνεύματος χάρισμα, ὁ ἐστιν ἀρραβὼν τῆς κληρονομίας ἡμῶν, τὴν ἐπὶ καιροῦ δοθησομένην καθόλου χάριν ἡμῖν βέβαιοι. δέον οὖν ἄρα τοὺς ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς πόνους μὴ ἀποφεύγειν. τὸ δὲ ἐντυγχάνειν, μεταφορικῶς εἶπεν· ἀπὸ τοῦ καὶ ἡμῶν τὰς χρείας ταῖς πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐντυχίαις ἀνύεσθαι.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4102.tlg011.local001/.