# Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita 157

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita, Section 157. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-altera-nunc-primum-edita/157

Ἔνια δὲ καὶ ἀφ’ ἑαυτῶν νοεῖν ὀφείλετε, διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν μὴ δύνασθαι ἐν φανερῷ λέγειν διὰ τὰς ἐπιβουλάς· οἷον ἐὰν ἐχθραίνῃ τινὶ, μὴ ἀναμένετε αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν, τῷ δὲ μὴ προσαμίλλασθε, ἀλλὰ φρονίμως ἕπεσθε αὐτοῦ τῷ βουλήματι, ἐχθροὶ γινόμενοι οἷς ἐχθραίνει, καὶ μὴ ὀμιλοῦντες οἷς μὴ ὁμιλεῖ, ἵνα ἕκαστος ἐπιδικαζόμενος τῷ πάντας φίλους ἔχειν αὐτὸν διαλλάττων σώζηται τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐπακούων ὁμιλίας. εἰ δέ τις φίλος μὲν ᾖ οἷς αὐτὸς ἐχθραίνει, καὶ λαλεῖ οἷς αὐτὸς οὐχ ὁμιλεῖ, εἷς ἐστιν καὶ αὐτὸς τῶν ὀλοθρεύειν θελόντων τὴν ἐκκλησίαν· ὁ γὰρ τῷ σώματι συνὼν ὑμῖν καὶ τῇ γνώμῃ μὴ ὢν μεθ’ ὑμῶν, καθ’ ὑμῶν ἐστιν, πολλῶ χείρων τῶν ἔξωθεν φαινομένων ἐχθρῶν, μετὰ δοκούσης φιλίας σκορπίζων τοὺς ἔσω.

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Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita, ed. Albert Dressel. 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/tlg1271.tlg012.local001/.