# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 68

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 68. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/68

Τῇ δὲ ἐπιούσῃ πάλιν ἡμέρᾳ διαναστὰς καὶ προσευξάμενος, εἶτα καὶ σὺν ἡμῖν κἀθεσθεὶς λέγειν ἤρξατο οὕτως· τὸν μέλλοντα προσιέναι τῷ θεῷ χρὴ νήφειν, χρὴ σωφρονεῖν, ὀργῆς κρατεῖν, ἀλλότρια μὴ νοσφίζεσθαι, δικαίως βιοῦν, ἐπιεικῶς, εὐσταθῶς, πρᾴως, κολάζειν ἑαυτὸν μᾶλλον ἐν ταῖς ἐνδείαις, ἢ μὴ ἔχοντα ἑτέρου ἀφελόμενον κορεσθῆναι, καθαρὸν εἶναι τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ ἁγνὸν τῷ σώματι, καὶ μὴ ὁμοιοῦσθαι τοῖς φαρισαίοις, πρὸς οὓς ὁ κύριος καὶ θεὸς ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἔφησεν· οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταὶ, ὅτι καθαρίζετε τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος τὸ ἔξωθεν, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμει ῥύπου. φαρισαῖε τυφλὲ, καθάρισον πρῶτον τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος τὸ ἔσωθεν, ἵνα γένηται καὶ τὸ ἔξω αὐτοῦ καθαρόν. ἀληθῶς γὰρ ὁ καθάρας τὸ ἔσω, καὶ τὸ ἔξω καθάραι δύναται· ὁ δὲ τὰ ἔξω καθαίρων, πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ἔπαινον ἀφορῶν τοῦτο ποιεῖ, παρὰ δὲ τῷ θεῷ μισθὸν οὐκ ἔχει.

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Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, 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.
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