# Ὁμίλαι 11.32

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/11.32

Οὐχί, ἀλλὰ τὸ πλεῖον, ἐὰν οἱ ἐν πλάνῃ μὴ φονεύωσιν, ἡμεῖς μηδὲ ὀργιζώμεθα, ἐὰν ὁ ἐν πλάνῃ μὴ μοιχεύει , ἡμεῖς τὴν ἀρχὴν μηδὲ ἐνθυμηθῶμεν, ἐὰν ὁ ἐν πλάνῃ τὸν ἀγαπῶντα ἀγαπᾷ, ἡμεῖς καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντας, ἐὰν ὁ ἐν πλάνῃ δανείζῃ τοῖς ἔχουσιν, ἡμεῖς καὶ τοῖς μὴ ἔχουσιν. ἁπαξαπλῶς ὀφείλομεν οἱ τὸν ἄπειρον αἰῶνα ἐλπίζοντες κληρονομεῖν, τῶν τὸν παρόντα μόνον εἰδότων, τῶν ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν γενομένων καλῶν κρεῖττον ποιεῖν, εἰδότες, ὅτι ἐὰν αὐτῶν τὰ ἔργα τοῖς ἡμετέροις ἔργοις ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως ἀνακριθέντα ἴσα τῇ εὐποιΐᾳ εὑρεθῇ, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐναισχυνθῆναι ἔχομεν, αὐτοὶ δὲ διὰ πλάνην τὰ καθ᾽ αὑτῶν ποιήσαντες ἀπολέσθαι. τὸ δὲ αἰσχυνθῆναι κατὰ τοῦτο εἴρηκα, ὅτι μὴ πλεῖον ἐποιήσαμεν αὐτῶν, ὧν καὶ πλεῖον ἐγνώκαμεν. εἰ δὲ αἰσχυνθῆναι ἔστιν, τὴν εὐποιΐαν αὐτοῖς ἴσην δείξαντες καὶ οὐ πλεῖον, πῶς γε μᾶλλον, ἐὰν αὐτῶν τῆς εὐποιΐας τὸ ἧττον δείξωμεν;

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Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, ed. Albert Schwegler. 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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