# Ὁμίλαι 13.17

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/13.17

Ἀνόητος οὖν πᾶς ἀνηρ ὁ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα χωρίζων φόβου Θεοῦ. ὅτι ἡ Θεὸν μὴ φοβουμένη οὐδὲ τὸν ἄνδρα φοβεῖται. ἐὰν Θεὸν τὸν ἀόρατα βλέποντα μὴ φοβῆται, πρὸς τὸν μὴ ὁρῶντα πῶς σωφρονήσει; πῶς δὲ σωφρονήσει ἡ μὴ συνερχομένη πρὸς τοὺς σωφρονίζοντας ἀκούειν λόγους; πῶς δὲ καὶ νουθεσίας τύχοι; πῶς δὲ σωφρονήσει ἄνευ φυλάκων, ἐὰν τὴν ἐσομένην κρίσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ μὴ διδαχθῇ, μηδὲ τὴν ἐπὶ μικρᾷ ἡδονῇ αἰώνιον ζημίαν πληροφορηθῇ; διὸ τοὐναντίον ἄκουσαν αὐτὴν πρὸς τὸν σωφρονίζοντα ἀεὶ εἰσέρχεσθαι λόγον ἀνάγκασον, κολάκευσον.

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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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