# Ὁμίλαι 18.17

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/18.17

Εἰ δέ τις ἐρεῖ· οὐδὲν ἦν ἀπόκρυφον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, διὰ τὸ γεγράφθαι· οὐδέν σε ἔλαθεν Ἰσραήλ· μή γὰρ εἴπῃς, Ἰακὼβ, ἀπεκρύβη ἡ ὁδὸς ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ· συνιέναι ὀφείλει τις ὅτι τὰ διαφέροντα τῇ βασιλείᾳ ἀπεκέκρυπτο ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν, ἡ δὲ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν εἰσφέρεσα ὁδὸς, ἥ τις ἐστὶν πολιτεία, οὐκ ἀπεκέκρυπτο. διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ λέγει· μὴ γὰρ εἴπῃς ὅτι ἀπεκρύβη ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἡ ὁδός. ὁδὸς δὲ ἡ πολιτεία ἐστὶν, τῷ καὶ τόν Μωυσῆν λέγειν· ἰδοὺ τέθεικα πρὸ προσώπου σου τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς ζωῆς, καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θανάτου. καὶ ὁ διδάσκαλος συμφώνως εἷπεν εἰσέλθετε διὰ τῆς στενῆς καὶ τεθλιμμένης ὁδοῦ, δι᾽ ἧς εἰσελεύσεσθε εἰς τὴν ζωήν. καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ που, ἐρωτήσαντός τινος· τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; τὰς τοῦ νόμου ἐντολὰς ὑπέδειξεν.

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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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