# Ὁμίλαι 19.5

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/19.5

Καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, ἐὰν ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ φανῇ γεγονὼς, μήπω δεῖν τὸν ποιήσαντα ὑπὸ μέμψιν εἶναι, μήπως τὸ χρήσιμον αὐτοῦ πάντων ἀναγκαιότερον εὑρεθείη· εἰ δὲ καὶ μὴ γεγονὼς ἀποδειχθείη, ὡς αἰεὶ ὤν, οὐδ᾽ ἐν τούτῳ ὁ δημιουργὸς μεμπτὸς ἢ μὴ τῶν ὅλων ἐστὶν ὁ κρείττων, εἰ καὶ ἀνάρχῳ ἀρχῇ τέλος [ἐπι]θεῖναι διὰ τὸ μὴ φύσιν ἔχειν οὐ δεδύ[νητ]αι, ἢ δυνατὸς ὤν οὐκ ἀναιρεῖ αὐ[τὸν], ἄδικον κρίνας ἀρχὴν μὴ εἰληφότι τέλος ἐπιθεῖναι, καὶ κακῷ πεφυκότι συγγνῶναι, διὰ τὸ ἄλλο τι γενέσθαι μὴ δύνασθαι, καὶ εἰ τοῦ γενέσθαι τὸ ἐπιθυμεῖν ἔχοι. εἰ δὲ ἀγαθὸν ποιῆσαι θέλων μὴ δύναιτο, καὶ οὕτως ἀγαθός ἐστιν, ὅτι θέλει μὲν, οὐ δύναται δέ· καὶ ἐν ᾧ ἀδυνατεῖ πάντων ἐστὶ δυνατώτατος, ὅτι μὴ ἑτέρῳ τὸ δυνατὸν καταλείπεται. εἰ δέ ἐστίν τις ἕτερος δυνατὸς, καὶ μὴ κατορθῶν, ἐν ᾧ δυνατὸς ὤν μὴ κατορθοῖ, πονηρὸς ὤν ὡμολόγηται, μὴ παύων αὐτὸν, ὡς τοῖς ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ γινομένοις ἡδόμενος. εἰ δὲ οὐδ᾽ αὐτὸς δύναται, κρείττων ὁ πρὸς τὸ ἀδυνατεῖν κατὰ τὸ δυνατὸν ἡμᾶς εὐεργετεῖν οὐκ ὀκνῶν.

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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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