# Ὁμίλαι 2.14

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/2.14

Εἰ δέ τις, ὡς τῷ Σαμαρεῖ Σίμωνι δοκεῖ, τὸ δικαίῳ εἶναι Θεῷ μὴ θέλοι δοῦναι, τίνι ἔτι τοῦτό τις δοῦναι δύναται, ἢ καὶ τὸ γενέσθαι δύνασθαι; τῆς γὰρ ῥίζης τῶν ὅλων τοῦτο οὐκ ἐχούσης, ἀνάγκη πᾶσα νοεῖν, ὅτι τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φύσει ὡς ἐν καρποῖς εὑρεῖν ἀδύνατον. ἔστιν εὑρεῖν ἐν ἀνθρώποις, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ἐν Θεῷ; εἰ δὲ οὐδαμοῦ, οὔτε παρὰ Θεῷ, οὔτε παρ᾽ ἀνθρώποις ἔστιν εὑρεῖν τὸ δίκαιον, πάντως οὐδὲ τὸ ἄδικον. ἀλλ᾽ ἔστιν τὸ δίκαιον. δικαιοσύνης γὰρ οὔσης τὸ ἄδικον λέγεται· ὥσπερ παραβαλλομένης τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτῇ καὶ ἐναντίως ἔχειν εὑρισκομένης ἀδικία λέγεται.

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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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