# Ὁμίλαι 2.3

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/2.3

Καὶ μὴ λεγέτω τις· οὐ χρὴ οὖν παραμυθίας καὶ νουθεσίας προσφέρειν τοῖς φαῦλόν τι πράττουσιν. φημί, εἰ μὲν ἀνύει τις, προσφερέτω· εἰ δὲ μή, τῷ καιρῷ εἰξάτω. ἐγὼ γὰρ οἶδα ὅτι πάντα καιρὸν ἴδιον ἔχει. διὸ χρὴ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τοὺς τὴν ψυχὴν ῥωννύντας λόγους πρὸ τῆς κακώσεως ἐπιδιδόναι, ἵνα εἴ ποτε ἐπέλθοι τι φαῦλον, ὁ νοῦς προωπλισμένος ὀρθῷ τῷ λογισμῷ τὸ ἐπενεχθὲν ὑποστῆναι δυνηθῇ. τότε γὰρ καὶ τῷ διὰ γνώμης ἀγαθῆς βοηθήσαντι παρὰ τὴν ἀκμὴν τοῦ πολέμου οἶδεν ὁ νοῦς συντρέχειν.

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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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