# Ὁμίλαι 2.43

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/2.43

Διὸ ἀπείη πιστεύειν, ὅτι ὁ τῶν ὅλων δεσπότης, ὅς οὐρανὸν ἔκτισε καὶ γῆν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς , ἑτέροις συνάρχει, ἢ ὅτι ψεύδεται· εἰ γὰρ ψεύδεται, καὶ τίς ἀληθεύει; ἢ ὅτι πειράζει ὡς ἀγνοῶν, καὶ τίς προγινώσκει; εἰ δὲ ἐνθυμεῖται καὶ μεταμελεῖται, καὶ τίς νῷ τέλειος καὶ γνώμῃ ἔμμονος; εἰ δὲ ζηλοῖ, καὶ τίς ἀσύγκριτος; εἰ δὲ σκληρύνει καρδίας, καὶ τίς σοφίζει; εἰ δὲ τυφλοῖ καὶ κωφοῖ, καὶ τίς δέδωκεν ὁρᾶν καὶ ἀκούειν; εἰ δὲ ἀποστερεῖν συμβουλεύει, καὶ τίς δικαιοσύνην νομιτεύει; εἰ δὲ ἐμπαίζει, καὶ τίς εἰλικρινής; εἰ δὲ ἀδυνατεῖ, καὶ τίς πάντα δύναται; εἰ δὲ ἀδικεῖ, καὶ τίς δίκαιος; εἰ δὲ κακὰ κτίζει, καὶ τίς ἀγαθὰ πράξει; εἰ δὲ κακὰ ποιεῖ, καὶ τίς ἀγαθά;

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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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