# Ὁμίλαι 3.31

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/3.31

Καὶ ἀληθῶς ὑμῖν λέγομεν· ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται γῇ Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόῤῥας ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως, ἢ τῷ τῆς ἀπειθείας τόπῳ ἐνδιατελεῖν· πρῶτον μὲν, ὅτι τὸ εὔλογον ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν οὐκ ἐνοήσατε· δεύτερον, ὅτι ἀκούσαντες τὰ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἤλθετε πρὸς ἡμᾶς· τρίτον, ὅτι καὶ ἐλθοῦσιν ἡμῖν ἠπειθήσατε. δι᾽ ὅ φειδόμενοι ὑμῶν προῖκα εὐχόμεθα τὴν εἰρήνην ἡμῶν ἐλθεῖν ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς. δἰ οὖν ταύτην ἔχειν θέλετε, δεῖ ὑμᾶς προθύμως τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν ἀναδέξασθαι, καὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖσθαι γενναίως φέρειν, ὅπερ ἀνθρώπου φύσις οὐκ ἄν ὑποσταίη, ἐὰν μὴ πρότερον τοῦ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ συμφέροντος τὴν γνῶσιν λάβῃ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν τὸ εἰδέναι τοῦ πάντα ὑπερέχοντος τὴν δικαίαν φύσιν, ὅτι ἀδικουμένους ἐκδικῶν τιμωρεῖ, καὶ τοὺς εὐσεβοῦντας εἰς ἀεὶ εὐεργετεῖ.

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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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