# Ὁμίλαι 3.37

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/3.37

Εἰ δὲ εὐγνωμονεῖς, ἄνθρωπε, νενοηκὼς τὸν ἐν πᾶσιν εὐεργετήσαντά σε Θεόν, καὶ ἀθάνατος ἂν ἦς, τῶν διά σε κτισθέντων δι᾽ εὐγνωμοσύνην τὸ διαμένειν ἐχόντων. καὶ νῦν δὲ γενέσθαι δύνασαι ἄφθαρτος, ἐὰν ἐπιγνῷς ὅν ἔλαθες, ἐὰν ἀγαπήσῃς ὅν κατέλειπες, ἐὰν αὐτῷ μόνῳ προσεύχῃ, τὸ σῶμά σου καὶ ψυχὴν κολάσαι καὶ σῶσαι δυναμένῳ. διὸ πρὸ πάντων ἐννοοῦ, ὅτι οὐδεὶς αὐτῷ συνάρχει, οὐδεὶς τῆς αὐτοῦ κοινωνεῖ ὀνομασίας, τοῦτο ὅ δὴ λέγεται Θεός. μόνος γὰρ αὐτὸς καὶ λέγεται καὶ ἔστιν· ἄλλον δὲ οὔτε νομίσαι, οὔτε εἰπεῖν ἔξεστιν· εἰ δέ τις τολμήσειεν, ἀϊδίως τὴν ψυχὴν κολασθῆναι ἔχει.

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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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