# Ὁμίλαι 8.4

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/8.4

Καὶ ὁ Πέτρος θαυμάσας τῶν ὄχλων τὴν σπουδὴν ἀπεκρίνατο· ὁρᾶτε, ἀδελφοί, πῶς οἱ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν λόγοι ἐμφανῶς τελοῦνται. μέμνημαι γὰρ αὐτοῦ εἰπόντος πολλοὶ ἐλεύσονται ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ δυσμῶν, ἄρκτου τε καὶ μεσημβρίας, καὶ ἀνακλιθήσονται εἰς κόλπους Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ. ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλοί, φησίν, κλητοὶ, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί. Τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐλθεῖν αὐτοὺς κληθέντας πεπλήρωται. ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐκ αὐτῶν ἐστιν τὸ ἴδιον, ἀλλὰ τοῦ καλέσαντος αὐτοὺς Θεοῦ καὶ ἐλθεῖν πεποιηκότος, ἐπὶ τούτῳ μόνῳ μισθὸν οὐκ ἔχουσιν, ὅτι μὴ αὐτῶν ἴδιον, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἐνεργήσαντος. ἐὰν δὲ μετὰ τὸ κληθῆναι καλὰ πράξωσιν, ὅπερ ἐστὶν αὐτῶν ἴδιον, τότε ἐπὶ τούτῳ μισθὸν ἕξουσιν.

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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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