# Eclogae propheticae 20

Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/eclogae-propheticae/20

Ἀγοράζει δὲ ἡμᾶς κύριος »τιμίῳ αἵματι«, δεσποτῶν τῶν πάλαι τῶν πικρῶν ἀπαλλάσσων, τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, δι᾿ ἃς »τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας« ἐκυρίευσεν ἡμῶν. ἄγει οὖν εἰς ἐλευθερίαν τὴν τοῦ πατρός, συγκληρονόμους υἱοὺς καὶ φίλους. »ἀδελφοί μου γάρ«, φησὶν ὁ κύριος, »καὶ συγκληρονόμοι οἱ ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου.« »μὴ καλέσητε οὖν ἑαυτοῖς πατέρα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·« δεσπόται γὰρ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐν δὲ οὐρανοῖς ὁ πατήρ, »ἐξ οὗ πᾶσα πατριὰ ἔν τε οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.« ἀγάπη γὰρ ἑκουσίων ἄρχει, ἀκόντων δὲ ὁ φόβος, οὗτος ὁ φαῦλος· ὃ δὲ εἰς ἀγαθὸν παιδαγωγῶν εἰς Χριστὸν ἄγει καὶ ἔστι σωτήριος.

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Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae, ed. Otto Stählin. 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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