# Excerpta ex Theodoto 49

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 49. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/49

Ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκεν τὴν δι᾿ αὑτοῦ ἐνεργοῦσαν οἰόμενος ἰδίᾳ δυνάμει δημιουργεῖν φιλεργὸς ὢν φύσει, διὰ τοῦτο εἶπεν ὁ ἀπόστολος· »ὑπετάγη τῇ ματαιότητι τοῦ κόσμου, οὐχ ἑκών, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ὑποτάξαντα, ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι, ὅτι καὶ αὐτὸς ἐλευθερωθήσεται«, ὅταν συλλεγῇ τὰ σπέρματα τοῦ θεοῦ. τεκμήριον δὲ μάλιστα τοῦ ἀκουσίου τὸ εὐλογεῖν τὸ σάββατον καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν πόνων ἀνάπαυσιν ὑπερασπάζεσθαι.

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Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0555.tlg007.local001/.