# Excerpta ex Theodoto 52

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 52. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/52

Τοῦτο τὸ σαρκίον »ἀντίδικον« ὁ σωτὴρ εἶπεν καὶ ὁ Παῦλος »νόμον ἀντιστρατευόμενον τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ νοός μου«, καὶ »δῆσαι« παραινεῖ καὶ »ἁρπάσαι ὡς ἰσχυροῦ τὰ σκεύη«, τοῦ ἀντιπολεμοῦντος τῇ οὐρανίῳ ψυχῇ. ὁ σωτήρ, καὶ »ἀπηλλάχθαι αὐτοῦ« παραινεῖ »κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, μὴ τῇ φυλακῇ περιπέσωμεν καὶ τῇ κολάσει«· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ »εὐνοεῖν« αὐτῷ, μὴ τρέφοντας καὶ ῥωννύντας τῇ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἐξουσίᾳ, ἀλλ᾿ ἐντεῦθεν νεκροῦντας ἤδη καὶ ἐξίτηλον ἀποφαίνοντας ἀποχῇ τῆς πονηρίας, ἵνα ἐν τῇ διαλύσει ταύτῃ διαφορηθὲν καὶ διαπνεῦσαν λάθῃ, ἀλλὰ μὴ καθ᾿ αὑτό τινος ὑποστάσεως λαβόμενον, τὴν ἰσχὺν ἔχῃ παράμονον ἐν τῇ διὰ πυρὸς διεξόδῳ.

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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.
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