# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 5.1-13

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), κατὰ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῆς μὴ δεχομένης τὸ κατὰ Ἰωάννην εὐαγγέλιον καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ Ἀποκάλυψιν λݲαݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας νݲαݲ., Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/5.1-13

5. Οὗτος τοίνυν ὁ Ματθαῖος καταξιοῦται <πρῶτος κηρῦξαι> τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, ὡς ἔφην, καὶ δικαιότατα ἦν, ἔδει γὰρ τὸν ἐπὸ πολλῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἐπιστρέψαντα καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τελωνείου ἀναστάντα καὶ ἀκολουθήσαντα τῷ ἐλθόντι ἐπὸ σωτηρίᾳ τοῦ γένους τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ λέγοντι »οὐκ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίου, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν«, εἰς ὑπόδειγμα ἡμῆν τοῖς μέλλουσι σῴζεσθαι <ὁμοίως> τῷ ἐν τῷ τελωνείῳ ἀνάχθέντι καὶ ἀπὸ ἀδικίας ἀναστρέψαντι, <πρῶτον> παρασχέσθαι τὸ κήρυγμα τῆς σωτηρίας, ἵνα ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ μάθωσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὴν τῆς παρουσίας φιλανθρωπίαν.

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Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), ed. Karl Holl. 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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