# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 7.2-3

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Γνωστικῶν τῶν καὶ Βορβοριτῶν ݲ, τῆς δὲ ἐκολουθίας κݲςݲ., Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/7.2-3

εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὁ Ἰωάννης μαλακὰ ἠμφίεστο καὶ ἐν οἴκοις βασιλέων ὑπῆρχεν, ὀρθὴ ἂν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ λέξις καὶ εύθεῖα πρὸς ἔλεγχον τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὑπῆρχεν· εἰ δὲ <λέγει> »τί ἐξήλθετε ἰδεῖν; ἄνθρωπον Ι ἐν μαλακοῖς ἱματίοις ἠμφιεσμένον;‘ καὶ οὐχ οὕτως εἶχεν, οὐκέτι τὸ ἔγκλημα ἐπὶ τὸν οὐ μαλακὰ φοροῦντα Ἰωάννην τοῦ λόγου ἐπενεκτέον, ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ τοὺς οὕτως εὑρήσειν τὸν Ἰωάννην νομίσαντας καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἔνδον ἐν οἴκοις βασιλέων πολλάκις κατὰ ὑπόκρισιν κολακευομένους ἡ ἀναγωγή.

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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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