# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 7.6-4

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Ὀφιτῶν ݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας λݲζݲ., Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/7.6-4

φέ- ρουσι δὲ καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο τὸ ῥητὸν πρὸς μαρτυρίαν οἱ αὐτοὶ λέγοντες ὅτι οὐχ ὁρᾷς ὡς εἶπεν ὁ σωτήρ, ὃν τρόπον ὕψωσε Μωυσῆς τὸν ὄφιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὕτως ὑψωθῆναι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου; καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἐν ἄλλῳ τόπῳ, φασί, λέγει ὅτι »γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι ὡς ὁ ὄφις καὶ ἀκέραιοι ὡς ἡ περιστερά‘. καὶ τὰ εἰς σύμβολα διδασκαλίας ἡμῖν ἐκ θεοῦ καλῶς τεταγμένα οὑτοι εἰς τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἐπίνοιαν τὴν ἠπατημένην φέρουσιν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2021.tlg002.local001/.