# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 12.3-4

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, 12.3 to 12.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/12.3

Φαμὲν ὅτι τὰ σκάνδαλα ταῦτα ἀφείθη ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ ἐλαττωθῆναι τῶν γενναίων τὰ βραβεῖα· ὃ καὶ τῷ Ἰὼβ διαλεγόμενος ὁ Θεὸς ἐδήλωσε, λέγων· «Ἄλλως με οἴει σοι κεχρηματικέναι ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος;» Καὶ ὁ Παῦλος δέ φησι· «Δεῖ δὲ καὶ αἱρέσεις εἶναι, ἵνα οἱ δόκιμοι φανεροὶ γένωνται ἐν ὑμῖν.» Σὺ δὲ ὅταν ἀκούῃς τό· «Δεῖ δὲ αἱρέσεις εἶναι», μὴ νομίσῃς ὅτι κελεύων ἢ νομοθετῶν ταῦτά φησιν. Ἄπαγε· ἀλλὰ τὸ μέλλον προαναφωνῶν, καὶ τὸ ἐκ τούτου κέρδος τοῖς νήφουσι προμηνύων. Τότε γὰρ ὑμῶν τῶν ἀνεξαπατήτων, φησί, σαφέστερον φανεῖται ἡ ἀρετή.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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