# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 12.7

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/12.7

Εἰ δὲ τοὺς σκανδαλιζομένους λέγεις, ἐγώ σοι τοὺς μειζόνως ἐντεῦθεν διαλάμψαντας δείξω· καὶ πάλιν σοι τὸ αὐτὸ ἐρῶ ὅτι οὐκ ἔδει διὰ τὴν ἑτέρων ἀπροσεξίαν καὶ ῥᾳθυμίαν τοὺς δυναμένους νήφειν καὶ ἐγρηγορέναι καὶ μυρίους ἐκ τούτων ἀναδήσασθαι στεφάνους, ἐλαττοῦσθαι ἐν τῇ τῶν ἀμοιβῶν ἀντιδόσει. Οὗτοι μὲν γὰρ ἐπηρεάζεσθαι ἔμελλον, εἰ μὴ τῶν ἀγώνων τούτων ἔλαβον ὑποθέσεις· οἱ δὲ ἐντεῦθεν βλαβέντες, ἑτέρῳ μὲν οὐδενὶ, ἑαυτοῖς δὲ εἶεν δίκαιοι λογίζεσθαι τὰ πτώματα αὐτῶν καὶ κατηγοροῖεν ἂν αὐτῶν οἱ μὴ μόνον μὴ σκανδαλισθέντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ φαιδρότεροι καὶ ἰσχυρότεροι ταύτῃ γινόμενοι.

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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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