# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 15.4

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/15.4

Τὸ γὰρ σκάνδαλον οὐ παρὰ τὴν φύσιν τοῦ σταυροῦ γέγονεν, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τὴν ἄνοιαν τῶν σκανδαλιζομένων· διὸ καὶ ἐπάγει ὁ Παῦλος· «Αὐτοῖς δὲ τοῖς κλητοῖς, Ἰουδαίοις τε καὶ Ἕλλησι, Χριστὸν Θεοῦ δύναμιν καὶ Θεοῦ σοφίαν». Ἐπεὶ καὶ ὁ ἥλιος βλάπτει τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, τί οὖν; οὐκ ἔδει γενέσθαι τὸν ἥλιον; Καὶ τὸ μέλι πικρὸν τοῖς νοσοῦσι φαίνεται, τί οὖν; ἀφανισθῆναι ἔδει τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ μέσου; Αὐτοὶ δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι, οὐχὶ τοῖς μὲν ὀσμὴ θανάτου εἰς θάνατον ἦσαν, τοῖς δὲ ὀσμὴ ζωῆς εἰς ζωήν; Διὰ τοὺς ἀπολλυμένους οὖν οὐκ ἔδει τοὺς ζῶντας ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς τοσαύτης κηδεμονίας;

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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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