# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 21.1

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/21.1

Εἰ δὲ λέγοις· «Καὶ τίνος ἕνεκεν καὶ ἐν τῇ Παλαιᾷ καὶ ἐν τῇ Καινῇ τοσοῦτοι κίνδυνοι, τοσοῦτοι πειρασμοί, τοσαῦται ἐπιβουλαί;» μάνθανε καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν. Τίς οὖν ἡ αἰτία; Παλαίστρα ὁ παρὼν βίος ἐστί, γυμνάσιον καὶ ἀγών, χωνευτήριον, βαφεῖον ἀρετῆς. Ὥσπερ οὖν οἱ σκυτοδέψαι τὰ δέρματα λαμβάνοντες στύφουσι πρότερον, κατατείνουσι, παίουσι καὶ τοίχοις καὶ λίθοις προσαράσσοντες καὶ ἑτέραις μυρίαις θεραπείαις αὐτὰ ποιήσαντες ἐπιτήδεια πρὸς τὴν ὑποδοχὴν τῆς βαφῆς, οὕτω τὸ χρῶμα τὸ τίμιον ἐπάγουσιν·

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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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