# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 21.3-4

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, 21.3 to 21.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/21.3

Πρὸς ἀρετὴν ἐπιτηδείαν βουλόμενος μετασκευάσαι τὴν ψυχήν, καὶ στύφει καὶ χωνεύει καὶ βασάνῳ πειρασμῶν παραδίδωσιν, ὥστε τούς τε ἀναπεπτωκότας καὶ διαλελυμένους σφιγγῆναι, τούς τε δοκίμους δοκιμωτέρους γενέσθαι καὶ ἀχειρώτους ταῖς τῶν δαιμόνων ἐπιβουλαῖς καὶ ταῖς τοῦ διαβόλου παγίσι, καὶ σφόδρα ἐπιτηδείους πρὸς τὴν τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν ὑποδοχὴν ἅπαντας. Ἀνὴρ γάρ, φησίν, ἀπείραστος, ἀδόκιμος· καὶ ὁ Παῦλος· «Ἡ θλῖψις ὑπομονὴν κατεργάζεται· ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ δοκιμήν.» Καρτερικοὺς οὖν καὶ ὑπομονητικοὺς ποιῆσαι θέλων, ἀφίησι τὸ νόμισμα διακωδωνίζεσθαι παντὶ τρόπῳ.

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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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2062.tlg087.local001/.