# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 22.11

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, Chapter 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/22.11

Τί δὲ ἡ Αἰγυπτία γυνή; Οὐ κατηγόρησεν; οὐκ ἐσυκοφάντησεν; οὐκ ἔδησε τὸν δίκαιον; οὐκ εἰς δεσμωτήριον ἐνέβαλεν; οὐ τὸν περὶ τῶν ἐσχάτων ἐπεκρέμασεν αὐτῷ κίνδυνον; οὐκ ἀνεῖλε, τό γε εἰς αὐτὴν ἦκον; οὐ πονηρὰν περιέθηκε δόξαν; Τί οὖν αὐτὸν παρέβλαψεν ἢ τότε, ἢ νῦν; Καθάπερ γὰρ πυρὸς ἄνθρακες ὑπὸ ἀχύρων καλυφθέντες, παρὰ μὲν τὴν ἀρχὴν σκιάζεσθαι δοκοῦσιν, ἀθρόον δὲ διαφαγόντες τὰ ἐπικείμενα, δι' αὐτῶν ἐκείνων τῶν ἀχύρων ὑψηλοτέραν ἀνάπτουσι τὴν φλόγα· οὕτω δὴ καὶ ἡ ἀρετή, κἂν ἐπηρεάζεσθαι δοκῇ, ὕστερον δὴ δι' αὐτῶν τῶν κωλυμάτων μειζόνως ἀνθεῖ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν φθάνει τὸν οὐρανόν.

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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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