# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 22.19

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/22.19

Ἀλλ' ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν βιωτικῶν, οὐκ ἔνθα ἄχυρα καὶ χόρτος, οὐδὲ ἔνθα ἄμμος, ἀλλ' ἔνθα χρυσίον καὶ μαργαρῖται, ἐκεῖ πειραταὶ καὶ καταποντισταὶ καὶ λῃσταὶ καὶ τοιχωρύχοι συνεχῶς ἐνοχλοῦσι καὶ ἐπιβουλεύουσιν, οὕτω καὶ ὁ διάβολος ἔνθα ἂν ἴδῃ πλοῦτον συναγόμενον τὸν κατὰ ψυχὴν καὶ εὐπορίαν εὐσεβείας ἐπιτεινομένην, ἐκεῖ τὰ μηχανήματα ἵστησι καὶ προσάγει. Ἀλλ' ἐὰν οἱ ἐπιβουλευόμενοι νήφωσιν, οὐ μόνον οὐδὲν ἐλαττοῦνται ἐντεῦθεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ μείζονα τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς ἀρετῆς συνάγουσιν· ὃ δὴ καὶ νῦν γέγονε.

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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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