# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 6.5-6

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, 6.5 to 6.6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/6.5

Εἶδες πῶς ὑπερέβη τῆς μητρὸς τὸ μέτρον; Καὶ ἵνα μάθῃς ὅτι ἐκ πολλοῦ τοῦ περιόντος ὑπερέβη καὶ μητρὸς φιλοστοργίαν καὶ πατρὸς περὶ παῖδας πόθον, ὁ μὲν προφήτης φησί· «Καθὼς οἰκτείρει πατὴρ υἱούς, ᾠκτείρησε Κύριος τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτόν.» Καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ πάλιν ταύτην εἰσάγει τὴν εἰκόνα τῆς ἀγάπης· ᾔδει γὰρ ταύτην τῶν ἄλλων ἔχουσάν τι ἐξαίρετον. Ὁ δὲ καὶ προφητῶν καὶ πάντων Δεσπότης δηλῶν ὅτι καὶ ταύτης τὸ μέτρον ἐκ πολλοῦ τοῦ περιόντος ὑπερβαίνει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ κηδεμονία καὶ ὅσον τοῦ φωτὸς τὸ μέσον ἐστὶ πρὸς σκότος καὶ πονηρίας πρὸς ἀγαθότητα, τοσοῦτον τὸ μέτρον τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ χρηστότητος καὶ προνοίας πρὸς τὴν πατρικὴν φιλοστοργίαν, ἄκουε τί φησι·»

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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/.