# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 9.1

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/9.1

Μάλιστα μὲν γὰρ οὔτε ἐκ προοιμίων, οὔτε μετὰ ταῦτα πολυπραγμονεῖν δεῖ· εἰ δὲ οὕτω περίεργος εἶ καὶ πολυπράγμων, ἀνάμενε τὸ τέλος καὶ σκόπει ποῦ ταῦτα ἀπαντᾷ καὶ μὴ θορυβοῦ, μηδὲ ταράττου ἐκ προοιμίων. Ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸν χρυσοχόον ἄπειρός τις ὁρῶν ἐν ἀρχῇ τήκοντα τὸν χρυσὸν καὶ τῇ τέφρᾳ ἀναμιγνύντα καὶ τοῖς ἀχύροις, εἰ μὴ τὸ τέλος ἀναμείνειεν, ἡγήσεται ἀπολωλέναι τὸ χρυσίον· εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐν θαλάττῃ τις τεχθεὶς καὶ τραφείς, εἶτα ἀθρόον εἰς τὴν μεσόγειον μετοικισθεὶς καὶ καθ' ὅλου τῆς περὶ τὴν γῆν ἐπιμελείας ἀνήκοος ὤν,

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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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