# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 1.6

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7), Homily 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-laudibus-sancti-pauli-apostoli-homiliae-1-7/1.6

Ἀλλὰ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ θαυμάζουσιν ἅπαντες, ὅτι ἀκούσας· Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου, ἀφῆκε πατρίδα, καὶ οἰκίαν, καὶ φίλους καὶ συγγενεῖς, καὶ πάντα ἦν αὐτῷ τὸ ἐπίταγμα τοῦ Θεοῦ. Καὶ γὰρ καὶ ἡμεῖς τοῦτο θαυμάζομεν. Ἀλλὰ τί Παύλου γένοιτ' ἂν ἴσον; Ὃς οὐ πατρίδα καὶ οἰκίαν καὶ συγγενεῖς ἀφῆκεν, ἀλλ' αὐτὸν τὸν κόσμον διὰ τὸν Ἰησοῦν, μᾶλλον δὲ αὐτὸν τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὑπερεῖδε, καὶ ἓν μόνον ἐζήτει, τοῦ Ἰησοῦ τὴν ἀγάπην. Καὶ ἄκουε αὐτοῦ τοῦτο δηλοῦντος καὶ λέγοντος· Οὔτε ἐνεστῶτα, οὔτε μέλλοντα, οὔτε ὕψωμα, οὔτε βάθος δυνήσεται ἡμᾶς χωρίσαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνος εἰς κινδύνους ῥίψας ἑαυτὸν τὸν ἀδελφιδοῦν ἐξήρπασε τῶν βαρβάρων; Ἀλλ' οὗτος οὐ τὸν ἀδελφιδοῦν, οὐδὲ τρεῖς καὶ πέντε πόλεις, ἀλλὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην πᾶσαν, οὐκ ἀπὸ βαρβάρων, ἀλλ' ἀπ' αὐτῆς τῆς τῶν δαιμόνων ἐξήρπασε χειρός, μυρίους καθ' ἑκάστην ὑπομένων κινδύνους, καὶ τοῖς οἰκείοις θανάτοις ἑτέροις πολλὴν ἀσφάλειαν κτώμενος. Ἀλλ' ἐκεῖ τὸ κεφάλαιον τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐστι καὶ ἡ κορωνὶς τῆς φιλοσοφίας, τὸ τὸν υἱὸν καταθῦσαι; Ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὰ πρωτεῖα παρὰ τῷ Παύλῳ ὄντα εὑρήσομεν· οὐ γὰρ υἱόν, ἀλλ' ἑαυτὸν μυριάκις κατέθυσεν, ὅπερ ἔφθην εἰπών.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7). 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.tlg486.local001/.