# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 1.8

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-1-7/1.8

Ἀλλὰ τὸν παῖδα τὸν τούτου θαυμάζει τῆς καρτερίας ἡ Γραφή; Καὶ ποία ἀδαμαντίνη ψυχὴ τὴν Παύλου δύναιτ' ἂν ἐπιδείξασθαι ὑπομονήν; Οὐδὲ γὰρ δὶς ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐδούλευσεν, ἀλλὰ τὸν πάντα βίον ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ νύμφης, οὐ συγκαιόμενος μόνον τῷ καύματι τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῷ παγετῷ τῆς νυκτός, ἀλλὰ μυρίας νιφάδας πειρασμῶν ὑπομένων, νῦν μὲν μάστιγας λαμβάνων, νῦν δὲ λίθοις τὸ σῶμα βαλλόμενος, καὶ νῦν μὲν θηρίοις μαχόμενος, νῦν δὲ πελάγει πυκτεύων, καὶ λιμῷ διηνεκεῖ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ κρυμῷ, καὶ πανταχοῦ ὑπὲρ τὰ σκάμματα πηδῶν, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ διαβόλου φάρυγγος ἀφαρπάζων.

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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.
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