# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 2.4

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7), Homily 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-laudibus-sancti-pauli-apostoli-homiliae-1-7/2.4

Ἓν τούτῳ φοβερὸν ἦν μόνον καὶ φευκτόν, τὸ προσκροῦσαι Θεῷ, ἕτερον δὲ οὐδέν· ὥσπερ οὖν οὐδὲ ποθεινὸν ἄλλο τι, ὡς τὸ ἀρέσαι Θεῷ· καὶ οὐ λέγω τῶν παρόντων οὐδέν, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ τῶν μελλόντων. Μὴ γάρ μοι πόλεις εἴπῃς καὶ ἔθνη καὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ στρατόπεδα καὶ ὅπλα καὶ χρήματα καὶ σατραπείας καὶ δυναστείας· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀράχνην ταῦτα εἶναι ἐνόμισεν· ἀλλ' αὐτὰ τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τίθει, καὶ τότε αὐτοῦ ὄψει τὸν σφοδρὸν ἔρωτα τὸν πρὸς τὸν Χριστόν. Οὗτος γὰρ πρὸς ἐκεῖνο τὸ φίλτρον, οὐκ ἀγγέλων ἀξίαν ἐθαύμασεν, οὐκ ἀρχαγγέλων, οὐκ ἄλλο τοιοῦτον οὐδέν. Τὸ γὰρ ἁπάντων μεῖζον εἶχεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, τὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔρωτα· μετὰ τούτου πάντων ἑαυτὸν μακαριώτερον εἶναι ἐνόμισε. Καὶ τούτου χωρίς, οὐδὲ τῶν κυριοτήτων καὶ τῶν ἀρχῶν καὶ τῶν ἐξουσιῶν γενέσθαι ηὔχετο, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τῆς ἀγάπης ταύτης ἐν ἐσχάτοις εἶναι ἐβούλετο μᾶλλον καὶ τῶν κολαζομένων, ἢ ταύτης χωρίς, τῶν ἄκρων καὶ τῶν τιμωμένων.

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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/.