# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 3.10

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7), Homily 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-laudibus-sancti-pauli-apostoli-homiliae-1-7/3.10

Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος καὶ πάντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἡ ἀγάπη, καὶ ταύτῃ τὸν Παῦλον ζηλώσωμεν· καὶ γὰρ οὗτος ἐντεῦθεν τοιοῦτος ἐγένετο. Μὴ γάρ μοι τοὺς νεκροὺς εἴπῃς οὓς ἀνέστησε, μηδὲ τοὺς λεπροὺς οὓς ἐκάθηρεν· οὐδὲν τούτων ὁ Θεὸς ἐπιζητήσει παρὰ σοῦ. Κτῆσαι τὴν ἀγάπην τὴν Παύλου, καὶ τὸν στέφανον ἕξεις ἀπηρτισμένον. Τίς ταῦτά φησιν; Αὐτὸς ὁ τῆς ἀγάπης τροφεύς, οὗτος ὁ καὶ σημείων καὶ θαυμάτων καὶ μυρίων αὐτὴν ἑτέρων προθείς. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ σφόδρα αὐτὴν κατωρθώκει, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ μετὰ ἀκριβείας αὐτῆς οἶδε τὴν ἰσχύν. Ἐντεῦθεν καὶ αὐτὸς τοιοῦτος ἐγένετο, καὶ οὐδὲν οὕτως αὐτὸν ἐποίησεν ἄξιον, ὡς ἡ τῆς ἀγάπης δύναμις· διὸ καὶ ἔλεγε· Ζηλοῦτε τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ κρείττονα· καὶ ἔτι καθ' ὑπερβολὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῖν δείκνυμι, τὴν ἀγάπην λέγων, τὴν καλλίστην ὁδὸν καὶ ῥᾳδίαν. Ταύτην τοίνυν καὶ ἡμεῖς βαδίζωμεν διηνεκῶς, ἵνα καὶ Παῦλον ἴδωμεν, μᾶλλον δὲ τὸν Παύλου Δεσπότην, καὶ τῶν ἀκηράτων ἐπιτύχωμεν στεφάνων, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

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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/.