# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 3.2

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-1-7/3.2

Τοῦτο τοίνυν καὶ ὁ Παῦλος εἰδὼς κεφάλαιον ὂν τῶν ἀγαθῶν, μετὰ πολλῆς ἐπεδείξατο τῆς ἀκριβείας. Οὐδεὶς γοῦν οὕτως ἐχθροὺς ἐφίλησεν, οὐδεὶς οὕτω τοὺς ἐπιβουλεύσαντας εὐηργέτησεν, οὐδεὶς τοσαῦτα ὑπὲρ τῶν λελυπηκότων ἔπαθεν· οὐδὲ γὰρ εἰς ἅπερ ἔπασχεν ἔβλεπεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ κοινὸν τῆς φύσεως ἐνενόει, καὶ ὅσῳ μᾶλλον ἐξεθηριοῦντο, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον αὐτῶν ἠλέει τὴν μανίαν. Καὶ ὡς ἄν τις διατεθείη πατὴρ περὶ παῖδα φρενίτιδι κατεχόμενον—ὅσῳ γὰρ ἂν ὑβρίζηται καὶ λακτίζῃ χαλεπῶς ὁ κάμνων, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον αὐτὸν ἐλεεῖ καὶ δακρύει—, οὕτω κἀκεῖνος τῇ τῶν δαιμόνων ὑπερβολῇ τῶν ταῦτα ἐπαγόντων αὐτῷ τὴν νόσον στοχαζόμενος, πρὸς πλείονα κηδεμονίαν διανίστατο.

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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/.