# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 3.7

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-1-7/3.7

Καὶ οὐκ ἐν τοῖς πνευματικοῖς μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τοῖς σαρκικοῖς πολλὴν τὴν πρόνοιαν ἐπεδείκνυτο, πολλὴν τὴν σπουδήν. Ἄκουσον γοῦν αὐτοῦ, πῶς ὑπὲρ μιᾶς γυναικὸς πρὸς ὁλόκληρον ἐπιστέλλει δῆμον λέγων· Συνίστημι δὲ ὑμῖν Φοίβην, τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν, διάκονον οὖσαν τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς, ἵνα προσδέξησθε αὐτὴν ἐν Κυρίῳ ἀξίως τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ παραστῆτε αὐτῇ, ἐν ᾧ ἂν ὑμῶν πράγματι χρῄζῃ· καὶ πάλιν· Οἴδατε τὴν οἰκίαν Στεφανᾶ· ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ὑποτάσσησθε τοῖς τοιούτοις· καὶ πάλιν· Ἐπιγινώσκετε τοὺς τοιούτους. Καὶ γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο ἴδιον τῆς φιλοστοργίας τῶν ἁγίων, τὸ καὶ ἐν τούτοις βοηθεῖν. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ Ἑλισσαῖος τὴν ὑποδεξαμένην αὐτὸν γυναῖκα, οὐκ ἐν τοῖς πνευματικοῖς μόνον ὠφέλει, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τοῖς σαρκικοῖς ἐσπούδαζεν ἀμείβεσθαι· διὸ καὶ ἔλεγεν· Εἴ σοί τίς ἐστι λόγος πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, ἢ πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα;

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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/.