# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 4.21

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7), Homily 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-laudibus-sancti-pauli-apostoli-homiliae-1-7/4.21

Ἐπεὶ οὖν οὕτω τὸ γένος ἡμῶν ἐτίμησεν ὁ Θεός, ὡς ἕνα ἄνθρωπον καταξιῶσαι τοσούτων γενέσθαι κατορθωμάτων αἴτιον, ζηλώσωμεν, μιμησώμεθα, σπουδάσωμεν γενέσθαι κατ' ἐκεῖνον καὶ ἡμεῖς, καὶ μὴ ἀδύνατον τοῦτο εἶναι νομίζωμεν. Ὃ γὰρ πολλάκις εἶπον, τοῦτο λέγων οὐ παύσομαι, ὅτι καὶ σῶμα ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ αὐτὸ ἦν ἡμῖν, καὶ τροφαὶ αἱ αὐταί, καὶ ψυχὴ ἡ αὐτή· ἀλλ' ἡ προαίρεσις μεγάλη, καὶ ἡ προθυμία λαμπρά· καὶ τοῦτο ἐκεῖνον τοιοῦτον ἐποίησε. Μηδεὶς τοίνυν ἀπογινωσκέτω, μηδεὶς ἀπαγορευέτω. Ἐὰν γὰρ παραστήσῃς σου τὴν διάνοιαν, οὐδὲν τὸ κωλῦον τὴν αὐτὴν δέξασθαι χάριν. Οὐ γάρ ἐστι προσωπολήπτης ὁ Θεός· καὶ ἐκεῖνον αὐτὸς ἔπλασε, καὶ σὲ αὐτὸς παρήγαγε· καὶ ὥσπερ ἐκείνου Δεσπότης, οὕτω καὶ σός· ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνον ἀνεκήρυξεν, οὕτω καὶ σὲ βούλεται στέψαι. Ὑπόσχωμεν τοίνυν ἑαυτοὺς καὶ καθάρωμεν, ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς δαψιλῆ δεξάμενοι τὴν χάριν, τῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιτύχωμεν ἀγαθῶν, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος 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/.