# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 5.11

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7), Homily 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-laudibus-sancti-pauli-apostoli-homiliae-1-7/5.11

Καὶ τὸ δὴ πάλιν θαυμαστότερον, ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἐξεῖπεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ μέχρι τῆς χρείας ἔστη. Οὐ γὰρ ὡς τοῦ καιροῦ παρέχοντος αὐτῷ πολλὴν τὴν ἄδειαν, ἀμέτρως πάλιν τῷ πράγματι ἐχρήσατο, ἀλλ' ἔγνω μέχρι ποῦ προελθεῖν ἔδει. Καὶ οὐδὲ τοῦτο αὐτῷ ἤρκεσεν, ἀλλ' ὥστε μὴ τοὺς ἄλλους διαφθεῖραι, μηδὲ παρασκευάσαι ἁπλῶς ἑαυτοὺς ἐγκωμιάζειν, καὶ ἄφρονα ἑαυτὸν καλεῖ· αὐτὸς μὲν γάρ, τῆς χρείας καλούσης, τοῦτο ἐποίησεν. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ εἰκὸς ἦν τοὺς ἄλλους εἰς αὐτὸν ὁρῶντας, ἁπλῶς καὶ εἰκῇ κεχρῆσθαι τῷ παραδείγματι· ὃ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἰατρῶν γίνεται· πολλάκις γάρ, ὃ μετὰ καιροῦ φάρμακον ἐπέθηκεν οὗτος, ἀκαίρως ἕτερος ἐπιθεὶς ἐλυμήνατο καὶ ἐπεσκότησε τῇ τοῦ φαρμάκου δυνάμει.

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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/.