# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 5.15

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-1-7/5.15

Ὁρᾷς δι' ὅσων ἐπαίδευσε τὸν ἀκροατὴν μὴ ἁπλῶς καυχᾶσθαι; Πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ διὰ τοῦ δεῖξαι, ὅτι ἀνάγκῃ τοῦτο ἐποίησε· δεύτερον, διὰ τοῦ καὶ ὡς ἄφρονα ἑαυτὸν καλέσαι, καὶ πολλαῖς χρήσασθαι παραιτήσεσι· τρίτον, διὰ τοῦ μὴ πάντα εἰπεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὰ μείζονα ἀποκρύψασθαι, καὶ ταῦτα ἀνάγκης οὔσης· τέταρτον, διὰ τοῦ προσωπεῖον ἕτερον ὑπελθεῖν, καὶ εἰπεῖν ὅτι· Οἶδα ἄνθρωπον· πέμπτον, διὰ τοῦ μὴ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ἀρετὴν ἅπασαν εἰς μέσον ἀγαγεῖν, ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο τὸ μέρος οὗ μάλιστα ὁ παρὼν ἐδεῖτο καιρός.

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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/.