# De laudibus sancti Pauli apostoli (homiliae 1-7) 5.2

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-1-7/5.2

Τί λέγω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους; μᾶλλον δὲ μέχρι πότε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατέχω τὸν λόγον, ἐξὸν εἰπεῖν τὰς ἀνωτέρω δυνάμεις, τὰς ἀρχάς, καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, καὶ τοὺς κοσμοκράτορας τοῦ σκότους τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου; τί γὰρ ὤνησε τούτους τὸ φύσιν τοιαύτην λαχεῖν; οὐχὶ ἔρχονται πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις κρινόμεναι διὰ Παύλου, καὶ τῶν κατ' ἐκεῖνον; Οὐκ οἴδατε γάρ, φησίν, ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμεν, μήτι γε βιωτικά; Μὴ τοίνυν δι' ἕτερον μηδὲν ἀλγῶμεν, ἀλλὰ διὰ κακίαν μόνον, μηδὲ δι' ἄλλο χαίρωμεν καὶ εὐφραινώμεθα, ἀλλὰ δι' ἀρετὴν μόνον. Ἐὰν ταύτην ζηλώσωμεν, οὐδὲν τὸ κωλῦον γενέσθαι κατὰ Παῦλον.

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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.
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