# De regressu 15

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De regressu, Sect 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-regressu/15

Ἀλλὰ πολλοὶ καὶ ἐβαπτίσθησαν μὴ παρόντος σου. Καὶ τί τοῦτο; Οὐδὲν ἔλαττον ἔχει ἡ χάρις, οὐ χωλεύει ἡ δωρεά. Παρόντος ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἐβαπτίσθησαν, ἀλλὰ παρόντος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβαπτίσθησαν. Μὴ γὰρ ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν ὁ βαπτίζων; ἄνθρωπος τὴν δεξιὰν δανείζει, Θεὸς τὴν χεῖρα κινεῖ· μὴ ἀμφίβαλλε περὶ τῆς χάριτος, ἀγαπητέ. Διὰ τί; Ἐγὼ λέγω· τὸ βάπτισμα δῶρόν ἐστιν.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De regressu. 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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