# De Libero Arbitrio 16.7

Methodius, De Libero Arbitrio, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/methodius/de-libero-arbitrio/16.7

φημὶ τοιγαροῦν τὸν θεὸν οὕτω τὸν ἄνθρωπον τιμῆσαι προαιρούμενον καὶ τῶν κρειττόνων ἐπιστήμονα γίνεσθαι, τὴν ἐξουσίαν αὐτῷ τοῦ δύνασθαι ποιεῖν ἃ βούλεται δεδωκέναι, καὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν αὐτοῦ εἰς κρεῖττον <τρέπειν> παραινεῖν, οὐκ ἀφαιρούμενον πάλιν τὸ αὐτεξούσιον, ἀλλὰ τὸ κρεῖττον μηνύειν θέλοντα. τὸ μὲν γὰρ δύνασθαι πάρεστιν αὐτῷ, κἂν τὴν ἐντολὴν λαμβάνῃ, τὴν δὲ τοῦ δύνασθαι προαίρεσιν εἰς τὸ κρεῖττον τρέπει ὁ θεὸς παραινεῖ.

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Methodius, De Libero Arbitrio, ed. D.G. Nathanael Bonwetsch. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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