# Commentarii in epistulam ad Romanos (I.1-XII.21) (in catenis) 42

Origen, Commentarii in epistulam ad Romanos (I.1-XII.21) (in catenis), Section 42. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-epistulam-ad-romanos-i-1-xii-21-in-catenis/42

vii 15 ὃ γὰρ κατεργάζομαι οὐ γινώσκω· οὐ γὰρ ὃ θέλω τοῦτο πράσσω, ἀλλ' ὃ μισῶ τοῦτο ποιῶ. ἁρμόζει τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα λέγειν τοῖς παλαίσασι πρὸς τὰς ἐπιθυμίας διὰ δὲ ἀσθένειαν λογισμοῦ πεσοῦσι, καὶ τοῖς ὑπὸ θυμοῦ ἔσθ' ὅτε νικωμένοις καὶ ὑπὸ φόβου καὶ πράττουσιν ἃ μὴ θέλουσι καὶ ἃ μισοῦσιν· ὅταν δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ λόγου ἐπάρσεως ἡττηθέντες νικηθῶμεν ἐκ τοῦ δοκοῦντος εἶναι ἀγαθοῦ οὐ μὴν ἀληθοῦς, σύμφαμεν τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι καλὸς ποιοῦμεν δὲ τὸ καθ' ἡδονήν.

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Origenes Theol., Commentarii in epistulam ad Romanos (I.1-XII.21) (in catenis). 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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