# Commentarii in epistulam ad Romanos (I.1-XII.21) (in catenis) 47

Origen, Commentarii in epistulam ad Romanos (I.1-XII.21) (in catenis), Section 47. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-epistulam-ad-romanos-i-1-xii-21-in-catenis/47

viii 24, 25 ἐλπὶς δὲ βλεπομένη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλπίς· ὃ γὰρ βλέπει τις, τί καὶ ἐλπίζει; εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ βλέπομεν ἐλπίζομεν, δι' ὑπομονῆς ἀπεκδεχόμεθα. ἀνθ' οὗ ἐν ἄλλοις εὕρομεν ἀντὶ τοῦ ὃ γὰρ βλέπει τίς ὑπομένει, οἷον εἰ πρόθυμος γίνεται ὑπομένειν ὃ βλέπει· μέγα δὲ ποιεῖ ὁ ἐλπίζων εἰς μὴ βλεπόμενον, καὶ δι' ἐκεῖνο τῷ τετάσθαι τὸν νοῦν αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτὸ πᾶν ὁτιποτοῦν ὑπομένων.

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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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