# Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (lib. 19, 20, 28, 32) 20.5.32

Origen, Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (lib. 19, 20, 28, 32), Book 20, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis-lib-19-20-28-32/20.5.32

V. Ἔξεστι τοίνυν σπέρμα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ τυγχάνοντα γενέσθαι αὐτοῦ δι’ ἐπιμελείας καὶ τέκνον, δυνατὸν δὲ καὶ ἐξ ἀμελείας καὶ ἀγεωργησίας ἀπολέσαι καὶ τὸ εἶναι αὐτοῦ σπέρμα. οὗτοι μέντοι γε ἔτι ἐλπίδων ἦσαν πρὸς οὓς ὁ λόγος, εἰδότος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὅτι σπέρμα ἔτι ἦσαν τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ θεωροῦντος ὅτι οὐδέπω ἀπολωλέκεισαν τὸ δύνασθαι γενέσθαι τέκνα τοῦ Ἀβραάμ· ὡς γὰρ δυνατοῦ ὄντος τοῦ αὐτοὺς γενέσθαι τέκνα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ πρὸς τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς σπέρμα, φησὶν αὐτοῖς· »Εἰ τέκνα τοῦ Ἀβραάμ ἐστε, τὰ ἔργα τοῦ »Ἀβραὰμ ποιεῖτε«.

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Origen, Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (lib. 19, 20, 28, 32), ed. Erwin Preuschen. 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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