# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 135

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, ΤΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΚΛΤΑ ΙΩΛΝΝΗΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ ΕΞΗΓΗΤΙΚΩΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/135

εἰ γὰρ ὁ πνευματικός ποτε σκότος ἦν, ὁ χοϊκὸς τί ἐστιν; εἰ δ’ ἀληθές ἐστι τὸ σκότος γεγονέναι φῶς, τίς ἡ ἀποκλήρωσις τοῦ μὴ πᾶν σκότος δύνασθαι γενέσθαι φῶς; εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐπὶ Παύλου ἐλέγετο, ὅτι »ἤμεθά ποτε ἐν σκότῳ, νῦν δὲ φωτεινοὶ ἐν κυρίῳ«, ἐπὶ δὲ ὡν οἴονται φύσεων ἀπολλυμένων, ὅτι σκότος ἠσαν ἢ σκότος εἰσί, κἂν χώραν εἶχεν ἡ περὶ φύσεων ὑπόθεσις.

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Origenes, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, 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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