CAP. XVIII.

Τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ τὸ ἐυιργητικὸν τοῦ Λόγου, ἰσχύν φησιν· αὐτὸς γὰρ μόνος γινώσκει τὰ πρῷην, καὶ τὰ ἐνεστῶτα, καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα· αὐτὸς καὶ ἐνετείλατο εἰπὼν, γενηθήτω φῶς· οὐρανὸς, καὶ γῆ, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς, ἐξ οὐκ ὅντων εἰς τὸ εἶναι παρήχθησαν· αὐτὰ δὲ δείκνυσιν αὐτὸν Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν μόνον εἶναι· καὶ διὰ μὲν τοῦ ὀρθοῦ βίου προστρέχουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ δίκαιοι, διὰ δὲ τῆς θεωρίας ὑψοῦνται· ἢ ὅτι ἐκ τῶν κτισμάτων, ἢ τῆς μεγαλοσύνης αὐτῶν, φανερόν ἐστιν ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς παντοδύναμος.