# Selecta in Exodum 19

Origen, Selecta in Exodum, Paragraph 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/selecta-in-exodum/19

« Ἐκεῖ ἔθετο αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς δικαιώματα καὶ κρίσεις, καὶ ἐκεῖ αὐτὸν ἐπείρασε.» Ὅτε Θεὸς πειράζει, ἐπʼ ὠφελείᾳ πειράζει, οὐκ ἐπὶ τῷ κακοποιῆσαι· διὸ καὶ ἐλέχθη, ὅτι Ὁ Θεὸς ἀπείραστός ἐστι κακῶν, » ὡς καὶ μετʼ ὀλίγα ἐπάγει ὁ λόγος· « Ἐὰν ἀκοῇ ἀκούσῃς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, πᾶσαν νόσον, ἥν ἐπήγαγον τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, οὐκ ἐπάξω ἐπὶ σέ. » Ὁ οὖν φέρων τοὺς πειρασμοὺς γενναίως, στεφανοῦται. Ἄλλο δέ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῦ διαβόλου· ἐκεῖνος γὰρ πειράζει, ἵνα τοὺς πειθομένους αὐτῷ θανατώσῃ· καὶ ὁ μὲν Θεὸς πειράζει οὐκ ἀγνοῶν τὸ ἐσόμενον, πλὴν διδοὺς τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ πράττειν ὃ θέλει διὰ τὸ αὐτεξούσιον.

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Origenes, Selecta in Exodum, ed. Charles de La Rue, Charles Vincent de La Rue. 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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