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ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ ἀσεβοῦς, ὡς τὸ ἐπιστρέψαι ἀπὸ
τῆς ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ζῆν αὐτόν: ἀποστροφῇ ἀποστρέψατε
ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ ὑμῶν τῆς πονηρᾶς: καὶ
ἱνατί ἀποθνήσκετε, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ; ἀνομία γὰρ
ἀνόμου οὐ μὴ κακώσῃ αὐτόν: ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἀποστρέψῃ
ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιήσῃ δικαιοσύνην,
καὶ ἐν προστάγματι ζωῆς διαπορεύσηται,
ζωῇ ζήσεται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ: πᾶσαι αἱ
ἁμαρτίαι αὐτοῦ ἃς ἥμαρτεν οὐ μὴ μνησθῶσιν:
ὅτι κρῖμα δικαιοσύνης ἐποίησεν, ἐν αὐτῇ ζήσεται.
1 καὶ αὖθις, Λούσασθε, δἰ ἑτέρου βοᾷ προφήτου,
καθαροὶ γένεσθε, ἀφέλετε τὰς πονηρίας ἀπὸ τῶν
ψυχῶν ὑμῶν ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου: παύσασθε
ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν ὑμῶν: μάθετε καλὸν
ποιεῖν: καὶ δεῦτε καὶ διαλεχθῶμεν: καὶ ἐὰν ὦσιν
αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν ὡς φοινικοῦν, ὡς χιόνα λευκανῶ,
ἐὰν δὲ ὦσιν ὡς κόκκινον, ὡσεὶ ἔριον λευκανῶ.
τοιούτων οὖν προκειμένων ἐπαγγελιῶν παρὰ τοῦ
Θεοῦ τοῖς ἐπιστρέφουσι, μὴ μέλλε, ὦ ἄνθρωπε,
μηδὲ ἀναβάλλου: ἀλλὰ πρόσελθε πρὸς Χριστὸν
τὸν φιλάνθρωπον Θεὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ φωτίσθητι, καὶ
2 τὸ πρόσωπόν σον οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ. ἅμα γὰρ
τῷ καταδῦναί σε τῇ κολυμβήθρᾳ τοῦ θείου βαπτίσματος,
ὅλον τὸ αἶσχος τοῦ παλαιοῦ ἀνθρώπου
καὶ ὅλος ὁ φόρτος τῶν πολλῶν ἁμαρτημάτων
3 ἐνθάπτεται τῷ ὕδατι καὶ εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν χωρεῖ, νέος
δὲ σὺ ἐκεῖθεν καὶ παντὸς ῥύπου καθαρὸς ἀνέρχῃ,
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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