Matthew 11:12
Faith in Christ through baptism is the kingdom of God, which began from the preaching of John, who pointed out Christ. The ones who force are those who renounce idolatry and the old custom.
Greek
Οὐ γὰρ δειλιᾶν αὐτοὺς θέλει, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐναντίον, μὴ πόθῳ τῶν ἐλπιζομένων ἑτοίμους παραδιδόναι ἑαυτοὺς εἰς θάνατον καὶ ζημιοῦν τοὺς μέλλοντας ἐκ τοῦ κηρύγματος ὠφεληθῆναι. Παρακελεύεται τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἀπὸ τῆσδε φεύγειν τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὴν ἄλλην καὶ ἐξ ἐκείνης εἰς ἑτέραν. τοῦτο δὲ λέγει οὐ δι δάσκων αὐτοὺς δειλιᾶν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ῥίπτειν ἑαυτοὺς εἰς κινδύνους καὶ ἀποθνῄσκειν ῥᾳδίως καὶ ζημιοῦν τοὺς μέλλοντας ὠφεληθῆναι διὰ τοῦ κηρύγματος.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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