Cyril of Alexandria: Fragments on Matthew · §220

Matthew 22:13

Otherwise he is said to have hands and feet bound as no longer able to do anything good there; for the working of the good extends only as far as the present.

Greek

Οὐκ ἂν γένοιτό τις παθῶν ἐλευθέραν εἰς ἅπαν ἔχων ψυχὴν καὶ εἰ σφόδρα τις εἴη τῶν ὅτι μάλιστα φιλοπονωτάτων· "τίς γὰρ καθαρὸς ἀπὸ ῥύπου" κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον ἢ "τίς καυχήσεται ἁγνὴν ἔχειν τὴν καρδίαν"; εἰ δὲ καὶ ὁ "πταίσας ἐν ἑνί, γέγονε πάντων ἔνοχος" κατὰ τὸν 26 τοῦ καταγνωσθῆναι λόγον, τίς οὐκ ἂν εὐθύνοι τὸ λοιπὸν τὴν ἐφ' ἑνὶ παρά βασιν οὐδὲ φυγών; οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν διαδρῴη τὸ κατὰ νοῦν ἁμαρτεῖν καὶ ὁ σφόδρα νηφάλιος. ὅσον οὖν ἧκεν εἰς ἀνθρωπίνην ἀσθένειαν, οὐδεὶς ὁ σῳζόμενος· ὅσον γε μὴν εἰς τὴν τοῦ διασῴζοντος ἡμερότητα, οὐκ ἀπόγνωστος τὴν σωτηρίαν· οὐ γὰρ πᾶσα ἁμαρτία πρὸς θάνατον.

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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.

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