Cyril of Alexandria: Fragments on Matthew · §39

Matthew 5:14

Having become light by participation, when you live it is no longer you who live, but the light — Christ — lives in you, able through the word to illuminate the whole world.

Greek

Εἰρηνοποιοὶ δὲ οὐ μόνον οἱ φιλοποιοῦντες τοὺς ἐχθρούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ τὸν θυμὸν καὶ τὴν κακὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἐξημεροῦντες, βιοῦντές τε ὀρθῶς ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ διὰ πίστεως ἀπταίστου, πλὴν καὶ οἱ μεταδιδάσκον τες τοὺς ἀπίστους καὶ ἄγοντες πρὸς τὴν πίστιν ὡς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τοῦ θεοῦ 4 φιλοποιοῦντες αὐτῷ. μακάριοι οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὡς μιμησάμενοι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ· υἱοὶ γὰρ κληθήσονται ἀθανασίας μετασχόντες ἤτοι συμβασιλεύσουσι τῷ Χριστῷ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ.

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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.

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