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Despising shame, Jesus endured the cross — 'who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising shame.' Let us too despise the shame of men. For he brings not peace but a sword — dividing son from father, daughter from mother — that the Word, sharper than any two-edged sword, may divide in us the earthy image from the heavenly, soul from spirit, joints from marrow. 'I came to cast fire on the earth — and how I wish it were kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with.' Hate then father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters — yea, and one's own soul too — hating lawfully what hinders godliness: a good hatred, that perfect love may remain toward God alone.
Greek (GCS)
ράδεισον καταφρονήσατε τοῦ ἔφεως νενικημένου καὶ συντρι- βέντος ὑπὸ τοὺς Ἰησοῦ πόδας καὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑπὸ τοὺς ὑμετέρους, δεδωκότος οὑμῖν ἐξουσίαν πατεῖν ἐπάνω ὄφεων καὶ σχορπίων καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχϑροῦ, ἵνα μηδὲν ὑμᾶς αὐτῶν ἀδικήσῃ." XXXVIL Οὔτ᾽ οὖν ἀρνητέον τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ϑεοῦ οὔτ᾽ ἐπαισχυντέον 10 αὐτὸν ἢ τοὺς οἰχείους αὐτοῦ ἢ τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ᾿ ἀκουστέον τοῦδε" ,,(ὅστις δ᾽ ἂν ἀπαρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσϑεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀπαρ- »νἥσομαι κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἔμπροσϑεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν τοῖς οὐρα- vols,“ καὶ τοῦ „og γὰρ ἂν ἐπαισχυνϑῇ με καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς, τοῦτον 6 υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνϑρώπου ἐπαισχυνϑήσεται, ὅταν ἔλϑῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ 15 χαὶ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων," καὶ τοῦ" „og γὰρ ἂν ἐπαισχυνϑῇ με καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ τῇ μοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ, καὶ ὃ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπαισχυνϑήσεται αὐτὸν, ὅταν ἔλϑῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων“. καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς δέ ποτε, ὑπέμεινε σταυρὸν αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας“ 20 χαὶ διὰ τοῦτο, ἐκάϑισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ" τοῦ ϑεοῦ" καὶ οἱ μιμηταὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ αἰσχύνης καταφρονοῦντες συγχαϑεδοῦνται αὐτῷ καὶ συμβασιλεύσουσιν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τῷ ἐλϑόντε οὐκ, εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν“ βαλεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τῶν μαϑητῶν ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ »μάχαιραν" βαλεῖν »ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν“. ἐπεὶ γὰρ »ὁ λόγος τοῦ ϑεοῦ ζῶν καὶ ἐνεργὴς καὶ τομώ- 25 τερος ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν μάχαιραν δίστομον χαὶ δικνούμενος &; ἄχρι μερισμοῦ ψυχῆς καὶ πνεύματος, ἁρμῶν τε καὶ μυελῶν, καὶ κρετικὸς ἐνθυμήσεων καὶ ἐννοιῶν καρδίας“, οὗτος μάλιστα νῦν εἰρήνην μὲν τὴν ὑπερέχου- ausradiert M | 22 ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τῶν ua. ἑαντοῦ, καὶ μάχ. βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν σαν πάντα νοῦν, ἣν ἀφῆχε τοῖς ἀποστόλοις | ἑαυτοῦ, βραβεύει ταῖς 299 ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν, μάχαιραν δὲ ἔβαλε μεταξὺ τῆς τοῦ χοϊχοῦ εἰχόνος καὶ τῆς τοῦ ἐπουρανίου" ἵν᾿ ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος τὸν ἐπουράνιον ἡμῶν παραλαβὼν ὕστερον ἀξίους γενομένους τοῦ μὴ διχοτομηϑῆναι ἡμᾶς 5 ἐξ ὅλων ποιήσῃ ἐπουρανίους. καὶ οὐ μόνην »μάχαιραν“ ἦλϑε βαλεῖν »ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν“ ἀλλὰ καὶ »πῦρ΄“, περὶ οὗ φησι; »ϑέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφϑη“. ἀναφϑήτω τοιγαροῦν τοῦτο τὸ πῦρ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἐξαφανίζον πάντα γήϊνον καὶ φιλοσώμα- τον λογισμὸν ὑμῶν" καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα, περὶ οὗ ὃ Ἰησοῦς συνείχετο, ἕως :10 τελεσϑῇ", μετὰ πάσης προϑυμίας βαπτίσασϑε νῦν. καὶ σὺ μὲ