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that you reign, so that it might be shown how long-suffering I am. 429 rom9,22 God was not caught by the passion of wrath. God forbid. But since he did these things that we do when we are angry, he called the matter 'wrath' from what is familiar to us. rom9,28 The phrase 'bringing to completion' signifies that all accounts of knowledge and faith in God have an end, and there will not be another after this one now being preached—not as was the case with the Jewish things which passed away into the present ones, but the present word of faith has been given for the consummation of all faith and every word. For the Mosaic law was given as God was prefiguring and pre-delineating the law of grace, but he gives the evangelic law bringing it to completion and cutting it short, that is, finishing all things and bringing them to the best end. But he gave the phrase 'bringing a word to completion' as the reason for the aforementioned things. For since he said, 'I will call those who are not my people my people,' lest someone should say, 'And what of this?' for just as some from the people became 'not a people,' so if a people should come from 'not a people,' nothing prevents these too from becoming 'not a people' again. Not so, he says, 'bringing a word to completion'; for those things were passing away for the better, since all things had to be transformed, but now no longer, because the present calling and the spiritual legislation is perfected. Furthermore, since he said, 'Though the number of the sons of Israel be' and what follows, lest they say that often having heard many promises we either did not receive them at all, or after a short time, for they fell away from many of them because of their ungratefulness and lack of understanding. Not so now, he says, but if you wish, salvation is complete and swift at your hands. rom9,29 You can also understand this concerning Christ; so says Cyril among the saints. 430 rom11,9-10 What was going to happen by their own choice he states as in the form of a curse; for since, he says, they were not willing to see the sun of righteousness, may they not see. It indicates that they are going to come under the Romans, and the phrase 'always' signifies that they should never be set free. rom11,15 Or he says this: what will be their acceptance, if not that we should say that God who accepts them makes them alive who were dead in their sins. rom11,16 Or that he calls them holy, urging them to faith, as if he said: you are suitable and fitting, only the will is lacking in you. rom11,28-29 Then, since they have remained in unbelief and for this reason are not beloved, speaking securely he says, 'for the sake of the fathers,' as if he said, 'even if they themselves are not beloved because of their unbelief, yet for the sake of the fathers they are still loved, whence also they await salvation.' And he says 'calling' is what happened concerning the nation. rom12,1-2 Or, that you are not changed with the times. And how might someone offer himself as a living sacrifice? How are you not to be conformed, that is, do not fashion yourselves according to the form of this world? For it has nothing sound or lasting; for which reason he also calls it a 'form', indicating that which does not remain; and by saying this he indicates that it is transient. 431 rom14,5 The saying is not to be accepted concerning a dogma of faith, yet he himself says it. rom14,11-12 It has been said concerning God the Father that he himself will judge no one, but has given judgment to the Son. It is clear therefore that what was said by Paul, 'will confess to God' and 'will give an account to God,' was said concerning the judge. Therefore Christ is God, even if the impious do not wish it. rom14,15 By which he also advises the faithful to abstain from foods out of condescension for those of little faith, which he also says in passing. You teach well, but the conflict becomes a cause of blasphemy. rom14, God built by the cross, you therefore are destroying the building of God. rom15,8 It is possible to understand it this way too: Christ, he says, became a servant of the Jews, that is, he became a servant so that the Jews might be included in the promises, and so that the Father who promised these things might prove true. rom15,29 Or thus: I know that when I come, I will come to fill you with the blessing from the gospel, that is, I will anoint you for virtue and faith. 432 rom16,25-26 So that they may live, he says, as the gospel proclaims. To him who is able to establish you, to the only wise God—and establish you how? 'through Jesus Christ be glory,' he says, 'forever.'

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βασιλεῦσαί σε, ὅπως δειχθῇ, πῶς εἰμι μακρόθυμος. 429 rom9,22 Οὐκ ὀργῆς πάθει ἥλω ὁ θεός. ἄπαγε. ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ ταῦτα ἐποίησεν ἃ ἡμεῖς ὀργιζόμενοι ποιοῦμεν, ὀργὴν τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐκάλεσεν ἐκ τοῦ ἡμῖν γνωρίμου. rom9,28 Τὸ συντελῶν δηλοῖ ὅτι πέρας ἔχουσι πάντες λόγοι γνώσεως καὶ πίστεως θεοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἕτερος μετὰ τοῦτον τὸν νῦν κηρυττόμενον οὐχ ὥσπερ ἦν τὰ Ἰουδαίων καὶ μετέπεσεν εἰς τὰ νῦν, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ πάσης πίστεως καὶ παντὸς λόγου δέδοται ὁ νῦν τῆς πίστεως λόγος. ὁ μὲν γὰρ Μωϋσαϊκὸς νόμος ἐδόθη προδιατυποῦντος τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ προδιαγράφοντος τὸν τῆς χάριτος, τὸν δὲ εὐαγγελικὸν δίδωσι συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἀπαρτίζων ἅπαντα καὶ εἰς τέλος ἄριστον ἄγων. τὸ δὲ λόγον συντελῶν ὡς αἰτίαν τῶν προειρημένων ἀπέδωκεν ἐπειδὴ γὰρ εἶπε· καλέσω τὸν οὐ λαόν μου λαόν μου, ἵνα μή τις εἴπῃ· καὶ τί τοῦτο; ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐγένοντο ἐκ λαοῦ τινες οὐ λαός, οὕτω κἂν ἐξ οὐ λαοῦ λαὸς γένηται, οὐδὲν κωλύει καὶ τούτους πάλιν γενέσθαι οὐ λαόν. οὐχ οὕτω φησὶ λόγον συντελῶν· ἐκεῖνα μὲν γὰρ μετέπιπτεν ἐπὶ τὸ κρεῖττον πάντων ὀφειλόντων μεταρρυθμίζεσθαι, νῦν δὲ οὐκέτι, ὅτι τετελειωμένη ἐστὶν ἡ νῦν κλῆσις καὶ ἡ πνευματικὴ νομοθεσία. ἄλλως τε, ἐπειδὴ εἶπεν· ἐὰν ᾖ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, ἵνα μὴ εἴπωσιν ὅτι πολλάκις ἐπαγγελιῶν πολλῶν ἀκούσαντες ἢ οὐδ' ὅλως ἐτύχομεν, ἢ μετὰ μικρὸν χρόνον, καὶ γὰρ πολλῶν ἐξέπιπτον διὰ τὴν ἀχαριστίαν καὶ ἀγνωμοσύνην αὐτῶν. οὐχ οὕτω καὶ νῦν, φησίν, ἀλλ' ἐὰν βούλησθε, τελεία καὶ σύντομος ἐπὶ χεῖρας ὑμῶν ἐστιν ἡ σωτηρία. rom9,29 ∆ύνῃ δὲ καὶ περὶ Χριστοῦ νοῆσαι τοῦτο· οὕτως ὁ ἐν ἁγίοις Κύριλλος. 430 rom11,9-10 Τὸ αὐθαιρέτως μέλλον παρ' αὐτῶν γίνεσθαι ὡς ἐν κατάρας λέγει μέρει· ἐπειδὴ γάρ, φησίν, οὐκ ἠβουλήθησαν τὸν ἥλιον τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἰδεῖν, μηδὲ ἴδοιεν. Τὸ μέλλειν αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίους γίνεσθαι δηλοῖ, τὸ δὲ διὰ παντὸς ὡς οὐδὲ ἐλευθερωθεῖέν ποτε σημαίνει. rom11,15 Ἢ τοῦτό φησιν· τίς ἔσται ἡ πρόσληψις αὐτῶν, εἰ μὴ ἵνα εἴπωμεν ὅτι ἀποθανόντας αὐτοὺς ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ζωοποιεῖ ὁ προσλαμβάνων θεός. rom11,16 Ἢ ὅτι αὐτοὺς ἁγίους καλεῖ, προτρέπων εἰς τὴν πίστιν, ὡσεὶ εἶπεν· ἐπιτήδειοί ἐστε καὶ πρέποντες, τὸ θέλειν ὑμῖν λείπει μόνον. rom11,28-29 Εἶτα ἐπειδὴ ἐναπομεμενήκασι τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὔκ εἰσιν ἀγαπητοί, ἀσφαλῶς λαλῶν φησιν· διὰ τοὺς πατέρας, ὡσεὶ εἶπεν· εἰ καὶ αὐτοὶ διὰ τὴν ἀπιστίαν οὐκ ἀγαπητοί, διὰ μέντοι τοὺς πατέρας ἔτι ἀγαπῶνται, ὅθεν καὶ σωτηρίαν ἐκδέχονται. κλῆσιν δέ φησι τὴν περὶ τὸ ἔθνος γεγενημένην. rom12,1-2 Ἢ ὅτι μὴ συμμεταβάλλεσθε τοῖς καιροῖς. Καὶ πῶς ἄν τις ἑαυτὸν προσενέγκῃ θυσίαν ζῶσαν; πῶς μὴ συνσχηματίζεσθε, τοῦτ' ἔστι μὴ τυποῦτε ἑαυτοὺς κατὰ τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου; οὐδὲν γὰρ ὑγιὲς ἔχει ἢ μόνιμον· διὸ καὶ σχῆμα αὐτὸ καλεῖ, δηλῶν τὸ μὴ μένον· εἰπὼν δὲ τοῦτο δηλοῖ τὸ ἐπίκαιρον. 431 rom14,5 Οὐ δεκτέον τὸ ῥητὸν ἐπὶ δόγματος πίστεως, ὅμως καὶ αὐτὸς αὐτὸ λέγει. rom14,11-12 Εἴρηται περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς ὅτι αὐτὸς κρινεῖ οὐδένα, τὴν δὲ κρίσιν δέδωκεν τῷ υἱῷ. δῆλον οὖν ὡς περὶ τοῦ κριτοῦ εἴρηται τῷ Παύλῳ τὸ ἐξομολογήσεται τῷ θεῷ καὶ τὸ λόγον δώσει τῷ θεῷ· ἄρα θεὸς ὁ Χριστός, κἂν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς μὴ βούλωνται. rom14,15 Ὧι δὲ συμβουλεύει καὶ τοὺς πιστοὺς ἀπέχεσθαι βρωμάτων διὰ τὴν τῶν ὀλιγοπίστων συγκατάβασιν, ὅπερ καὶ παριὼν λέγει. Καλῶς μὲν διδάσκεις, ἀλλ' ἡ μάχη βλασφημίας αἰτία γίνεται. rom14, Ὁ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ ᾠκοδόμησεν, σὺ τοίνυν καταλύεις τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ θεῦ. rom15,8 Ἔνι δὲ καὶ οὕτως νοῆσαι· διάκονος, φησί, γέγονεν ὁ Χριστὸς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, τοῦτ' ἔστι διάκονος γέγονεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἐντὸς γενέσθαι τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν, καὶ ἵνα ὁ ταύτας ἐπαγγειλάμενος πατὴρ ἀληθεύσῃ. rom15,29 Ἢ οὕτως· οἶδα ὅτι ἐρχόμενος πρὸς τὸ πληρῶσαι ὑμᾶς τῆς ἐκ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου εὐλογίας ἐλεύσομαι, τοῦτ' ἔστι πρὸς ἀρετὴν καὶ πίστιν ὑμᾶς ἀλείψω. 432 rom16,25-26 Ἵνα οὕτω ζῶσιν, φησίν, ὡς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον διαγορεύει. Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑμᾶς στηρίξαι, μόνῳ σοφῷ θεῷ στηρίξαι δὲ πῶς; διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δόξα, φησίν, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.