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the blessed Paul said: “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” What he says is this: The purpose, he says, of the law was to justify the nature of men; but it was unable to do this, not through its own weakness, but because of the indolence of its hearers; for being prone to the pleasure of the flesh, they fled the labor of the law's precepts, and yielded to the sensual pleasures of the body; for this reason, he says, God of all, sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, that is, in human nature, but free from sin, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh, exposing its injustice, because it subjected the one who was blameless and free from sin to the penalties of sinners; not to justify the man whom he assumed has he done these things, but so that, he says, the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. For the beneficence of our Savior extends to the whole nature of men; because just as with the forefather Adam, we both shared in the curse, and all of us have come under death just as he did, so also we make the victory of Christ the Savior our own, and we will partake of the glory, and we will enjoy the kingdom together. And the blessed Paul is a witness to these things, recalling both the old and the new, and showing the righteousness of our Savior to be the accomplished abolition of the former things. 12. Just as we shared in the death of Adam, so also in the life of the Lord. “For if,” he says, “by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.” And a little later: “Therefore, as through one transgression came condemnation upon all men, so also through one act of righteousness came justification of life; for as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so also by the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous.” These things he also teaches more clearly in the Epistle to the Corinthians, saying: “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.” From which it is clear that our victory is the victory of our Savior; for the defeat of our forefather became a common defeat; 75.1437 and it is necessary, just as we shared in the common lot with him, so we must enjoy together the good things with the one who was taken up from us, but was crowned for us; wherefore also the divine Apostle said that, “Whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren; and whom he predestined, these he also called; and whom he called, these he also justified; and whom he justified, these he also glorified.” And elsewhere he says: “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” And elsewhere: “If we endure, we shall also reign with him.” On behalf of our entire nature, therefore, God the Word of God took up our first-fruits, so that having led it through every virtue, he might challenge the adversary to a wrestling match, and show the athlete to be invincible; and might crown this one, and proclaim the other's defeat, and prepare all to be confident against him; wherefore in the holy Gospels he said, at one time: “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven;” and at another: “Unless one enters into the house of the strong man, and the

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ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος ἔλεγεν· «Τὸ γὰρ ἀδύνατον τοῦ νόμου ἐν ᾧ ἠσθένει διὰ τῆς σαρκὸς, ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ Υἱὸν πέμψας, ἐν ὁμοιώματι σαρκὸς ἁμαρ τίας, καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας, κατέκρινε τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ, ἵνα τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου πληρωθῇ ἐν ἡμῖν τοῖς μὴ κατὰ σάρκα περιπατοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ πνεῦμα.» Ὃ δὲ λέγει, τοιοῦτό ἐστι· Σκοπὸς, φησὶν, ἦν τῷ νόμῳ δικαιῶσαι τὴν φύσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ἀδυνάτως δὲ εἶχε τοῦτο ποιεῖν, οὐ παρὰ τὴν οἰκείαν ἀσθένειαν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν τῶν ἀκουόντων ῥᾳστώνην· ἐπιῤῥεπῶς γὰρ ἔχοντες περὶ τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς ἡδονὴν, ἔφυγον μὲν τὸ τῶν νομίμων ἐπίπονον, ταῖς δὲ τοῦ σώματος προσεχώρουν ἡδυπαθείαις· διὰ τοῦτο, φησὶν, ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πέμψας Υἱὸν ἐν ὁμοιώματι σαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας, τουτέστιν ἀνθρωπίνῃ μὲν φύσει, ἁμαρτίας δὲ ἀπηλλαγμένῃ, καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας, κατ έκρινε τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ, ἐλέγξας αὐτῆς τὴν ἀδικίαν, ὅτι τὸν ἀνεύθυνον καὶ ἁμαρτίας ἐλεύθερον τοῖς τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐπιτιμίοις ὑπέβαλλεν· οὐχ ἵνα δὲ δικαιώσῃ ὃν ἀνέλαβεν ἄνθρωπον, ταῦτα πεποίηκεν, ἀλλ' ἵνα, φησὶ, τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου πληρωθῇ ἐν ἡμῖν τοῖς μὴ κατὰ σάρκα περιπατοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ πνεῦμα. Ἐπὶ γὰρ πᾶσαν τὴν φύσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν εὐεργεσία χωρεῖ· ὅτι καθάπερ τῷ προπάτορι Ἀδὰμ, καὶ τῆς ἀρᾶς ἐκοι νωνήσαμεν, καὶ γεγόναμεν ἅπαντες ὑπὸ τὸν θάνατον ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνος, οὕτω τοῦ Σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ καὶ τὴν νίκην οἰκειούμεθα, καὶ τῆς δόξης συμμεθέξομεν, καὶ τῆς βασιλείας συναπολαυσόμεθα. Καὶ τούτων μάρτυς ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος, τῶν τε παλαιῶν καὶ τῶν νέων ἀναμιμνήσκων, καὶ δεικνὺς τῶν προτέρων λύσιν γε γενημένην, τὴν τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν δικαιοσύνην. ΙΒʹ. Ὥσπερ τῶν τοῦ Ἀδὰμ θανάτῳ ἐκοινωνήσα μεν, οὕτω καὶ τῇ τοῦ Κυρίου ζωῇ. «Εἰ γὰρ τῷ τοῦ ἑνὸς, φησὶ, παραπτώματι οἱ πολλοὶ ἀπέθανον, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἡ δωρεὰ ἐν χάριτι τῇ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς πολλοὺς ἐπερίσσευσε.» Καὶ μετὰ βραχέα· «Ἄρα οὖν ὡς δι' ἑνὸς παραπτώματος εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους τὸ κατάκριμα, οὕτω καὶ δι' ἑνὸς δικαιώματος δικαίωσις ζωῆς· ὥσπερ γὰρ διὰ τῆς παρακοῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἀν θρώπου ἁμαρτωλοὶ κατεστάθησαν οἱ πολλοὶ, οὕτω καὶ διὰ τῆς ὑπακοῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς δίκαιοι κατασταθή σονται οἱ πολλοί.» Ταῦτα καὶ ἐν τῇ πρὸς Κορινθίους Ἐπιστολῇ σαφέστερον διδάσκει λέγων· «Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν τῷ Ἀδὰμ πάντες ἀποθνήσκουσιν, οὕτω καὶ ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ πάντες ζωοποιηθήσονται.» Ἐξ ὧν εὔδηλον, ὡς ἡμετέρα νίκη τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἡ νίκη· καὶ γὰρ ἧττα κοινὴ γέγονεν ἡ τοῦ προπάτορος ἡμῶν ἧττα· 75.1437 καὶ δεῖ, καθάπερ ἐκείνῳ τῆς κοινωνίας ἐκοινωνή σαμεν, οὕτως ἡμᾶς συναπολαῦσαι τῶν ἀγαθῶν τῷ ἐξ ἡμῶν μὲν ἀναληφθέντι, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν δὲ στεφανωθέντι· διὸ καὶ ὁ θεῖος Ἀπόστολος ἔλεγεν, ὅτι «Οὓς προέγνω καὶ προώρισε συμμόρφους τῆς εἰκόνος τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐ τοῦ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πρωτότοκον ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελ φοῖς· οὓς αὐτὸς προώρισε, τούτους καὶ ἐκάλεσε· καὶ οὓς ἐκάλεσε, τούτους καὶ ἐδικαίωσε· καὶ οὓς ἐδι καίωσε, τούτους καὶ ἐδόξασε.» Καὶ ἑτέρωθεν λέγει· «Εἰ δὲ τέκνα, καὶ κληρονόμοι· κληρονόμοι μὲν Θεοῦ, συγκληρονόμοι δὲ Χριστοῦ· εἴπερ καὶ συμπάσχομεν, ἵνα καὶ συνδοξασθῶμεν.» Καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ· «Εἰ ὑπομένομεν, καὶ συμβασιλεύσομεν.» Ὑπὲρ πάσης τοίνυν τῆς ἡμετέρας φύσεως ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ Θεὸς Λόγος τὴν ἡμετέραν ἀπαρχὴν ἀνελάβετο, ἵνα διὰ πάσης αὐτὴν ἀρετῆς ἀγαγὼν, εἰς πάλην μὲν προτρέψῃ τὸν ἀντ αγωνιστὴν, δείξῃ δὲ τὸν ἀθλητὴν ἀήττητον· καὶ τοῦτον μὲν στεφανώσῃ, ἐκείνου δὲ τὴν ἧτταν κηρύξῃ, καὶ καταθαῤῥεῖν αὐτοῦ πάντας παρασκευάσῃ· διὸ ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις ἔλεγε, νῦν μέν· «Εἶδον τὸν Σατανᾶν ὡς ἀστραπὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεσόντα·» νῦν δέ· «Ἐὰν μή τις εἰσέλθῃ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ ἰσχυροῦ, καὶ τὸν