10. It must now be pointed out that the phrase “through whom” is admitted by Scripture in the case of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost alike. It would indeed be tedious to bring forward evidence of this in the case of the Son, not only because it is perfectly well known, but because this very point is made by our opponents. We now show that “through whom” is used also in the case of the Father. “God is faithful,” it is said, “by whom (δι᾽ οὖ) ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son,”  30  1 Cor. i. 9. and “Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by (διά) the will of God;” and again, “Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.”  31  Gal. iv. 7. A.V. reads “an heir of God through Christ;” so אCD. R.V. with the copy used by Basil agrees with A.B. And “like as Christ was raised up from the dead by (διά) the glory of God the Father.”  32  Rom. vi. 4. It is pointed out by the Rev. C.F.H. Johnston in his edition of the De Spiritu that among quotations from the New Testament on the point in question, St. Basil has omitted Heb. ii. 10, “It became him for whom (δι᾽ ὅν) are all things and through whom (δι᾽ οὗ) are all things,” “where the Father is described as being the final Cause and efficient Cause of all things.”   Isaiah, moreover, says, “Woe unto them that make deep counsel and not through the Lord;”  33  Is. xxix. 15, lxx. and many proofs of the use of this phrase in the case of the Spirit might be adduced. “God hath revealed him to us,” it is said, “by (διά) the spirit;”  34  1 Cor. ii. 10. and in another place, “That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by (διά) the Holy Ghost;”  35  2 Tim. i. 14. and again, “To one is given by (διά) the spirit the word of wisdom.”  36  1 Cor. xii. 8.

[10] Ὅτι δὲ τὴν δι' οὗ φωνὴν ὁμοίως ἐπί τε Πατρὸς καὶ Υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἡ Γραφὴ παραδέχεται, ἤδη δεικτέον. Ἐπὶ μὲν δὴ τοῦ Υἱοῦ παρέλκον ἂν εἴη μαρτυρίας κομίζειν, διά τε τὸ γνώριμον καὶ διὰ τὸ παρὰ τῶν ἐναντίων αὐτὸ τοῦτο κατασκευάζεσθαι. Ἡμεῖς δὲ δείκνυμεν ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Πατρὸς τὸ δι' οὗ τέτακται. «Πιστός, φησίν, ὁ Θεός, δι' οὗ ἐκλήθητε εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.» Καί: «Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ». Καὶ πάλιν: «Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλὰ υἱός: εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος διὰ Θεοῦ.» Καὶ τό: «Ὥσπερ ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν διὰ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Πατρός.» Καὶ ὁ Ἠσαΐας: «Οὐαί, φησίν, οἱ βαθέως βουλὴν ποιοῦντες, καὶ οὐ διὰ Κυρίου.» Πολλὰς δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης μαρτυρίας ἔξεστι παραθέσθαι. «Ἡμῖν δέ, φησίν, ὁ Θεὸς ἀπεκάλυψε διὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος.» Καὶ ἑτέρωθι: «Τὴν καλὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον διὰ Πνεύματος ἁγίου.» Καὶ πάλιν: «Ὧ| μὲν γὰρ διὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος δίδοται λόγος σοφίας.»