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he says, do not depart from the law? This the law desires; this it foretold from the beginning. But if you examine why it has now been revealed, you are not doing a safe thing, prying into the mysteries of God, and demanding an account. Therefore he added, for obedience to the faith. For faith requires obedience only, not meddlesomeness. And when God commands, one must obey, not pry. "made known to all nations. To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." For it is not you alone, he says, but the whole world so believes, taking not a man, but God as teacher. Therefore he added, through Jesus Christ. It was not only made known, but also confirmed. Both are his works. Therefore it should also be read this way: Now to him that is of power to stablish you through Jesus Christ. For he ascribes both to him, and not only both, but also the glory that is to the Father. Therefore he said, To whom be glory for 95.569 ever. Amen. And again he gives glory, being astonished at the incomprehensibility of the mysteries. For not even now when it has appeared is it possible to comprehend it by reasonings, but it must be known through faith; for otherwise it is not possible; and it is well to say, To the only wise God. For when you consider how he brought in the Gentiles, and mingled them with those who had long been righteous, and saved the despaired of, and brought those unworthy of the earth up to heaven, and led those who had fallen from the present life into that immortal and ineffable life, and made those who were trodden down by demons rivals of angels, and opened paradise, and resolved all the ancient evils; and this in a short time, and by a short and most direct way, then you will know wisdom; and when you see what neither angels nor archangels knew, suddenly learned by those from the Gentiles through Jesus Christ. To the Romans, 308 verses. Written from Corinth.

TO THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. HYPOTHESIS. The Apostle, having heard that much discord had arisen among the Corinthians,

since certain false apostles had made schisms among them, writes the epistle correcting everything. And these were their sins. First, that many factions had arisen among them; and that they attached themselves to some as wealthy, and to others as wise and able to teach them something more. Second, that they were cohabiting with their stepmothers, and were arrogant about this. And after this, concerning gluttony; for they were so overcome by this matter, as even to partake of things sacrificed to idols. Others again, having fights and contentions about money, entrusted themselves to the outside courts. There was also another transgression among them, eating by themselves in the churches, and not sharing with those in need. Along with these, they also erred in another matter, being greatly puffed up about the spiritual gifts, and falling away from this. For they were also prone to look at one another with jealousy, and they were dividing the Church; and their doctrine concerning the resurrection was also lame. These things became the subject of the epistle for him, and others which it is not possible to mention in detail.

CHAPTER I. "Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and

Sosthenes our brother, to the Church of God which is at Corinth; to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours." 95.572 Since they were cut up into many factions, and some were named after this man, and others after that, and this

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φησὶν, μὴ ἀποστῇς τοῦ νόμου; τοῦτο βούλεται ὁ νόμος· τοῦτο ἄνωθεν προὔλεγεν. Εἰ δὲ ἐξετάζεις διὰ τί νῦν ἐφανερώθη, οὐκ ἀσφαλὲς πρᾶγμα ποιεῖς μυστήρια, τοῦ Θεοῦ περιεργαζόμενος, καὶ εὐθύνας ἀπαιτῶν. ∆ιὸ ἐπήγαγεν, εἰς ὑπακοὴν πίστεως. Ὑπακοῆς γὰρ ἡ πίστις δεῖται μόνης, οὐ πολυπραγμοσύνης. Καὶ ὅταν Θεὸς ἐπιτάττῃ πείθεσθαι, οὐ περιεργάζεσθαι δεῖ. «Εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη γνωρισθέντος. Μόνῳ σοφῷ Θεῷ, διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.» Οὐδὲν γὰρ σὺ μόνος, φησὶν, ἀλλ' ἡ οἰκουμένη πᾶσα οὕτω πιστεύει, οὐκ ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ Θεὸν λαμβάνουσα διδάσκαλον. ∆ιὸ ἐπήγαγεν, διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Οὐκ ἐγνωρίσθη δὲ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐβεβαιώθη. Ἀμφότερα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἔργα. ∆ιὸ καὶ οὕτως ἀναγνωστέον· Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑμᾶς στηρίξαι διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Καὶ γὰρ ἀμφότερα αὐτῷ ἀνατίθησιν, καὶ οὐκ ἀμφότερα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν δόξαν τὴν εἰς τὸν Πατέρα. ∆ιὸ ἔλεγεν, Ὧ ἡ δόξα εἰς 95.569 τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν. ∆οξάζει δὲ πάλιν, τὸ ἀκατάληπτον τῶν μυστηρίων ἐκπληττόμενος. Οὐδὲ γὰρ νῦν ὅτε ἐφάνη δυνατὸν αὐτὸ λογισμοῖς καταλαβεῖν, ἀλλὰ διὰ πίστεως ἐπιγνῶναι χρή· ἄλλως γὰρ οὐκ ἔνι· εὖ δὲ καὶ, Τῷ μόνῳ σοφῷ Θεῷ, εἰπεῖν. Ὅταν γὰρ ἐννοήσῃς πῶς τὰ ἔθνη εἰσήγαγε, καὶ ἀνεκέρασε τοῖς πάλαι κατωρθωκόσι, καὶ ἀπεγνωσμένους ἔσωσε, καὶ τῆς γῆς ἀναξίους ὄντας εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀνήγαγε, καὶ τῆς παρούσης ζωῆς ἐκπεπτωκότας, εἰς τὴν ἀθάνατον καὶ ἀπόῤῥητον ζωὴν ἐκείνην εἰσήγαγε, καὶ ὑπὸ δαιμόνων πατουμένους, ἀγγέλους ἐφαμίλλους ἐποίησε, καὶ παράδεισον ἤνοιξε, καὶ τὰ παλαιὰ πάντα κακὰ ἔλυσε· καὶ ταῦτα ἐν χρόνῳ βραχεῖ, καὶ δι' ὁδοῦ βραχείας καὶ συντομωτάτης, τότε γνώσῃ τὴν σοφίαν· καὶ ὅταν ἴδῃς, ὃ μὴ ἄγγελοι, μήτε ἀρχάγγελοι ἔγνωσαν, ἐξαίφνης τοὺς ἐξ ἐθνῶν μεμαθηκότας διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Πρὸς Ῥωμαίους, στίχων τηʹ. Ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Κορίνθου.

ΕΙΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΝ Αʹ ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ. ΥΠΟΘΕΣΙΣ. Ἀκηκοὼς ὁ Ἀπόστολος, ὡς πολλὴ παρὰ Κορινθίοις διχόνοια γέγονε,

ψευδαποστόλων τινῶν σχίσματα ἐν αὐτοῖς ποιησάντων, γράφει τὴν ἐπιστολὴν διορθούμενος ἅπαντα. Ἦν δὲ ταῦτα αὐτῶν τὰ ἁμαρτήματα. Πρῶτον μὲν, τὸ μερίδας πολλὰς γενέσθαι παρ' αὐτοῖς· καὶ τοῖς μὲν ὡς πλουσίοις προσκεῖσθαι αὐτοὺς, τοῖς δὲ ὡς σοφοῖς καὶ πλέον τι δυναμένοις διδάσκειν αὐτούς. ∆εύτερον, τὸ ταῖς μητρυίαις συγγίνεσθαι, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ μεγαφρονεῖν. Καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο περὶ γαστριμαργίας· εἰς τοσοῦτον γὰρ ἐκρατήθησαν τῷ πράγματι, ὡς καὶ εἰδωλοθύτων ἅπτεσθαι. Ἄλλοι πάλιν μάχας ἔχοντες καὶ φιλονεικείας περὶ χρημάτων, τοῖς ἔξω δικαστηρίοις ἐπέτρεπον ἑαυτούς. Ἦν τι καὶ ἕτερον πλημμέλημα παρ' αὐτοῖς, τὸ καθ' ἑαυτοῖς ἐσθίειν ἐν ἐκκλησίαις, καὶ μὴ μεταδιδόναι τοῖς δεομένοις. Μετὰ τούτων καὶ ἕτερον ἐπλημμέλουν ἐπὶ τοῖς χαρίσμασι μέγα φυσῶντες, καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου ἐκπίπτοντες. Εἶχον γὰρ καὶ ζηλωτύπως ἰδεῖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους, καὶ διέσπων τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν· καὶ ὁ περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἐχώλευε λόγος. Ταῦτα αὐτῷ ὑπόθεσις γέγονεν τῆς ἐπιστολῆς, καὶ ἕτερα δὲ ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν λέγειν κατὰ μέρος.

ΚΕΦΑΛ. Αʹ. «Παῦλος κλητὸς ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ

Σωσθένης ὁ ἀδελφὸς, τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Κορίνθῳ· ἡγιασμένοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, κλητοῖς ἁγίοις, σὺν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐπικαλουμένοις τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, αὐτῶν καὶ ἡμῶν.» 95.572 Ἐπειδὴ εἰς μερίδας πολλὰς κατετέμνοντο, καὶ οἱ μὲν τούτου, οἱ δὲ ἐκείνου προσηγορεύοντο, τοῦτο δὲ