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From this, wickedness is often called, just as Christ also said to the disciples: You are not of this world; and to his own brothers he said again: The world cannot hate you, but me it hates. And he will say that the soul is alien from God, since he called those living in error soulish. But this is not so, it is not so. For it is necessary everywhere to pay attention not simply to the words, but to the mind of the one speaking, and to know the precise distinction of the things said. For some things are good, some are evil, and some are in between, for example soul and flesh are of the things in between, and able to become this or that; but the spirit is always of the good things, and never becomes anything else. Again, the mind of the flesh, that is, the wicked deed, is of the things that are always evil; for it is not subject to the law of God. If therefore you give the soul and the body to the better, you have become of that portion; if again to the worse, you have become a partaker of the destruction here, not because of the nature of the soul and of the flesh, but because of the intention which has the authority to choose both these things. And that these things are in this way, and the things said are not a slander of the flesh, taking up the text again, let us examine more precisely. But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, he says. 8. What then? Were they not in the flesh, but went about incorporeal? And how could this be reasonable? Do you see that he indicated the carnal life? And for what reason did he not say, But you are not in sin? So that you may learn that Christ not only extinguished the tyranny of sin, but also made the flesh lighter and more spiritual, not by changing its nature, but rather by giving it wings. For just as when fire consorts with iron, the iron also becomes fire while remaining in its own nature; so also of the faithful who have the spirit, the flesh henceforth is translated to that activity, becoming wholly spiritual, being crucified from all sides, and taking wing together with the soul; such as was also the body of him who says these things. Wherefore he laughed at all luxury and pleasure, but delighted in hunger and scourgings and prisons, and felt no pain when suffering these things. And indicating this he said: For our light affliction, which is but for a moment; so well had he also disciplined the flesh to run together with the spirit. If indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. This "If indeed," in many places he puts not as doubting, but as strongly believing, and in place of "Since indeed," as when he says: If indeed it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you; again, Have you suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ. He did not say, But if you do not have, but he brought forward the painful thing upon others. This one is not his, he says. But if Christ is in you. Again Christ is upon them. And the painful thing is brief and in the middle; but the desirable thing is on both sides and through many things, so as to overshadow that. But he said this, not saying that the Spirit is Christ, 60.519 far from it, but showing that he who has the Spirit, not only is called of Christ, but also has Christ himself. For it is not possible, when the Spirit is present, for Christ not also to be present. For wherever one hypostasis of the Trinity is present, the whole Trinity is present; for it is inseparably related to itself, and is united with all exactness. And what will happen, he says, if Christ is in you? The body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. Do you see how many evils come from not having the Holy Spirit: death, enmity toward God, not being able to please His laws, not being Christ's as one ought, not having Him dwelling within. Consider therefore also how many good things come from having the Spirit: being Christ's, having Christ himself, contending with the angels. For this is to put the flesh to death: to live an immortal life, from this time forth already to have the pledges of the resurrection, to run the course of virtue with ease. For he did not say that the body is henceforth idle from sin, but that it is also dead; intensifying the ease of the courses. And without toils and labors such a one is henceforth crowned. For this reason also, he added, "to sin," so that you may learn that he destroyed wickedness completely, but not the nature of the body. For if

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ἐντεῦθεν ἡ πονηρία καλεῖται πολλάκις, καθάπερ καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἔλεγεν ὁ Χριστός· Ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου· καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ ἔλεγε πάλιν· Οὐ δύναται ὁ κόσμος ὑμᾶς μισεῖν, ἐμὲ δὲ μισεῖ. Καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν δὲ ἀλλοτρίαν εἶναι φήσεται τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐπειδὴ τοὺς ἐν πλάνῃ ζῶντας ψυχικοὺς ἐκάλεσεν. Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα, οὐκ ἔστιν. Οὐ γὰρ ἁπλῶς ταῖς λέξεσιν, ἀλλὰ τῇ γνώμῃ τοῦ λέγοντος ἀναγκαῖον πανταχοῦ προσέχειν, καὶ τὴν ἀκριβῆ τῶν εἰρημένων εἰδέναι διαίρεσιν. Τὰ μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ἀγαθὰ, τὰ δὲ κακὰ, τὰ δὲ μέσα, οἷον ψυχὴ καὶ σὰρξ τῶν μέσων ἐστὶ, καὶ τοῦτο κἀκεῖνο γενέσθαι δυναμένη· τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα, τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀεὶ, καὶ οὐδέποτε ἕτερόν τι γινόμενον. Πάλιν τὸ φρόνημα τῆς σαρκὸς, τουτέστιν, ἡ πονηρὰ πρᾶξις, τῶν ἀεὶ κακῶν· τῷ γὰρ νόμῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ ὑποτάσσεται. Ἂν τοίνυν τῷ βελτίονι δῷς τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὸ σῶμα, ἐγένου τῆς ἐκείνου μερίδος· ἂν τῷ χείρονι πάλιν, τῆς ἐνταῦθα ἀπωλείας κατέστης κοινωνὸς, οὐ παρὰ τὴν φύσιν τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τὴν γνώμην τὴν κυρίαν ἀμφότερα ταῦτα ἑλέσθαι. Καὶ ὅτι ταῦτα τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν τρόπον, καὶ οὐ σαρκὸς διαβολὴ τὰ εἰρημένα, πάλιν αὐτὴν μεταχειρίσαντες τὴν λέξιν, ἐξετάσωμεν ἀκριβέστερον. Ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐν σαρκὶ, ἀλλ' ἐν πνεύματι, φησί. ηʹ. Τί οὖν; οὐκ ἦσαν ἐν σαρκὶ, ἀλλ' ἀσώματοι περιῄεσαν; καὶ πῶς ἂν ἔχοι τοῦτο λόγον; Ὁρᾷς, ὅτι τὸν σαρκικὸν βίον ᾐνίξατο; Καὶ τίνος ἕνεκεν οὐκ εἶπεν, Ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐν ἁμαρτίᾳ; Ἵνα μάθῃς, ὅτι οὐ τὴν τυραννίδα τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἔσβεσε μόνον ὁ Χριστὸς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν σάρκα κουφοτέραν καὶ πνευματικωτέραν ἐποίησεν, οὐ τῷ τὴν φύσιν μεταβαλεῖν, ἀλλὰ τῷ πτερῶσαι μᾶλλον αὐτήν. Καθάπερ γὰρ πυρὸς ὁμιλοῦντος σιδήρῳ, καὶ ὁ σίδηρος γίνεται πῦρ ἐν τῇ οἰκείᾳ μένων φύσει· οὕτω καὶ τῶν πιστῶν καὶ πνεῦμα ἐχόντων ἡ σὰρξ λοιπὸν πρὸς ἐκείνην μεθίσταται τὴν ἐνέργειαν, ὅλη πνευματικὴ γινομένη, σταυρουμένη πάντοθεν, καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ συναναπτερουμένη· οἷον ἦν καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ταῦτα λέγοντος. ∆ιὸ τρυφῆς μὲν ἁπάσης καὶ ἡδονῆς κατεγέλα, ἐνετρύφα δὲ λιμῷ καὶ μάστιξι καὶ δεσμωτηρίοις, καὶ οὐδὲ ἤλγει ταῦτα πάσχων. Καὶ τοῦτο δηλῶν ἔλεγε· Τὸ γὰρ παραυτίκα ἐλαφρὸν τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν· οὕτως ἦν καλῶς καὶ τὴν σάρκα παιδεύσας συντρέχειν τῷ πνεύματι. Εἴπερ Πνεῦμα Θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν. Τὸ, Εἴπερ, τοῦτο πολλαχοῦ οὐκ ἀμφιβάλλων τίθησιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ σφόδρα πιστεύων, καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἐπείπερ, ὡς ὅταν λέγῃ· Εἴπερ δίκαιον παρὰ Θεῷ ἀνταποδοῦναι τοῖς θλίβουσιν ὑμᾶς θλῖψιν· πάλιν, Τοσαῦτα ἐπάθετε εἰκῆ, εἴ γε καὶ εἰκῆ. Εἰ δέ τις Πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ οὐκ ἔχει. Οὐκ εἶπεν, Εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἔχετε, ἀλλ' ἐπ' ἄλλων προήγαγε τὸ λυπηρόν. Οὗτος οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ, φησίν. Εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν. Πάλιν τὸν Χριστὸν ἐπ' αὐτῶν. Καὶ τὸ μὲν λυπηρὸν, βραχὺ καὶ μέσον· τὸ δὲ ποθεινὸν, ἑκατέρωθεν καὶ διὰ πολλῶν, ὥστε ἐκεῖνο συσκιάσαι. Τοῦτο δὲ ἔλεγεν, οὐ τὸ Πνεῦμα Χριστὸν λέγων, 60.519 ἄπαγε, ἀλλὰ δεικνὺς ὅτι ὁ τὸ Πνεῦμα ἔχων, οὐ μόνον τοῦ Χριστοῦ χρηματίζει, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸν ἔχει τὸν Χριστόν. Οὐ γὰρ ἔστι Πνεύματος παρόντος, μὴ καὶ Χριστὸν παρεῖναι. Ὅπου γὰρ ἂν μία τῆς Τριάδος ὑπόστασις παρῇ, πᾶσα πάρεστιν ἡ Τριάς· ἀδιασπάστως γὰρ ἔχει πρὸς ἑαυτὴν, καὶ ἥνωται μετ' ἀκριβείας ἁπάσης. Καὶ τί ἔσται, φησὶν, ἐὰν ᾖ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν; Τὸ μὲν σῶμα νεκρὸν δι' ἁμαρτίαν· τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ζωὴ διὰ δικαιοσύνην. Εἶδες ὅσα κακὰ ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ἔχειν Πνεῦμα ἅγιον, θάνατος, ἔχθρα εἰς Θεὸν, τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι ἀρέσαι τοῖς ἐκείνου νόμοις, τὸ μὴ εἶναι ὡς χρὴ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αὐτὸν ἔνοικον. Σκόπει τοίνυν καὶ ὅσα ἀγαθὰ ἐκ τοῦ Πνεῦμα ἔχειν· τὸ Χριστοῦ εἶναι, τὸ αὐτὸν ἔχειν τὸν Χριστὸν, τὸ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις ἁμιλλᾶσθαι. Τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι νεκρῶσαι τὴν σάρκα, τὸ ζωὴν ἀθάνατον ζῇν, τὸ ἐντεῦθεν ἤδη τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἔχειν τὰ ἐνέχυρα, τὸ μετ' εὐκολίας τὸν τῆς ἀρετῆς τρέχειν δρόμον. Οὐδὲ γὰρ εἶπεν, ἀργεῖν τὸ σῶμα λοιπὸν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ νεκρὸν εἶναι· ἐπιτείνων τὴν εὐκολίαν τῶν δρόμων. Χωρὶς δὲ πραγμάτων καὶ πόνων ὁ τοιοῦτος στεφανοῦται λοιπόν. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο καὶ, Τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, προσέθηκεν, ἵνα μάθῃς, ὅτι τὴν πονηρίαν, ἀλλ' οὐ τὴν φύσιν τοῦ σώματος καθάπαξ ἀνεῖλεν. Εἰ γὰρ