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great things. And I to the world. He speaks of a twofold mortification, that both those things are dead to me, and I to them, and neither can they destroy me, and overcome me; for they are dead once for all; nor can I desire them; for I too am dead to them. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. See how great a power of the cross he proclaims; for not only did he mortify all the things of the world in himself, but he also established it far above the old polity. And he speaks of the new creation, that which is given through faith. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 95.821 Those who pursue these things, he says, these also enjoy peace and love for humanity, and would properly be called by the name of Israel. From henceforth let no man trouble me. Here he utters these things not as one who has grown weary, nor as one who has lost heart, but as restraining their indolent mind, and casting them into greater fear, and fixing the laws set down by him, and not allowing them to be always moved. For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. More clearly than any word and any voice, he says, I make my defense through the marks against those who say I feign the doctrine, and speak to please men. By marks he means the stripes, the wounds, for Christ's sake. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen. With this last word he has sealed all that went before. For he did not say simply, with you, as in other cases, but, with your spirit, leading them away from carnal things, and everywhere showing God's beneficence, and reminding them of the grace which they enjoyed, through all of which he was able to lead them away from Jewish error. For to receive the Spirit was not through the display of the law, but through the righteousness which is by faith. To the Galatians, written from Rome, 293 lines.

TO THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS. CHAPTER ONE. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are

in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Just as the other works of God, so also he says his own apostleship is from God, but energized by Christ, as being the power of God. The main point of the epistle is to teach them about the grace of Christ. And this grace is our assumption in him, and sanctification, inasmuch as we have also become his body, and have him as head. him. And the cause of this grace is the goodness of God, which is hymned unto the ages. And the way to this is the redemption through the blood of Christ. 95.824 Who has blessed you with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. He himself, he says, will be our blessing; that is, the gift from God, that we may enjoy spiritual good things. And the enjoyment of these things is not on earth; since the blessings are not carnal, but their place is eternal, the heavenly one. Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love, having predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to himself. The grace of the Spirit was manifested now, but it pre-existed from the beginning with God, being distributed to the elect, whom he also predestined to be attendants of God, through the holiness that was given. According to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he has graced us. He graced us with a voluntary grace, not with the recompense for our works, having established

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μεγάλα. Κἀγὼ τῷ κόσμῳ. ∆ιπλῆν τὴν νέκρωσιν λέγει, ὅτι καὶ ἐκεῖνα ἐμοὶ νεκρὰ, καὶ ἐγὼ ἐκείνοις, καὶ οὔτε αὐτὰ ἀνελεῖν με δύνανται, καὶ χειρώσασθαι· νεκρὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἅπαξ· οὔτε ἐγὼ ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτῶν· νεκρὸς γὰρ αὐτοῖς εἰμι κἀγώ. Ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει, οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ καινὴ κτίσις. Βλέπε πόσην κηρύττει τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ σταυροῦ· οὐ γὰρ δὴ μόνον τὰ τοῦ κόσμου πράγματα ἐνέκρωσεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ πάντα, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς πολιτείας τῆς παλαιᾶς ἀνωτέρω πολλῷ κατέστησεν. Λέγει δὲ τὴν καινὴν κτίσιν, τὴν δεδομένην διὰ πίστεως. Καὶ ὅσοι τῷ κανόνι τούτῳ στοιχήσουσιν, εἰρήνη ἐπ' αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἔλεος, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ Θεοῦ. 95.821 Οἱ ταῦτα διώκοντες, φησὶν, οὗτοι καὶ εἰρήνης, καὶ φιλανθρωπίας ἀπολαύοντες, καὶ τῷ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ὀνόματι κυρίως ἂν καλοῖντο. Τοῦ λοιποῦ κόπους μοι μηδεὶς παρεχέτω. Ἐνταῦθα οὐχ ὡς καμὼν, οὐδὲ ὡς περικακήσας ταῦτα φθέγγεται, ἀλλὰ ἀναστέλλων αὐτῶν τὴν ῥᾴθυμον γνώμην, καὶ εἰς φόβον πλείονα ἐμβαλὼν, καὶ πηγνὺς τοὺς παρ' αὐτοῦ τεθέντας νόμους, καὶ οὐ συγχωρῶν αὐτοὺς ἀεὶ κινεῖν. Ἐγὼ γὰρ τὰ στίγματα τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματί μου βαστάζω. Παντὸς λόγου καὶ πάσης φωνῆς, φησὶ, λαμπρότερον διὰ τῶν στιγμάτων ἀπολογοῦμαι πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας ὑποκρίνεσθαί με τὸ δόγμα, καὶ πρὸς ἀνθρωπαρεσκίαν λέγειν. Στίγματα τὰς πληγὰς λέγει, τὰ τραύματα, τὰ διὰ τὸν Χριστόν. Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί. Ἀμήν. Τῷ τελευταίῳ ῥήματι τούτῳ πάντα τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεσφράγισεν. Οὐδὲ γὰρ εἶπεν ἁπλῶς, μεθ' ὑμῶν, ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων, ἀλλὰ, μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν, ἀπάγων αὐτοὺς τῶν σαρκικῶν, καὶ πανταχοῦ δεικνὺς τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν εὐεργεσίαν, καὶ ἀναμιμνήσκων τῆς χάριτος ἧς ἀπήλαυσαν, δι' ἧς πάσης αὐτοὺς ἱκανὸς ἦν Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀπαγαγεῖν πλάνης. Τὸ γὰρ Πνεῦμα λαβεῖν, οὐ διὰ νομικῆς ἦν περιφανείας, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς κατὰ τὴν πίστιν δικαιοσύνης. Πρὸς Γαλάτας ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Ῥώμης, στίχων ς ϛγʹ.

ΕΙΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ. ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΝ. Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, τοῖς ἁγίοις τοῖς οὖσιν

ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, καὶ πιστοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. Χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ὥσπερ τὰ ἄλλα Θεοῦ ἔργα, οὕτως καὶ τὴν ἀποστολὴν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐκ Θεοῦ μέν φησιν, ἐνεργουμένην δὲ ὑπὸ Χριστοῦ, ὡς δυνάμεως ὄντος Θεοῦ. Τὸ κεφάλαιον τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ἐστιν, τὸ διδάξαι αὐτοὺς περὶ τῆς Χριστοῦ χάριτος. Αὕτη δὲ ἡ χάρις, ἐστὶν ἀνάληψις ἡμῶν ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἁγιασμὸς, καθὸ καὶ σῶμα αὐτοῦ γεγόναμεν, καὶ κεφαλὴν ἐσχήκαμεν. αὐτόν. Τὸ δὲ αἴτιον ταύτης τῆς χάριτος, ἡ ἀγαθότης τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἡ εἰς αἰῶνας ὑμνουμένη. Ἡ δὲ ὁδὸς ἡ εἰς ταύτην, ἡ διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπολύτρωσις. 95.824 Ὁ εὐλογήσας ὑμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ πνευματικῇ ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ. Αὐτὸς ἔσται, φησὶν, ἡ εὐλογία ἡμῶν· τουτέστιν ἡ δωρεὰ ἡ παρὰ Θεοῦ, εἰς τὸ πνευματικῶν ἡμᾶς ἀπολαῦσαι ἀγαθῶν. Τούτων δὲ ἡ ἀπόλαυσις οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπὶ γῆς· ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ σαρκικαὶ αἱ εὐλογίαι, ἀλλ' ἀΐδιος τόπος αὐτοῖς ὁ οὐράνιος. Καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ, προορίσας ἡμᾶς εἰς υἱοθεσίαν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ἑαυτόν. Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐφανερώθη μὲν νῦν, προϋπῆρχε δὲ ἐξ ἀρχῆς παρὰ Θεῷ τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς ἐπινεμομένη, οὓς καὶ προώρισεν παραστάτας εἶναι Θεοῦ, διὰ τῆς δεδομένης ἁγιότητος. Κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ, εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης χάριτος αὐτοῦ, ἐν ᾗ ἐχαρίτωσεν ἡμᾶς. Ἐχαρίτωσεν ἡμᾶς ἑκουσίῳ χάριτι, οὐ τῇ ἐξ ἔργων ἡμῶν ἀντιδόσει, θέμενος