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"For 'these, having no law, are a law to themselves'—", so as to have his own law interwoven with the law of the Lord. 10 Fear the Lord, all you his saints. For there is no want for those who fear him. I exhort all the saints to fear the Lord himself. And it is said in Isaiah: "He will be your fear." Let him become your fear. And just as he becomes food for some, and for others wisdom, making them wise, and for others righteousness, and they become righteous for whom he has become righteousness, so 196 they also partake of sanctification; for he himself is also sanctification, "who became for us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption." "Fear" therefore "God, all you his saints." His saints; for there are those who are simply called saints, but are not his. As many as affect holiness, seem to be saints, but not of God. And he states the reason why "all": "for there is no want for those who fear him." The fear of God makes them without want and unfailing. "Fear the Lord, all you his saints." Since "there is no want for those who fear him," in order that you may become unfailing, fear God himself. And the fear of God is not, as I said, a passion, but is equal to reverence, equal to piety. When we receive an impression of God, fear immediately increases, piety comes alongside; for we do not fear thus as if terrified by him, not as by some bogeyman, but as one who is exceedingly venerable. And since the church is holy, glorious, having stood at the right hand of the Savior, all those who complete it are saints. Therefore, it can be said concerning the calling of the nations: "Fear the Lord, all you his saints." Because there is no want for those who fear him. 11 The rich have become poor and hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing. The former ones, who completed the synagogue before the coming, being rich, fell into poverty. The rich have become poor and hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing. When the kingdom of God was taken from them, when the understanding of the divine scriptures departed from them, when they turned away from the old scripture and it from them, from rich they became poor; for since this wealth benefits the one having it in every way—for it becomes his food, it becomes his shelter and clothing—it says that these rich men, having become poor, grew hungry. They cast off spiritual food, they turned away from the "bread of life." They became poor, therefore, but although they became poor, those who seek the Lord are not deprived of good things, but become full of them, they will partake of them perfectly; for just as the kingdom of heaven has been taken from them—this the mother of Jesus also says: "He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty." Those who were once rich were sent away empty; for even if they have the books of Moses and the prophets, yet they are empty of their divine fullness. The fullness, therefore, of the divine scripture is not the shadow, but the truth and the spirit. "Those who seek" therefore "the Lord"—to seek out denotes intensity—are filled with all good things. Concerning this the psalmist also says somewhere, discoursing with his own soul: "Bless, my soul, the Lord, who satisfies your desire with good things." And: "Delight in the Lord, and he will give you the requests of your heart." In it all who are moving away from the shadow of the law and from knowledge and prophecy in part find all good things. But the spiritual things of the law are properly good and without lack and most full; for these lead by the hand also to the truth face to face, which brings what is perfect, in which no one will be imperfect. 12 Come, children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord having spoken about the necessity of assuming fear toward God, and how some, having fallen away from

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"οὗτοι" γὰρ "νόμον μὴ ἔχοντες ἑαυτοῖς εἰσιν νόμος"-, ὡς ἔχειν τὸν νόμον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ συνπεπλεγμένον τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ κυρίου. 10 φοβήθητε τὸν κύριον, πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι αὐτοῦ. ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὑστέρημα τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν. πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις παρακελεύομαι φοβηθῆναι τὸν κύριον αὐτόν. εἰ´̣ρηται δὲ ε᾿̣ν Ἰσαίᾳ· "αὐτὸς ἔσται σου φόβος". αὐτὸς γενέσθω ὑμῶν φόβος. καὶ ὥσπερ γίνεται τροφή τισιν καὶ ἄλλοις σοφία σοφοὺς αὐτοὺς παρασκευάζουσα καὶ ἑτέροις δικαιοσύνη, καὶ γίνονται δίκαιοι οἷς γέγονεν δικαιοσύνη, οὕτω 196 καὶ τοῦ ἁγιασμοῦ μετέχουσιν· αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἁγιασμός, "ὃς ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν σοφία ἀπὸ θεοῦ, δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἁγιασμὸς καὶ ἀπολύτρωσις". "φοβήθητε" οὖν "τὸν θεόν, πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι αὐτοῦ". οἱ αὐτοῦ ἅγιοι· εἰσὶν γὰρ ἁπλῶς ἅγιοι λεγόμενοι, ἀλλ' οὐκ αὐτοῦ. ὅσοι ἐπιμορφάζονται ἁγιότητα, ἅγιοι μὲν δοκοῦσιν εἶναι, οὐ τοῦ θεοῦ δέ. καὶ λέγει τὴν αἰτίαν διὰ τί "πάντες"· "οὐκ ἔστιν" γὰρ "ὑστέρημα τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν". ἀκαθυστερήτους καὶ ἀνενλιπεῖς ποιεῖ ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ φόβος. "φοβήθητε τὸν κύριον, πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι αὐτοῦ". ἐπείπερ "οὐκ ἔστιν ὑστέρημα τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν", ἵνα ἀνενλιπεῖς γένησθε, φοβήθητε αὐτὸν τὸν θεόν. καὶ οὔκ ἐςτίν γε παθητικός, ὡς ε̣ἶπ̣ον, ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ φόβος, ἀλλὰ σεβασμῷ ἴσος, εὐλαβείᾳ ἴσος. ὅταν φαντασίαν θεοῦ λάβωμεν, εὐθέως φόβος ἐπαύξεται, εὐλάβεια παραγίνεται· οὐ γὰρ οὕτω φοβούμεθα ὡς δεδιττόμενοι αὐτόν, οὐχ ὡς μορμολυκεῖόν τι, ἀλλ' ὡς σεβάσμιον ὑπερβάλλον. καὶ ἐπεὶ ἡ ἐκκλησία ἁγία ἐστὶν ἔνδοξος παραστᾶσα ἐκ δεξι ῶν τοῦ σωτῆρος, οἱ συνπληροῦντες αὐτὴν πάντες ἅγιοί εἰσιν. δύναται οὖν περὶ τῆς κλήσεως τῶν ἐθνῶν λέγεσθαι τό· "φοβήθητε τὸν κύριον, πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι αὐτοῦ". ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὑστέρημα τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν. 11 πλούσιοι ἐπτώχευσαν καὶ ἐπείνασαν, οἱ δὲ ἐκζητοῦντες τὸν κύριον οὐκ ἐλαττωθήσονται παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ. οἱ πρότεροι οἱ συνπληροῦντες τὴν συναγωγὴν τὴν πρὸ τῆς ἐπιδημίας πλούσιοι ὄντες εἰς πτωχείαν ἔπεσαν. πλούσιοι ἐπτώχευσαν καὶ ἐπείνασαν, οἱ δὲ ἐκζητοῦντες τὸν κύριον οὐκ ἐλαττωθήσονται παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ. ὅτε ᾔρθη ἀπ' αὐτῶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτε ἀπέβη ἀπ' αὐτῶν ἡ νόησις τῶν θείων γραφῶν, ὅτε ἀπεστράφησαν τὴν παλαιὰν γραφὴν καὶ αὐτὴ αὐτούς, ἐκ πλουσίων πένητες γέγοναν· ἐπεὶ γὰρ ὁ πλοῦτος οὗτος παντοίως ὠφελεῖ τὸν ἔχοντα-γίνεται γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ τροφή, γίνεται αὐτοῦ καὶ σκεπαστήριον καὶ ἀμφίον-, λέγει ὅτι οὗτοι οἱ πλούσιοι πτωχεύσαντες ἐπείνασαν. ἀπέβαλον τὴν πνευματικὴν τροφήν, ἀπεστράφησαν τὸν "ἄρτον τῆς ζωῆς". ἐπτώχευσαν οὖν, πλὴν εἰ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐπτώχευσαν, οἱ ἐκζητοῦντες τὸν κύριον οὐκ ἐλάττω̣νται τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ἀλλὰ πλήρης αὐτῶν γίνονται, τελείως αὐτῶν μεθέξουσιν· ὥσπερ γὰρ ᾔρται ἀπ' ἐκείνων ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν-τοῦτο καὶ ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ λέγει· "πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν καὶ πλουσίους ἐξαπέστειλεν κενούς". οἱ πάλαι πλουτοῦντες κενοὶ ἐξαπεστάλησαν· κἂν γὰρ ἔχωσιν τὰ βιβλία Μωσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν, ἀλλὰ κενοί εἰσιν τοῦ θείου πληρώματος αὐτῶν. πλήρωμα οὖν τῆς θείας γραφῆς οὐχ ἡ σκιά, ἀλλὰ ἡ ἀλ̣η´̣θεια καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα. "οἱ ἐκζητοῦντες" οὖν "τὸν κύριον"-ἐπίτασιν τὸ ἐκζητεῖν δηλοῖ-πληροῦνται πάντων ἀγαθῶν. περὶ τούτου καὶ ὁ ὑμ̣νῳδός που λέγει πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν διαλεγόμενος· "εὐλόγει, ἡ ψυχή μου, τὸν κύριον τὸν ἐνπιμπλῶντα ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν σου". καί· "κατατρύφησον τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ δώσει σοι τὰ αἰτήματα τῆς καρδίας σου". ἐπ' αὐτῆς εὑρίσκουσιν καλὰ πάντα̣ οἱ μεταβαίνοντες ἀπὸ τῆς σκιᾶς τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῆς ἐκ μέρους γνώσεως καὶ προφητείας. κυρίως δὲ ἀγαθὰ καὶ ἀκαθυστέρητα καὶ πληρέστατα τὰ τοῦ νόμου πνευματικά· ταῦτα γὰρ χειραγωγοῦσιν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἀλήθειαν τὴν πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον, τὴν τὸ τέλειον φέρουσαν, ἐν ᾗ οὐδεὶς ἀτελὴς ἔσται. 12 δεῦτε, τέκνα, ἀκούσατέ μου. φόβον κυρίου διδάξω ὑμᾶς εἰρηκὼς περὶ τοῦ δεῖν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἀναλαβεῖν φόβον, καὶ ὥς τινες ἀποπεσόντες ἀπ'