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7.1 Therefore, the law-abiding Paul, made wise by the divine spirit, guarantees that those who believe in the Son escape the charge concerning the glory of created gods. 7.2 And he also calls "atheists" those who before this knew only God and the Father apart from the Son, since he is not perfected in created things, writing somewhere that "remember that you were once Gentiles in the flesh, who are called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the hope of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world." 7.3 and elsewhere: "But at that time, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, whose slaves you want to be once more"? 7.4 But indeed, he considers the ever-new and not declining into old age saving proclamation concerning Christ and the Holy Spirit and the ecclesiastical institution to be more excellent than the older law, because it is perfect and has neither troubling lawlessness nor ··better or greater it is necessary to propose·· in word or in manner for with this in mind he writes that "I became" "as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ." 7.5 And to the Romans: "For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received." 7.6 So then, looking to what and thinking what sorts of things of pure knowledge of God has he again written his own things? To the Corinthians in the second letter, that if one is reconciled to the Son, he has been reconciled to God, and that in Christ is the world's reconciliation to God. 7.7 And it says: "that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God." 7.8 And again, how, having set aside all other things, he preached, boasting greatly that even what seems to be a reproach to Christ on account of his benevolent economy, gushes forth all glory and strength, I suppose, doing this in practice, so that the one who does not behold from the glorious passion the unbegotten and pure and unchangeable divinity might incur a charge of arrogance. 7.9 And he said the following: "For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." And to the Romans: "the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe." 7.10 he says, through faith in the Son each one is justified by God. 7.11 And to the Galatians: "yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified." 7.12 And he explains elsewhere that "neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but a new faith working through love." 7.13 As the argument deepens, its meaning must be unfolded. 7.14 Therefore, he wishes to teach that the appearance of Christ has discovered a certain new and only faith for all people; according to which he has left no room for either Judaism or Hellenism. 7.15 And this could be understood also according to that: "behold, the old has passed away, all things have become new." And that to summ... he who knows God ceases from the law, as he says circumcision is not perfect. 7.16 but it has shone forth into

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7.1 Ἐκφεύγειν τοιγαροῦν τὸ ἔγκλημα τὸ περὶ τῆς δόξης τῶν κτιστῶν θεῶν τοὺς πιστεύοντας τῷ υἱῷ ὁ ἔννομος Παῦλος τῷ θεϊκῷ πνεύματι σεσοφισμένος ἐγγυᾶται. 7.2 ἔτι δὲ καὶ "ἀθέους" ἀποκαλεῖ τοὺς πρὸ τούτου ἐκτὸς τοῦ υἱοῦ τὸν θεὸν καὶ πατέρα μόνον ἐγνωκότας, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐν π̣ο̣ι̣ήμασι τ̣ελ̣εῖ, γράφων πῇ μὲν ὅτι «μνημονεύετε ὅτι ποτὲ ὑμεῖς τὰ ἔθνη ἐν σαρκί, οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀκροβυστία ὑπὸ τῆς λεγομένης περιτομῆς ἐν σαρκὶ χειροποιήτου, ὅτι ἦτε τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ χωρὶς Χριστοῦ, ἀπηλλοτρι̣ω̣μ̣ένοι τῆς ἐλπ̣ι´̣δος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ξένοι τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπ̣αγγελίας, ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχοντες καὶ ἄθεοι ἐν τῷ κ̣όσμῳ». 7.3 πῇ δέ «ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες θεὸν ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσι θεοῖς-νῦν δὲ γνόντες θεόν, μᾶλλον γν̣ωσθέντες ὑπὸ θεοῦ, πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα, οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δ̣ουλεύειν θ̣έλετε»; 7.4 ἀλλὰ μὴν τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου νόμου τὸ ἀεὶ νέον καὶ οὐκ εἰς γῆρας ἀποκλῖνον σω̣τ̣η´̣ρ̣ιον κήρυγμα τὸ περὶ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος καὶ τὸν ἐκκλησιαστικὸν θεσμὸν προφερέστερον ἡγεῖται διὰ τὸ τέλ̣ε̣ι̣ο̣ν καὶ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν μήτε ἀνομ ἐνοχλοῦν μήτε ··κάλλιον ἢ μεῖζον χρὴ προτεθη ο·· λόγῳ ἢ τρόπῳ καλλ γὰρ τῷ χρήματι τούτῳ γράφει π̣ε̣π σι τὸ μὲν ὁ´̣τι «ἐγενόμην» «κατὰ ζῆλον διώκων τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, κατὰ δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐν νόμῳ γενόμενος ἄμεμπτος· ἀλλὰ ἅτινα ἦν μοι κέρδη, ταῦτα ἥγημαι διὰ τὸν Χριστὸν ζημίαν. ἀλλὰ μὲν οὖν γε καὶ ἡγοῦμαι πάντα ζημίαν εἶναι διὰ τὸ ὑπερέχον τῆς γνώσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τ̣ο̣ῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, δι' ὃν τὰ πάντα ἐζημιώθην καὶ ἡγοῦμαι σκύβαλα εἶναι, ἵνα Χριστὸν κερδήσω». 7.5 Ῥωμαίοις δέ· «εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἄλλον Ἰησοῦν κηρύσσει, ὃν οὐκ ἐκηρύξαμεν, ἢ πνεῦμα ἕτερον λαμβάνετε, ὃ οὐκ ἐλάβετε». 7.6 Ἆρα δὲ καὶ πρὸς τί ἀπιδὼν καὶ οἷα διανοηθεὶς ἀκραιφνοῦς θεογνωσίας αὖθις ἴδια γέγραφεν· Κορινθίοις μὲν τὸ δεύτερον ὅτι γε εἰ τῷ υ̣ἱῷ τις καταλλαγῇ, τῷ θεῷ κατηλλάγη κ̣αὶ ὅτ̣ι ἐν Χριστῷ η῾̣ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν σ̣ύμβασίς ἐστι τοῦ κόσμου· 7.7 ἔχει δέ· «ὡς ὅτι θεὸς ἦν ἐν Χριστῷ κόσμον καταλλάσσων ἑαυτῷ, μὴ λογιζόμενος αὐτοῖς τὰ παραπτώμα̣τα αὐτῶν, καὶ θέμε̣νος ἐν ἡμῖν τὸν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς. ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ οὖν πρε̣σβεύομεν ὡς τοῦ θεοῦ παρακαλοῦντος δι' ἡμῶν. δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ· καταλλάγητε τῷ θεῷ». 7.8 Καὶ πάλιν ὡς πάντα τὰ ἄλλα ᾶ παρεὶς ἐκήρυττεν μεγάλα αὐχῶν ὅτι καὶ τὸ δοκοῦν ἐπονείδιστον εἶναι Χριστῷ διὰ τὴν φιλάνθρωπον αὐτοῦ οἰκονομίαν, πᾶσαν εὔκλειαν καὶ ῥώμην βρύει, ἐγᾦμαι τοῦτο ποιῶν ἐξ ἔργου, ἵνα καὶ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ ἐνδόξου πάθους τὴν ἀγένητον καὶ ἀκήρατον καὶ ἀναλλοίωτον θεότητα μὴ κατοπτεύων γραφὴν ὑπερηφανίας ὀφλοῖ. 7.9 ἔλεγεν δὲ τοιάδε· «οὐκ ἔκρινά τι εἰδέναι ἐν ὑμῖν εἰ μὴ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν καὶ τοῦτον ἐσταυρωμένον». Ῥωμαίοις δέ· «δικαιοσύνη δὲ θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς πάντας τοὺς πιστεύοντας». 7.10 διὰ τῆς εἰς τὸν υἱὸν φησ̣ὶ πίστεως δικαιοῦται ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἕκαστος. 7.11 Γαλάταις δέ· «εἰδότες δὲ ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικα̣ιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, ὅτι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σάρξ». 7.12 ἐξηγεῖται δὲ καὶ ἑτέρωθι ὅτι «οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ καινὴ πίστις δ̣ι̣' α᾿̣γάπης ἐνεργουμένη». 7.13 Τοῦ δὲ λόγου βαθύνοντος τὸν νοῦν ἀναπτυκτέον. 7.14 διδάσκειν μὲν οὖν βούλεται ὡς ἡ Χριστοῦ ἐπιφάνεια καινήν̣ τινα καὶ τὴν μόνην πίστιν ἁ´̣πασιν ἀνθρώποις ἐξεύρετο· καθ' ἣν οὐδεμίαν χώραν οὔτε Ἰουδαισμῷ οὔτε Ἑλληνισμῷ καταλέλοιπεν. 7.15 αὕτη δὲ νοηθ̣ε̣ι´̣η̣ ἂν καὶ κατὰ τό· «ἰδο̣υ`̣ τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν, καινὰ γέγονε̣ν πάν τα». καὶ ἵνα συνελ··ε̣ι̣ παύεται μὲν̣ ὁ τὸν̣ θεὸν εἰδὼς νόμου ὡσ μὴ τελεία̣ν τὴν π̣εριτομὴν φησίν. 7.16 ἀνέλαμψεν δὲ εἰς