Fragments on the Epistle to the Philippians (in catenae) 621 Phil 1,5 For the fellowship. for your fellowship in the gospel. And the "from the first day": either that from the first day since you believed until now I give thanks to my God for all of you, making my prayer with joy, or for your fellowship in the gospel, which has been served from the first day until now. But what follows seems rather to agree 622 with the first interpretation. For how could you give thanks from the beginning, having seen them not yet confirmed in the fellowship? "Being confident," he says, "that he who implanted such a willing and fervent beginning would himself also bring it to the perfection of a work." Phil 1,7 To think this of all. For he who has bestowed great zeal and care upon them thinks and considers his disciples to be accomplishing good and great things. Or, it is right for me to think this, I who have such a disposition towards you as not even in my bonds to forget you, but always to carry you in my heart. And what is the reason for having them in his heart and unforgotten? Because they are, he says, partakers with me of grace; either of the spiritual gift supplied to them through faith, working in them in various ways then, or simply of the grace of regeneration and adoption through baptism. Or I said I have you as partakers in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation. And "of grace" instead of "through grace"; for without divine grace no one is deemed worthy of such fellowship. Phil 1,8 In the tender mercies of Jesus Christ. As if: not with human affections, nor experiencing anything human, but being wholly disposed according to Christ Jesus. It is a great thing to be longed for by Paul; but even in his tender mercies is greater; and "in the tender mercies of Jesus Christ" leaves no room for hyperbole. Phil 1,13 So that the bonds. Or "the bonds in Christ," that is, "for Christ's sake," so that the syntax would be by hyperbaton. Or, "the bonds," he says, "which have become manifest in Christ," that is, made manifest by the good pleasure and economy of Christ; for Paul, who suffered and succeeded, was nothing, if he did not attribute it to Christ. Or, the bonds of those are manifested in Christ, who do not do anything for show, but do things in such a way that those who see are edified and glorify God in heaven. 623 Phil 1,17 Or what else, he says, if not this? As if: for what else, if not that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel? Phil 1, As always, so now. Christ was always magnified in Paul, both when he allowed him to suffer in bonds and scourgings, and when he drew him out and delivered him. For through the one the preaching was confirmed and strengthened, as those who saw Paul's bonds and afflictions reasoned that if his preaching were not something divine and entirely true, he would not have joyfully given himself over to countless evils when it was possible to stop and be released. Therefore, Christ was rightly magnified as the preaching was confirmed. And again when he drew him out and rescued him from dangers, he was magnified by that very fact. For if the grace that rescued Paul were not some divine and superhuman grace, how were the bonds loosed? How were the doors opened? How did those countless miracles happen? Christ therefore bore witness to Paul through the dangers from which he rescued him; and Paul in turn, through the trials which he endured, bore witness to the preaching; and through both Christ was magnified. So also now, he says; whether Christ delivers me from death or not, he will be magnified in me; for I, even while living, will not desist from boldness for the sake of the preaching, and if I must die, I will die with it. Whether by life. whether by life, as now snatching me from the bloodthirstiness of Nero, or by death, as later deeming me worthy to complete the martyrdom for his sake by the sword. Phil 1,24-25 And being confident of this, I know. Instead of "and this I know with confidence and without doubting." And what is it that he knows with confidence and without doubting? That it is more necessary for their sake to remain in the flesh. Then: I know

Fragmenta in epistulam ad Philippenses (in catenis) 621 Phil 1,5 Ἐπὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ. ἐπὶ τῇ εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον κοινωνίᾳ ὑμῶν. τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ πρώτης ἡμέρας· ἢ ὅτι ἀπὸ πρώτης ἡμέρας ἀφ' οὗ ἐπιστεύσατε μέχρι τοῦ νῦν εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ μου ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν μετὰ χαρᾶς τὴν δέησιν ποιούμενος, ἢ ἐπὶ τῇ εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον κοινωνίᾳ ὑμῶν τῇ ἀπὸ πρώτης ἡμέρας μέχρι τοῦ νῦν διακονουμένῃ. ἔοικε δὲ τὸ ἐφεξῆς μᾶλλον τῇ προτέρᾳ ἐκδοχῇ 622 συμφωνεῖν. πῶς γὰρ ἀπ' ἀρχῆς ηὐχαρίστεις μήπω βεβαιωθέντας ἐπὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ ἰδών; πεποιθώς, φησίν, ὅτι ὁ τοιαύτην πρόθυμον καὶ θέρμης γέμουσαν ἀρχὴν ἐνθείς, αὐτὸς καὶ εἰς τελειότητα ἔργου ταύτην προαγάγοι. Phil 1,7 Τοῦτο φρονεῖν ὑπὲρ πάντων. φρονεῖ γὰρ καὶ λογίζεται ἀγαθὰ καὶ μεγάλα διανύειν τοὺς μαθητὰς ὁ μεγάλην σπουδὴν καὶ ἐπιμέλειαν εἰς αὐτοὺς καταβεβληκώς. ἢ δίκαιον ἐμοὶ τοῦτο λογίζεσθαι, τῷ τοιαύτην ἔχοντι διάθεσιν περὶ ὑμᾶς ὥστε μηδ' ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου ἐπιλανθάνεσθαι ὑμᾶς, ἀλλ' ἐγκαρδίους ἀεὶ περιφέρειν. τί δὲ τὸ αἴτιον τὸ ἐγκαρδίους αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀνεπιλήστους ἔχειν; ὅτι συγκοινωνοί μου, φησί, τῆς χάριτός εἰσιν· ἢ τῆς διὰ πίστεως ἐπιχορηγουμένης αὐτοῖς πνευματικῆς δωρεᾶς ποικίλως αὐτοῖς ἐνεργουμένης τότε, ἢ ἁπλῶς χάριτος τῆς διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος παλιγγενεσίας καὶ υἱοθεσίας. ἢ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ εἶπον ἔχειν συγκοινωνούς μου ὄντας ὑμᾶς, ἔν τε τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀπολογίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ βεβαιώσει. τὸ δὲ τῆς χάριτος ἀντὶ τοῦ διὰ τῆς χάριτος· ἄνευ γὰρ θείας χάριτος οὐδεὶς ἀξιοῦται τῆς τοιαύτης κοινωνίας. Phil 1,8 Ἐν σπλάγχνοις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. οἷον· οὐκ ἀνθρωπίνοις, οὐδέ τι ἀνθρώπινον πάσχουσιν, ἀλλ' ὅλον κατὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν διακειμένοις. μέγα μὲν τὸ ὑπὸ Παύλου ποθεῖσθαι· τὸ δὲ καὶ ἐν σπλάγχνοις μεῖζον· τὸ δὲ καὶ ἐν σπλάγχνοις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ οὐδεμίαν ὑπερβολὴν ἀπολιμπάνει. Phil 1,13 Ὥστε τοὺς δεσμούς. ἢ τοὺς ἐν Χριστῷ δεσμούς, τοῦτ' ἔστι τοὺς διὰ Χριστόν, ἵνα ᾖ καθ' ὑπερβατὸν ἡ σύνταξις. ἢ τοὺς δεσμούς, φησί, τοὺς ἐν Χριστῷ φανεροὺς γεγενημένους, τοῦτ' ἔστι εὐδοκίᾳ καὶ οἰκονομίᾳ Χριστοῦ φανερωθέντας· καὶ γὰρ οὐδὲν ἦν ὁ πάσχων καὶ κατορθῶν Παῦλος, εἰ οὐκ ἀνέφερεν εἰς Χριστόν. ἢ ἐκείνων ἐν Χριστῷ οἱ δεσμοὶ φανεροῦνται, τῶν μὴ κατ' ἐπίδειξίν τι πραττόντων, ἀλλὰ οὕτως πραττόντων ὥστε τοὺς ὁρῶντας ὠφελεῖσθαι καὶ τὸν ἐν οὐρανοῖς δοξάζειν θεόν. 623 Phil 1,17 Ἢ τί γὰρ ἄλλο, φησίν, εἰ μὴ τοῦτο; οἷον· τί ἄλλο γὰρ εἰ μὴ εἰς ἀπολογίαν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου κεῖμαι; Phil 1, Ὡς πάντοτε καὶ νῦν. πάντοτε ἐμεγαλύνετο Χριστὸς ἐν τῷ Παύλῳ, καὶ ὅτε παρεχώρει αὐτὸν τοῖς δεσμοῖς καὶ ταῖς μάστιξιν ἐνταλαιπωρεῖν, καὶ ὅτε ἐξεῖλκε καὶ ἐλυτροῦτο αὐτόν. διὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐκείνου ἐβεβαιοῦτο καὶ ἐκρατύνετο τὸ κήρυγμα, λογιζομένων τῶν ὁρώντων τὰ Παύλου δεσμὰ καὶ τὰς θλίψεις, ὡς εἰ μὴ θεῖόν τι καὶ πανάληθες αὐτοῦ τὸ κήρυγμα, οὐκ ἂν ἑαυτὸν μυρίοις χαίρων ἐξεδίδου κακοῖς ἐνὸν παυσάμενον ἀπαλλάττεσθαι. διὸ εἰκότως ἐμεγαλύνετο ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ κηρύγματος βεβαιουμένου. πάλιν δὲ ὅτε ἐξεῖλκε καὶ ἐξήρπαζεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων, αὐτόθεν ἐμεγαλύνετο. εἰ μὴ γὰρ θεία τις καὶ ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον ἦν ἡ ῥυομένη τὸν Παῦλον χάρις, πῶς ἐλύετο τὰ δεσμά; πῶς ἀνεῴγνυντο αἱ θύραι; πῶς τὰ μυρία ἐκεῖνα θαύματα ἐγεγόνει; ἐμαρτύρει οὖν ὁ Χριστὸς δι' ὧν ἐρρύετο τῶν κινδύνων Παύλῳ· καὶ Παῦλος πάλιν δι' ὧν ἐνεκαρτέρει τοῖς πειρασμοῖς, ἐμαρτύρει τῷ κηρύγματι· καὶ δι' ἀμφοῖν ὁ Χριστὸς ἐμεγαλύνετο. οὕτως οὖν καὶ νῦν, φησίν· εἴτε ἐξαιρεῖταί με τοῦ θανάτου εἴτε μὴ ὁ Χριστός, ἐν ἐμοὶ μεγαλυνθήσεται· ἐγὼ γὰρ καὶ ζῶν τῆς ὑπὲρ τοῦ κηρύγματος παρρησίας οὐκ ἀποστήσομαι, κἂν δέῃ με τεθνάναι, μετὰ ταύτης τεθνήξομαι. Εἴτε διὰ ζωῆς. εἴτε διὰ ζωῆς ὡς νῦν ἐξαρπάζων ἐκ τῆς Νέρωνος μιαιφονίας, εἴτε διὰ θανάτου ὡς ὕστερον ἀξιῶν με τὸ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ μαρτύριον ξίφει τελειῶσαι. Phil 1,24-25 Καὶ τοῦτο πεποιθὼς οἶδα. ἀντὶ τοῦ καὶ τοῦτο τεθαρρηκῶς καὶ οὐ διστάζων οἶδα. τί δέ ἐστιν ὃ θαρρῶν καὶ οὐ διστάζων οἶδεν; ὅτι ἀναγκαιότερον τὸ δι' αὐτοὺς ἐπιμένειν τῇ σαρκί. εἶτα· οἶδα