Fragments on the First Epistle to Timothy 636 1 Tim 3,16 Instead of, he was justified spiritually but not legally; for even while fulfilling the commands of the Law, he fulfilled them not legally but spiritually. Or that even if to the carnal and hard-hearted he did not seem 637 to have been justified—for they were saying: a glutton and a drunkard—but to those strengthened in the spirit of God he has been justified; and “for we have seen his glory, glory as of an only-begotten,” and so on. 1 Tim 4,3 It is not a calligraphic error, as it seemed to some, nor an apostolic oversight, but is correctly expressed and according to Attic usage, just as “he prevented him from not doing wrong things” does not say that he was urging him to wrongdoing; and “he dissuaded him from not offending friends,” not to offend friends but the opposite; and again “he forbade from not stealing,” not that he permitted theft; and “he forbade to abstain from unmentionable acts,” meaning he led away from such practice; so also “they forbade to abstain from foods,” meaning they forbade from eating. And the usage is common also among those outside.

Fragmenta in epistulam i ad Timotheum 636 1 Tim 3,16Ἀντὶ τοῦ πνευματικῶς ἐδικαιώθη ἀλλ' οὐ νομικῶς· καὶ γὰρ καὶ τὰς νομικὰς πληρῶν ἐντολάς, οὐ νομικῶς αὐτὰς ἀλλὰ πνευματικῶς ἐξεπλήρωσεν. ἢ ὅτι εἰ καὶ τοῖς σαρκικοῖς καὶ βαρυκαρδίοις οὐκ ἐδόκει 637 δεδικαιῶσθαι ἔλεγον γάρ· φάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ στηριζομένοις δεδικαίωται· καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα γὰρ τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς καὶ ἑξῆς. 1 Tim 4,3 Οὐκ ἔστι σφάλμα καλλιγραφικόν, ὡς ἐνίοις ἔδοξεν, οὐδὲ παρόραμα ἀποστολικόν, ἀλλ' ὀρθῶς καὶ εἰς τὴνἈτθίδα συνήθειαν διαπεφρασμένον ὥσπερ τὸ ἐκώλυσεν αὐτὸν μὴ ποιεῖν τὰ ἄτοπα, οὐ λέγει ὡς εἰς ἀτοπίαν αὐτὸν προὔτρεπεν· καὶ τὸ ἀπέτρεπεν αὐτὸν μὴ προσκρούειν φίλοις, οὐχὶ φίλοις προσκρούειν ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον· καὶ πάλιν ἐκώλυεν μὴ κλέπτειν, οὐχ ὅτι ἐπέτρεπε τὴν κλοπήν· καὶ ἐκώλυεν ἀπέχεσθαι ἀρρητοποιΐας, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπῆγεν ἀπὸ τῆς τοιαύτης πράξεως· οὕτως καὶ ἐκώλυον ἀπέχεσθαι βρωμάτων, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐκώλυον ἀπὸ τῆς βρώσεως. πολλὴ δὲ καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἔξω ἡ χρῆσις.