[παθητ. There is a paranomasia in the original, indicated here by the word “passible.”—R.]
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Homily 18
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For if the things of which He spake at the beginning, being far less than these, have so great blessings pronounced on them; consider what sort of portion awaits them, who duly perform these, and what they become even before their rewards, in a human and passiblebody winning entire freedom from passion. Since when neither insult, nor blows, nor the spoiling of their property, galls them; while they give way to no such thing, but rather add in large measure to their endurance; reflect what kind of training their soul is undergoing.
ὄμοιοι, Chrys. υο, rec. text. [For the former reading in the New Testament there is no ms. authority.—R.]
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4. “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them which despitefully use you: bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. That ye may become likeyour Father which is in Heaven; for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”
τελωνα, rec. text. [But ο θνικο, the reading accepted by Chrysostom, is supported by the best authorities of every class. Comp. R.V.—R.]
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“Do not even the Gentilesthe same?” Yet nevertheless He stops not the discourse at this, but makes it end with His rewards, and those good hopes, saying,
σε τν νδρα εσονταιἁψδα.
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those pangs. These do thou too emulate, and prove not softer than women. For after these women have brought forth (for these men are more feeble minded than women), then they will know thee to be a man in comparison.of Heaven?
ἀγγαρευσθαι. [See note on sec. 3.—R.]
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For this cause then let us anticipate them. Since we who are commanded to take blows, and be compelled to journey,and to be stripped by enemies, and to bear it; what kind of indulgence should we deserve, exhibiting so great contentiousness in a mere formal address?