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ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος,
εἰρηνοποιοὺς πρός τε τοὺς πλησίον καὶ πρὸς τὴν
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ἑαυτῶν ψυχήν, ὑποτάξαντας δηλονότι τὸ χεῖρον
τῷ κρείττονι καὶ τὸν μεταξὺ αὐτῶν διηνεκῆ
πόλεμον ὀρθῇ κρίσει εἰρηνοποιήσαντας, ὑπομένειν
τε πάντα διωγμὸν καὶ πᾶσαν θλῖψιν καὶ
ὀνειδισμόν, ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος
αὐτοῦ ἡμῖν ἐπαγόμενον, ἵνα τῆς αἰωνίου χαρᾶς
ἐν τῇ λαμπρᾷ τῶν δώρων διανομῇ ἀξιωθῶμεν.
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ οὕτως παρακελεύεται
λάμπειν τὸ φῶς ἡμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων,
ὅπως ἴδωσι, φησί, τὰ καλὰ ἔργα ὑμῶν, καὶ
δοξάσωσι τὸν Πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.
1 Ὁ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ Μωσέως νόμος, ὁ πάλαι δοθεὶς
τοῖς Ἰσραηλίταις, Οὐ φονεύσεις, λέγει, οὐ μοιχεύσεις,
οὐ κλέψεις, οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις: ὁ δὲ
2 Χριστός φησιν, ὅτι Πᾶς ὁ ὀργιζόμενος τῷ ἀδελφῷ
αὐτοῦ εἰκῆ, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ κρίσει. ὃς δ̓ ἂν εἴπῃ,
Μωρέ, ἔνοχος ἔσται εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ πυρός:
καὶ ὅτι, Ἐὰν προσφέρῃς τὸ δῶρόν σου ἐπὶ τὸ
θυσιαστήριον, κἀκεῖ μνησθῇς ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου
ἔχει τι κατὰ σοῦ, ἄφες ἐκεῖ τὸ δῶρόν σου ἐπὶ τὸ
θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἀπελθὼν πρῶτον διαλλάγηθι
τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου: καὶ ὅτι Πᾶς ὁ ἐμβλέπων γυναῖκα
πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι, ἤδη ἐμοίχευσεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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