Hatred of the world; Spirit convicts (John 15:15–16:12)
to slaves did I tell you the secrets, but as to friends and sharers of the goods.
The Son gives what is asked in place of the Father, so that we may know that the Son was not less than the Father.
This is for us; for you suffer this because of me. Therefore do not ache or take it hard; for you are not better than I.
If the wicked loved you—that is, the world—clearly you too would be wicked.
The one who despises the world’s things, even if he is from the world, is said not to be from the world.
If I suffered all things for slaves, when you the slaves suffer the like for the Master, you ought not to take it heavily. If you suffer things like mine, do not be troubled; for so you become sharers of my sufferings. Even if they do this toward my insult, yet through me they also insult the Father.
I omitted nothing, he says, of what tends to the Jews’ benefit, neither in words nor in works, of which no one saw the like.
And through the prophet he showed that the hatred against him was irrational. The Jews’ wickedness fulfilled what was prophesied.
So that you may know that as God by nature I know all things, I foretell what will be, and so that you may believe that I can free you from the dangers brought upon you.
So great will be the madness of those who kill you—not only Jews but also Gentiles and heretics—that they think slaughtering you is a power of God-loving worship.
So that what is said may not be dimmed by time, they were silent about teaching virtue according to piety.
Under fear and grief they were beside themselves and silent.
Unless I suffer, the Spirit who is cause of every good gift does not come upon you.
So great is the power of the Holy Spirit’s descent that then the sin of those who have offended against me will be made plain. As many as after the Holy Spirit’s descent did not believe in Christ remained in their own sins; the one who did not believe in the sinless one is condemned as a sinner.
He was condemned as having killed through the Jews the Christ who is sinless, since he was making excuses saying that Adam did not die through me but because he sinned. And since after the passion healings happen through the Holy Spirit, through the deeds the devil’s overthrow is shown.
Unjust is the one who did not believe in the righteous one taken up into the heavens for his righteousness and become unseen to human beings. Slack, because though Satan was crushed he still would not conquer him.
Greek
δούλοις εἶπον ὑμῖν τὰ ἀπόρρητα, ἀλλ' ὡς φίλοις καὶ κοινωνοῖς τῶν ἀγαθῶν. 525 {3Jο 15, 16}3Ὁ υἱὸς <ἀντὶ> τοῦ πατρὸς <τὸ> αἰτούμενον δίδωσιν, ἵνα γνῶμεν, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν ἐλάττων τοῦ πατρὸς ὁ υἱός. 527 {3Jο 15, 18}3Ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐστι τοῦτο· δι' ἐμὲ γὰρ τοῦτο πάσχετε. διὸ μὴ ἀλγεῖτε μηδὲ δυσχεραίνετε· οὐ γάρ ἐστέ μου κρείττους. 528 {3Jο 15, 18}3Εἰ ἐφίλουν ὑμᾶς οἱ πονηροί, ὅ ἐστι ὁ κόσμος, δηλονότι καὶ ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ἦτε. 529 {3Jο 15, 19}3Ὁ τῶν τοῦ κόσμου καταφρονῶν, εἰ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἐστίν, λέγεται μὴ εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου. 530 {3Jο 15, }3Εἰ ἐγὼ ὑπὲρ τῶν δούλων πάντα ἔπαθον, ὅταν ὑμεῖς οἱ δοῦλοι ὑπὲρ τοῦ δεσπότου πάσχητε τὰ ὅμοια, οὐκ ὀφείλετε βαρέως φέρειν. εἰ τὰ ὅμοιά μου πάθητε, μὴ θορυβεῖσθε· οὕτω γὰρ γίνεσθε κοινωνοὶ τῶν ἐμῶν παθημάτων. εἰ καὶ πρὸς ἐμὴν ὕβριν τοῦτο ποιοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ δι' ἐμοῦ καὶ τὸν πατέρα ὑβρίζουσιν. 531 {3Jο 15, }3Οὐδέν, φησίν, παρέλειψα τῶν εἰς ὠφέλειαν τῶν Ἰουδαίων συντεινόντων, οὐκ ἐν λόγοις, οὐκ ἐν ἔργοις, ὧν μὴ εἶδέ τις ὅμοια. 532 {3Jο 15, 25}3Καὶ διὰ τοῦ προφήτου ἔδειξεν, ὅτι ἄλογον ἦν τὸ κατ' αὐτοῦ μῖσος. πονηρία τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐπλήρωσε τὸ προφητευθέν. 533 {3Jο 16, 1}3∆ιὰ τὸ γνῶναι ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ὡς φύσει θεὸς οἶδα πάντα, προλέγω τὰ ἐσόμενα καὶ ἵνα πιστεύητε, ὅτι δύναμαι ὑμᾶς ἐλευθερῶσαι τῶν ἐπαγομένων ὑμῖν κινδύνων. 534 {3Jο 16, 2}3Τοσαύτη ἔσται ἡ μανία τῶν ὑμᾶς ἀποκτεινόντων οὐ μόνον Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐθνικῶν καὶ αἱρετικῶν, ὅτι λατρείας θεοφιλοῦς δύναμιν εἶναι νομίζουσι τὸ σφάξαι ὑμᾶς. 535 {3Jο 16, 4}3Ἵνα μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ ἀμαυρωθῇ τὰ λεγόμενα, ἐσιώπων τὴν κατ' εὐσέβειαν ἀρετὴν διδάξαι. 536 {3Jο 16, 6}3Ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους καὶ τῆς λύπης ἐξέστησαν καὶ ἐσιώπησαν. 537 {3Jο 16, 7}3Ἐὰν μὴ πάθω, οὐκ ἐπιφοιτᾷ ὑμῖν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πάσης δόσεως ἀγαθῆς αἴτιον. 538 {3Jο 16, 8}3Τοσαύτη ἐστὶν ἡ δύναμις τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος καθόδου, ὅτι τότε φανερωθήσεται ἡ τῶν εἰς ἐμὲ πεπλημμεληκότων ἁμαρτία. ὅσοι μετὰ τὴν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος κάθοδον οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς τὸν Χριστόν, ἔμειναν ἐν ταῖς ἑαυτῶν ἁμαρτίαις, ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κατακρίνεται ὁ μὴ πιστεύσας εἰς τὸν ἀνα μάρτητον. 539 {3Jο 16, 11}3Κατεκρίθη ὡς ἀποκτείνας διὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὸν Χριστὸν ἀναμάρτητον ὄντα, ἐπειδὴ προφασιζόμενος ἔλεγεν, ὅτι ὁ Ἀδὰμ οὐ δι' ἐμὲ ἀπέθανεν, ἀλλ' ὅτι ἥμαρτεν. ἐπειδὴ δὲ μετὰ τὸ πάθος διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος γίνονται αἱ ἰάσεις, διὰ τῶν πραγμάτων δείκνυται τοῦ διαβόλου ἡ κατάλυσις. 540 {3Jο 16, 12}3Ὡς ἄδικος ὁ μὴ πιστεύσας εἰς τὸν δίκαιον τὸν διὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ ἀναληφθέντα εἰς οὐρανοὺς καὶ ἀφανῆ γεγονότα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. ὡς ῥᾴθυμος, ὅτι κατακλασθέντος τοῦ σατανᾶ οὐδὲ οὕτως αὐτὸν ἠθέλησε νικῆσαι. ®
About this text
Ammonius of Alexandria, Fragmenta in Joannem (Greek).
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Khazarzar scan
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- Copy-text PG 85 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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