The Analogy of the Seed and the Body
Of seeds: But if it dies, it bears much fruit. It is evident that the living one dies; and you once refrained from eating the things that have life-giving power. And the apostle Paul says: That which you sow is not made alive unless it dies (1 Cor 15:36); and that which you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be born, but a naked grain if it should be wheat or something of the rest; but God gives to it a body, as He willed (1 Cor 15:37-38). It has been demonstrated also concerning the seeds, how it dies and is made alive, and that God gives to it a body, as He willed.
You have in the Old Testament that God sincerely accepted sacrifices from the righteous, and that all the saints ate meat and the rest of the creatures with thanksgiving; you were persuaded through the holy gospels that text ends in gap.
Greek
σπερμάτων· Ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ, καρπὸν πολὺν φέρει. ∆ῆλον ὅτι ὁ ζῶν ἀποθνῄσκει· σὺ δὲ ἅπαξ παρεφυλάξω ἐσθίειν τὰ κεκτημένα τὴν ζωτικὴν δύναμιν. Καὶ ὁ ἀπόστολος Παῦλος· Σὺ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ ζωοποιεῖται, ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ· καὶ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ τὸ σῶμα τὸ γενησόμενον σπείρεις, ἀλλὰ γυμνὸν κόκκον εἰ τύχοι σίτου ἤ τινος τῶν λοιπῶν· ὁ δὲ θεὸς δίδωσιν αὐτῷ σῶμα, καθὼς ἠθέλησεν. Ἀποδέδεικται καὶ περὶ τῶν σπερμάτων, πῶς ἀποθνῄσκει καὶ ζωοποιεῖται καὶ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς δίδωσιν αὐτῷ σῶμα, καθὼς ἠθέλησεν. Ἔχεις ἐν τῇ παλαιᾷ διαθήκῃ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς γνησίως θυσίας παρὰ τῶν δικαίων προσεδέξατο καὶ ὅτι οἱ ἅγιοι πάντες μετὰ εὐχαριστίας ἤσθιον κρέα καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ κτίσματα· ἐπείσθης διὰ τῶν ἁγίων εὐαγγελίων ὅτι ...........
About this text
A fierce defense of Christian truth against deceptive heresies and their harmful influence on believers.
Original English Translation — new OET from PG Greek.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 39 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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