The Work of the Spirit vs the Law
As the universe abandons the practice of those hearing, our Lord Jesus Christ, through the gift of the Spirit, works the salvation of those under himself, acting as a creator who makes us from the beginning, transforming and regulating us to receive and dwell in the divine inspiration; he uses words for exhortation to prepare us fitly, shaping us with a spirit that provides, not by leaving things to us. For if we were judged again, we would be unable to obey, and the knowledge of sin would be among us rather than from us; rather, preparing us as vessels for the Spirit, he relaxes our compassion toward the world and loosens fleshly bonds while increasing our indwelling of the Spirit.
Thus the law is sharp for punishment and the Spirit is non-vengeful; the one seeks the uprightness of men toward justice, the other provides from himself. For the law follows the one, bringing punitive consequences to the commanding one when he is not obeyed, but the Spirit, having power for the correction of those who believe, even if the first ones receive the creation from him with weakness, does not immediately recognize or punish, but preserves the man being educated by the salvation from himself, just as Paul said Satan would deliver one to destruction of the flesh so that the spirit might be saved (1 Corinthians 5:5). For the Spirit of the Lord endures until the presence of Christ, until the time of the present creation expires, the standing of judgment where he casts away the uncorrectable and finds the rest fit for eternal life.
Therefore the apostle also says elsewhere that God is the one working in you, both to will and to work according to his good pleasure (Philippians 2:13), not cutting off our autonomy, but explaining the power from God toward virtue. And the Savior, having risen, breathed in the Holy Spirit, and therefore, dwelling in us, commanded us not to worry about what we shall speak, saying, 'It is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you' (John 16:13).
Already the prophetic word, defining the new covenant in the gift of the Spirit, says, explaining the divine toward Israel in discourse: 'And this covenant is for them from me,' he said, 'and my Spirit is upon you, and the words which I have given into your mouth shall not depart from your mouth or from the seed of your mate,' says the Lord, 'from now and unto the age' (Isaiah 59:21). And these things are through Isaiah. But through Jeremiah, God promising the new covenant says: 'This is the covenant which I will make with them in those days,' he says, 'giving my laws into their hearts, and upon...'
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τῇ πράξει τῶν ἀκουόντων τὸ σύμπαν καταλείποντος, τοῦ δὲ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τὸ μὲν σύμπαν ἐν τῇ δόσει τοῦ πνεύματος τὴν τῶν ὑφ' ἑαυτὸν σωτηρίαν ἐργαζομένου καὶ οἱονεὶ δημιουργοῦντος ἡμᾶς ἐξ ἀρχῆς καὶ μεταπλάττοντος καὶ ῥυθμίζοντος ἐν τῷ τὴν θείαν ἐπίπνοιαν ὑποδέχεσθαι τοὺς πιστεύοντας καὶ πρὸς αὐτὴν οἰκειοῦσθαι, λόγοις δὲ εἰς παραίνεσιν κεχρημένου δι' ὧν ἐπιτηδείους ἡμᾶς κατασκευάζει τῷ 64 μορφοῦντι καὶ διατιθέντι πνεύματι, οὐχ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς τὰ καθ' ἡμᾶς ἐπιτρέψας· ᾗ γὰρ ἂν κατεκρινόμεθα πάλιν ἀδυνατοῦντες εἰς τὸ πείθε σθαι, καὶ ἡ τῆς ἁμαρτίας γνῶσις καθ' ἡμῶν μᾶλλον ἢ παρ' ἡμῶν ἐγίνετο, ἀλλὰ τῷ πνεύματι δοχεῖα παρασκευάζων ἡμᾶς, ἀνιέντας μέν, ὅσ' ἡμέραι, τὴν πρὸς τὸν κόσμον συμπάθειαν καὶ λύοντας τὰ δεσμὰ τὰ σαρκικά, ἐπιτείνοντας δὲ τὴν πρὸς τὸ πνεῦμα οἰκείωσιν. διὸ καὶ νόμος μὲν εἰς τιμωρίαν ὀξύς, πνεῦμα δὲ ἀνεξίκακον, ὁ μὲν τὴν ἰδίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατόρθωσιν εἰς δικαιοσύνην ζητῶν, τὸ δὲ τὴν παρ' ἑαυτοῦ χορηγοῦν. τούτῳ γὰρ ἕπεται τὸν μὲν νόμον οὐ κατορθουμένου τοῦ προκειμένου τιμωρητικὸν ἐπιφέρειν τῷ προστακτικῷ–τούτῳ γὰρ ἦν ἐχόμενον ἐκείνου–, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα δύναμιν ἔχον εἰς τὴν τῶν πεπιστευκότων διόρθωσιν, εἰ καὶ τὰ πρῶτα ἐξασθενοίην τὴν παρ' αὐτοῦ δημιουργίαν ὑποδέξασθαι, μήτε ἀπογινώσκειν μήτε κολάζειν εὐθύς, ἀλλὰ τῇ παρ' ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίᾳ φυλάττειν τὸν ἄνθρωπον παιδευόμενον, ὥσπερ ὁ Παῦλος ἔφασκε τῷ σατανᾷ παραδώσειν εἰς ὄλεθρον τῆς σαρκός, ἵνα τὸ πνεῦμα σωθῇ· τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ κυρίου ἀνέχεται γὰρ ἄχρι τῆς Χριστοῦ παρουσίας, ἕωσπερ ἂν ὁ τῆς νῦν ἐπιτελουμένης δημιουργίας ἐξήκῃ χρόνος, κρίσεως ἐπιστάσης ᾗ τοὺς ἀδιορθώτους ἀπω θεῖται τὸ λοιπὸν ἀνεπιτηδείους εἰς τὴν αἰώνιον ζωὴν εὑρισκομένους. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ φησιν ὁ ἀπόστολος θεὸν εἶναι τὸν ἐνερ γοῦντα ἐν ὑμῖν καὶ τὸ θέλειν καὶ τὸ ἐνεργεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐδοκίας, οὐχὶ τὸ αὐτεξούσιον ἡμῶν περικόπτων, ἀλλὰ τὴν παρὰ θεοῦ δύναμιν εἰς ἀρετὴν ἐξηγούμενος. καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐνεφύσησεν ἀναστάς, διὰ τοῦτο προσοικειῶν ἡμᾶς καὶ μηδὲ μεριμνᾶν ὅτι λαλήσομεν ἐκέλευσεν, οὐ γὰρ ὑμεῖς ἐστε, λέγων, οἱ λαλοῦντες, ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν ὑμῖν. ἤδη δὲ καὶ ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος τὴν νέαν δια θήκην ἐν τῇ δόσει τοῦ πνεύματος ὁριζόμενος λέγει, θεϊκὴν ἐξηγούμενος πρὸς τὸν Ἰσραὴλ διάλεξιν· καὶ αὕτη αὐτοῖς ἡ παρ' ἐμοῦ διαθήκη, εἶπεν, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐμόν ἐστιν ἐπὶ σοί, καὶ τὰ ῥήματα ἃ δέδωκα εἰς τὸ στόμα σου, οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ σπέρ ματός σου· εἶπεν κύριος ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ 4 εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν διὰ τοῦ Ἡσαίου. διὰ δὲ τοῦ Ἰερεμίου τὴν καινὴν διαθήκην ἐπαγγελόμενος ὁ θεός· αὕτη, φησίν, ἡ διαθήκη ἣν διαθήσομαι πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέ ραις, διδοὺς νόμους μου ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ
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Apollinaris of Laodicea on Romans (catena fragments).
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