Matthew 11:11
Together with the others who came before him, he is born of a woman (Matthew 11:11). But those who have accepted the faith are no longer called born of women. As the most wise evangelist says, “As many as received him, he gave them authority to become children of God, who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.” (John 1:12–13) For we were reborn into God’s adoption not from corruptible seed, but through a living and abiding word. So those born not from corruptible seed but rather from God are better than everyone born of a woman.
John was born of a woman; but those who accepted the faith are no longer called born of women — “but they were born of God.” When Christ rose again after spoiling Hades, then the Spirit of adoption is given. Blessed John departed before the Spirit was given. So even if we are lesser than those who accomplished righteousness under the law, we have still come into greater things through Christ.
Greek
Ὁμοῦ τοῖς ἄλλοις, οἳ καὶ πρὸ αὐτοῦ γεγόνασιν, γεννητός ἐστι γυναικός, οἱ δέ γε τὴν πίστιν προση κάμενοι γεννητοὶ μὲν οὐκέτι χρη ματίζουσιν γυναικῶν, ἀλλά, φησὶν ὁ σοφώτατος εὐαγγελιστής, "ὅσοι ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξου σίαν τέκνα θεοῦ γενέσθαι, οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρός, ἀλλ' ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν"· ἀνε γεννήθημεν γὰρ εἰς υἱοθεσίαν θεοῦ οὐκ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρτῆς, διὰ δὲ λόγου ζῶντος καὶ μένοντος. κρείτ τονες οὖν παρὰ πᾶν τὸ γεννητὸν γυναικὸς οἱ μὴ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρ τῆς, γεγεννημένοι δὲ 14 μᾶλλον ἐκ θεοῦ. Ὁ μὲν Ἰωάννης γεννητὸς ἦν γυναικός, οἱ δέ γε τὴν πίστιν προσ ηκάμενοι γεννητοὶ μὲν οὐκέτι χρη ματίζουσι γυναικῶν, "ἀλλ' ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν". ὅτε δὲ Χριστὸς ἀνε βίω σκυλεύσας τὸν ᾅδην, τότε τὸ τῆς υἱοθεσίας δίδοται πνεῦμα. ὁ δὲ μακάριος Ἰωάννης πρὸ τοῦ δοθῆναι τὸ πνεῦμα ἀπῆλθεν, ὥστε κἂν ἐλάττονες ὦμεν τῶν ἐν νόμῳ δικαιοσύνην κατωρθωκότων, ἀλλ' ἐν μείζοσι γεγόναμεν διὰ Χριστόν.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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