Matthew 12:31–32
By “Spirit” he means the whole divinity of the Trinity. Still, forgiveness is given through the Spirit’s grace to those who repent. Wanting to show the greatness of the sin, Christ spoke this way — for with God there is no unforgivable sin among those who repent genuinely and as they ought.
By “Spirit” he means the whole divinity of the Trinity. Still, forgiveness is given through the Spirit’s grace to those who repent and are baptized. Wanting to show the greatness of the sin, Christ said this. For though God often either exacts accounts from sinners only here and not also there — according to “the Lord will not avenge twice for the same” (Matthew 12:31–32) — or forbears in the present age without also granting forgiveness from there, of such people he says the punishment is indelible and without pardon both here and there.
Greek
Πνεῦμα λέγων ὁλόκληρον τὴν τῆς τριάδος θεότητα· πλὴν δίδοται τοῖς μετανοοῦσιν διὰ τῆς τοῦ πνεύ ματος χάριτος συγγνώμη. ἀλλὰ τὸ μέγεθος θέλων δεῖξαι ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ ἁμαρτήματος, οὕτως εἶπεν, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἁμαρτία ἀσυγχώρητος παρὰ θεῷ ἐν τοῖς γνησίως καὶ κατ' ἀξίαν μετανοοῦσιν. Πνεῦμα λέγων ὁλόκληρον τὴν τῆς τριάδος θεότητα λέγει· πλὴν δίδοται τοῖς μετανοοῦσιν διὰ τῆς τοῦ πνεύματος χάριτος βαπτιζο μένοις συγγνώμη. ἀλλὰ τὸ μέγεθος θέλων δεῖξαι ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ ἁμαρ τήματος εἶπεν τοῦτο· εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἔθος τῷ θεῷ πολλάκις ἢ ὧδε μόνον ἀπαιτῆσαι εὐθύνας τοὺς ἁμαρτή σαντας οὐ μὴν κἀκεῖ κατὰ τὸ "οὐκ ἐκδικήσει κύριος δὶς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό", ἤτοι ἀνεξικακῆσαι μὲν ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι, οὐ μὴν κἀκεῖθεν δοῦναι συγ γνώμην, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τῶν τοιούτων ἀνεξ άλειπτον καὶ ἀσύγγνωστον καὶ ὧδε κἀκεῖ λέγει τὴν κόλασιν.
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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