Matthew 14:21
What is male is always chosen by God as most ready for combat, able to come into youth — that is, into spiritual fitness — to sow seed, to teach others, and strong enough to measure “to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” (Matthew 14:21) (Ephesians 4:13)
Greek
Ἐκλεκτὸν ἀεὶ θεῷ τὸ ἄρρεν ὡς μαχιμώτατον καὶ εἰς ἥβην ἐλθεῖν ἤγουν εἰς εὐεξίαν 20 πνευματικὴν καὶ σπερματίζειν καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς δι δάσκειν δυνάμενον καὶ ἀναμετρεῖν "εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ" ἰσχῦον.
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.
Witnesses
- 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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