Matthew 25:6–9
Souls that neglect virtue wither and are as if quenched, and they go into madness, having thought that at the Savior’s second presence they can be saved without the working of the virtues. That is why they are also rejected by the prudent who say to them, “Perhaps it will not suffice for us and for you.” (Matthew 25:8–9) For this indicates here that someone can scarcely ever be saved through his own virtue, and certainly not through that of others; for it is foolish that someone who does not work should have received the wage of the working.
Greek
Αἱ ψυχαὶ ἀμελοῦσαι τῆς ἀρετῆς μαραίνονταί τε καὶ οἱονεὶ κατα σβέννυνται καὶ εἰς παραφροσύνην χωροῦσιν οἰηθεῖσαι ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ σωτῆρος δύνασθαι σωθῆναι ἄνευ τῆς τῶν ἀρετῶν ἐργα σίας. διὸ καὶ ἀποδοκιμάζονται ὑπὸ τῶν φρονίμων λεγουσῶν πρὸς αὐτάς· μήποτε οὐκ ἀρκέσῃ ἡμῖν τε καὶ ὑμῖν· τοῦτο γὰρ ὑποσημαίνει ἐνταῦθα τὸ μόλις ποτὲ δύνασθαι σωθῆναί τινα διὰ τῆς οἰκείας ἀρετῆς, οὐ μὴν διὰ τῆς τῶν ἑτέρων· μωρὸν γὰρ τὸ μὴ ἐργαζόμενόν τινα μισθὸν εἰληφέναι τῆς ἐργασίας.
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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