Lay down our souls for the brothers
'Herein we know love, that he laid down his soul for us; and we ought to lay down our souls for the brethren.' (1 John 3:16) And tribulation works patience, patience proof, proof hope — and hope confoundeth not. 'If after the manner of men I fought beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me?' (Romans 5:3–5) As Paul fought, so we — destroyed(?) in Germany(?) for the Gospel — shall conquer with Christ. For 'as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, so through Christ aboundeth our comfort also.' (1 Corinthians 15:32) (2 Corinthians 1:5)
Greek
5 ϑεοῦ" ἐχχεχύσϑω ,ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου". Παῦ-
λος μὲν λεγέτω" „el χατὰ ἄνϑρωπον ἐθηριομάχησα ἐν Ἐφέσῳ“, ἡμεῖς de „el χατὰ ἄνϑρωπον" ἀνῃρέϑην ἐν Γερμανίᾳ.
διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ περισσεύει καὶ 7 παράκλησις", προϑυμότατα παρα-
10 δεξώμεϑα τὰ Χριστοῦ παϑήματα, καὶ περισσευσάτω ἐν ἡμῖν, εἴπερ
ὀρεγόμεϑα περισσῆς παρακλήσεως, ἣν πάντες μὲν οἱ »πενϑοῦντες:
»παρακληϑήσονται", τάχα δὲ οὐχ ἐπ᾽ ἴσης. εἰ γὰρ ἐπ᾿ ἴσης ἡ nv ἡ παρά-
κλησις, οὐκ ἂν ἐγέγραπτο τό" νκαϑὼς περισσεύει τὰ παϑήματα τοῦ
Χριστοῦ εἰς ἡμᾶς, οὕτω περισσεύει καὶ ἡ παράκλησις ἡμῶν." οἱ χοινωνοὶ
15 τῶν παϑημάτων κατὰ τὴν ἀναλογίαν τῶν παϑημάτων, ὧν εἰσι κοι-
νωνοὶ πρὸς «Χριστὸν, κοινωνοὶ ἔσονται καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως" ἃ καὶ
μανϑάνετε ἀπὸ τοῦ πεπιστευμένως τὰ τοιαῦτα λέγοντος" οἴδαμεν γὰρ,͵
„ag χοινωνοί ἐστε τῶν παϑημάτων, οὕτως καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως.“ φησὶ δὲ διὰ προφήτου ὃ ϑεός" »νκαιρῷ δεχτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου καὶ ἐν 20 ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήϑησά σοι.“ ποῖος 00V ἄλλος εὐπρόσδεχτος καιρὸς, ἢ ὅτε διὰ τὴν εἰς ϑεὸν ἐν Χριστῷ εὐσέβειαν « ὑπὸ φρουρὰν πομπεύον- τες ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ϑριαμβεύοντες μᾶλλον ἤπερ ϑριαμβευόμενοι ἀπ- αγόμεϑα; οἱ γὰρ ἐν Χριστῷ μάρτυρες συναπεχδύονται αὐτῷ „tag ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας“ καὶ συνϑριαμβεύουσιν ὡς κοινωνοὶ τῶν πα- 25 ϑημάτων αὐτοῦ γινόμενοι οὕτως καὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς παϑήμασιν αὐτοῦ ἀνδραγαϑημάτων" ἐξ ὧν ἐστι καὶ τὸ ϑριαμβεῦσαι ,τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς
ἐξουσίας“, ἃς μετ᾽ ὀλίγον ὄφψεσϑε νενικημένας καὶ κατῃσχυμμένας. ποία.
ἄλλη οὕτως ἡμέρα σωτηρίας ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς τοιαύτης ἡμῶν ἐντεῦϑεν
About this text
Written for Ambrose and Protoctetus. Open the Greek under each section.
English follows Paul Koetschau, Origenes Werke I (GCS, 1899). The Archive OCR of that same print was checked. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Koetschau, Origenes Werke I (GCS 2, 1899) (Greek · Exhortation to Martyrdom)
- Checked print Archive.org OCR of GCS 2 (Greek · Same print)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.