Height, depth, and feeding the enemy
'Neither height nor depth.' Perhaps the human soul is ambushed by 'height' through the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies, and by 'depth' through what lies under the earth. Neither will let the one armed in God's love be parted from it.
And if, beside this whole visible creation, there is another creation visible by nature but not yet seen, ask whether that is what 'neither another creation will be able to separate us from the love of God' points to.
If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head. Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with goodSince the desire for virtue—
Greek
<οὔτε ὕψωμα οὔτε βάθος>. μήποτε <οὖν> ἡ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ψυχὴ ἐπιβουλεύεται ὑπὸ μὲν ὑψώματος κατὰ τὰ ἐν τοῖ ἐπουρανίοι πνευματικὰ τῆ πονηρία , ὑπὸ δὲ βάθους κατὰ τὰ καταχθόνια· ὧν οὐδέτερον τὸν ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ τοῦ θεοῦ ὁπλισάμενον χωρισθῆναι αὐτῆς ἐάσει. εἰ δὲ καὶ παρὰ τὴν βλεπομένην ὅλην ταύτην κτίσιν ἐστὶν ἑτέρα κτίσις τῇ φύσει μὲν βλεπομένη νῦν δὲ οὐδέπω ὁρωμένη, ζητήσεις εἰ δύναται ἐπ' ἐκείνην ἀναφέρεσθαι τὸ οὔτε κτίσις ἑτέρα δυνήσεται ἡμᾶς χωρίσαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ θεοῦ. 53 xiii 20, 21 ἐὰν οὖν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, ψώμιζε αὐτόν· ἐὰν διψᾷ, πότιζε αὐτόν· τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ. μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν. ἐπειδὴ ἡ πρὸς τὴν ἀρετὴν
About this text
Origen of Alexandria, Commentarii in epistulam ad Romanos (catena Greek) (Greek).
Original English Translation of Origen’s Commentarii in epistulam ad Romanos (catena Greek) — new OET from PG 14 Greek.
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- Copy-text PG 14 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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