The Necessity of Law and the Pursuit of the Future
The wheat, having been concealed by the prophetic pen, was sent to the storehouses of the common master. Therefore, this name of refuse shows the law to be a dwelling-place; and just as without refuse it would not have been possible to be seed, so also without the law the perfection of grace would not have been established.
Regarding Phil 3:13, forgetting the things behind—not as if they were evil, but he says something like this: I am not occupied with remembering my past struggles, but with being anxious for what I will accomplish in the future.
Regarding Phil 4:2, some say that Euodia was the wife of the jailer, and Syntyche the man.
Greek
σῖτος ὁ ἐναποκεκρυμμένος τῇ προφητικῇ καλάμῃ ἀπετέθη ταῖς ἀποθήκαις τοῦ κοινοῦ δεσπότου. τοῦτο ουν τὸ τοῦ σκυβάλου ονομα δείκνυσιν οἰκεῖον τὸν νόμον· καὶ ωσπερ ανευ τοῦ σκυβάλου οὐχ οιόν τε ην γενέσθαι σπόρον, ουτως οὐδὲ ανευ τοῦ νόμου τὸ τέλειον τῆς χάριτος κατορθωθῆναι. Phil 3,13 Τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω ἐπιλανθανόμενος, οὐχ ὡς κακά, ἀλλ' ο λέγει τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν· οὐκ ἀσχολοῦμαι εἰς τὸ ἀναμιμνήσκεσθαι τοὺς ἀγῶνάς μου τοὺς παρελθόντας, ἀλλ' εἰς τὸ μεριμνᾶν, τί κατορθώσω εἰς τὰ ἑξῆς. Phil 4,2 Τινὲς δὲ Εὐοδίαν ειναί φασι τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ δεσμοφύλακος, Συντύχην δὲ τὸν ανδρα.
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A theological reflection on humility and faith, offering insight into early Christian leadership and spiritual growth.
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- Copy-text PG 65 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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