Fragments on John · §3 · Theophilus of Alexandria

Remaining in the Body

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To remain in the body sometimes because of one's own sins, and to be entwined with bodies, and then to have a wife when the soul sins, destroying such a thing…

Greek

<μένειν>, ποτὲ δὲ οἰκείων ἁμαρτημάτων χάριν σώμασι συμπλέκεσθαι καὶ τότε κατὰ γαστρὸς ἔχειν τὴν γυναῖκα δύνασθαι ὅτε τις ψυχὴ ἁμαρτάνῃ, ἀναιρῶν τὴν τοιαύτην