Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series • VOLUME 13
Chrysostom — Galatians through Philemon
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Homily V.
[979] heteros might be taken thus, "when he cannot shake us otherwise," the other being a last resource against us. [980] The Greek will read thus, but will hardly bear the construction. [The plot was at the end of the three months, and caused him to change his course.--J.A.B.] [981] [The Hebrew word denotes both bless and cur…
2,205 wordsSECTION 162What then do I advise, so as to extirpate the roots? So many of you as have young sons, and are bringing them up to a worldly life, [993] qu
What then do I advise, so as to extirpate the roots? So many of you as have young sons, and are bringing them up to a worldly life, [993] quickly draw them under the yoke of marriage. For since whilst he is yet young desires trouble him, for the time before marriage, by admonitions, threats, fears, promises, and numberless other…
1,855 wordsSECTION 163Homily VI.
Homily VI. 1 Thessalonians iv. 9, 10 "But concerning love of the brethren we [997] have no need to write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another; for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren, and those which are in all Macedonia." Why then having discoursed with them earnestly concerning chastity, and…
2,231 wordsSECTION 164What sayest thou, O woman? Thy husband or thy son was thy protector? But does not thy God spare thee? Who gave thee thy very husband? Was it
What sayest thou, O woman? Thy husband or thy son was thy protector? But does not thy God spare thee? Who gave thee thy very husband? Was it not He? And who made thee? Was it not He? He surely who brought thee out of nothing into being, and breathed into thee a soul, and put in thee a mind, and vouchsafed to favor thee with the …
1,945 wordsSECTION 165Homily VII.
Homily VII. 1 Thessalonians iv. 13 "But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, which have no hope." There are many things which from ignorance alone cause us sorrow, so that if we come to understand them well, we banish our grief. This therefore Paul al…
2,282 wordsSECTION 166I speak not concerning God, he says, but concerning everything. For what? wouldest thou learn about the earth? What dost thou know? Tell me.
I speak not concerning God, he says, but concerning everything. For what? wouldest thou learn about the earth? What dost thou know? Tell me. How great is its measure? What is its size? What is its manner of position? What is its essence? What is its place? Where does it stand, and upon what? None of these things can you tell? Bu…
810 wordsSECTION 167Homily VIII.
Homily VIII. 1 Thessalonians iv. 15-17 "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in nowise precede them that are fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of G…
2,558 wordsSECTION 168Are these too but threatening words? Are these but the sound of words? For to me indeed the former things were not incredible, but things no
Are these too but threatening words? Are these but the sound of words? For to me indeed the former things were not incredible, but things not seen were equally credible with things that were seen. But even to the unbeliever these are sufficient to produce faith. If any one disbelieves hell, let him consider Sodom, let him reflec…
2,194 wordsSECTION 169Homily IX.
Homily IX. 1 Thessalonians v. 1, 2 "But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night." Nothing, as it seems, is so curious, and so fondly prone to pry into things obscure and concealed, a…
2,335 wordsSECTION 170Ver. 5. "For ye are all," he says, "sons of light, and sons of the day."
Ver. 5. "For ye are all," he says, "sons of light, and sons of the day." And how is it possible to be "sons of the day"? Just as it is said, "sons of destruction" and "sons of hell." Wherefore Christ also said to the Pharisees, "Woe unto you--for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is become so, ye make h…
2,302 wordsSECTION 171Let not any one therefore expect that he shall see heaven with ease. For it cannot be. Let no one hope to travel the narrow road with luxury
Let not any one therefore expect that he shall see heaven with ease. For it cannot be. Let no one hope to travel the narrow road with luxury, for it is impossible. Let no one traveling in the broad way hope for life. When therefore thou seest such and such an one luxuriating in baths, in a sumptuous table, or in other matters ha…
1,187 wordsSECTION 172Homily X.
Homily X. 1 Thessalonians v. 12, 13 "But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves." It must needs happen that a ruler should have many occasions of enmities. [1038…
2,266 wordsSECTION 173How long shall we love riches? For I shall not cease exclaiming against them: for they are the cause of everything. How long do we not get o
How long shall we love riches? For I shall not cease exclaiming against them: for they are the cause of everything. How long do we not get our fill of this insatiable desire? What is the good of gold? I am astonished at the thing! There is some enchantment in the business, that gold and silver should be so highly valued among us…
2,130 wordsSECTION 174Homily XI.
Homily XI. 1 Thessalonians v. 19-22 "Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. But prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil." A thick mist, a darkness and cloud is spread over all the earth. And, showing this, the Apostle said, "For we [1048] were once darkness." (Eph. v. 8.) And …
2,230 wordsSECTION 175And these things I have said, that we may not despise adjurations, especially when any entreat us for things that are good, as for alms, and
And these things I have said, that we may not despise adjurations, especially when any entreat us for things that are good, as for alms, and for works of mercy. But now poor men, who have lost their feet, sit and see thee hastening by, and when they cannot follow thee with their feet, they expect to detain thee, as with a kind o…
2,216 wordsSECTION 176Homily I.
[1058] Downes would read, "for one day, however, I was called your father." There is most likely some unknown allusion in the words. [1059] [Textus Rec. of N.T. has "holy"; Rev. Ver. properly omits it.--J.A.B.] [1060] [Ver. 28 seems inserted out of place. What follows refers to "adjure," in ver. 27.--J.A.B.] [1061] i.e. for d…
2,414 wordsSECTION 177Homily II.
[1064] tetarichenmenous, see on Stat. Hom. vi. Tr. p. 388, note 6. [1065] The sequel clearly shows that he means Christian and Heathen books, and so the words themselves mean, rather than domestic and foreign history. Homily II. 2 Thessalonians i. 1, 2 "Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the Church of the Thessalonians in…
2,315 wordsSECTION 178Ver. 8. "In flaming fire rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus."
Ver. 8. "In flaming fire rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus." If they that have not obeyed the Gospel suffer vengeance, what will not they suffer who besides their disobedience also afflict you? And see his intelligence; he says not here those who afflict you, b…
2,272 wordsSECTION 179Homily III.
[1066] i.e. to the works. Homily III. 2 Thessalonians i. 9, 10 "Who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of His might, when He shall come to be glorified in His Saints, and to be marveled at in all them that believed." There are many men, who form good hopes not by a…
2,311 wordsSECTION 180Let us see how it grows up, that we may root it out. It grows in places that are precipitous, stony and dry, where there is no moisture. Whe
Let us see how it grows up, that we may root it out. It grows in places that are precipitous, stony and dry, where there is no moisture. When therefore anyone is rough and precipitous, that is unmerciful, the thorn grows in him. But when the sons of husbandmen wish to root them up, they do it not with iron. How then? Having set …
1,579 wordsSECTION 181Homily IV.
Homily IV. 2 Thessalonians ii. 6-9 "And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay…
2,297 wordsSECTION 182Therefore we also say the same things. Let no one condemn us of arrogance, nor from an excessive humility deprive us of so great an assistan
Therefore we also say the same things. Let no one condemn us of arrogance, nor from an excessive humility deprive us of so great an assistance. For neither do we speak from the same motive from which Paul spoke. For he indeed said these things from a wish to comfort his disciples; but we to reap some great and good fruit. And we…
1,881 wordsSECTION 183Homily V.
Homily V. 2 Thessalonians iii. 3-5 " But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and guard you from the evil one. And we have confidence in the Lord touching you that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ." Neither ou…
2,305 wordsSECTION 184Ver. 16. "Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times in all ways."
Ver. 16. "Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times in all ways." See how, when he mentions the things that are to be done, he sets his mark upon them by prayer, adding prayer and supplication, like certain marks set upon things that are laid up. "Give you peace," he says, "at all times, in all ways." For since …
2,355 wordsSECTION 185EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE
I have shown that they afford us no little benefit, but if we are willing to make them a return in spiritual things, we surpass them. For it is not possible in bodily things to offer an equivalent. For what? dost thou contribute much wealth? but it is she who preserves it, and this care of hers is an equivalent, and thus there i…
1,718 wordsSECTION 186Homily I.
Homily I. 1 Timothy i. 1, 2 "Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord." [The R.V. omits kuriouand translates: Christ Jesus our hope, tes elpidos …
2,473 wordsSECTION 187This then let us pursue, to this let us adhere, so shall we banish from our souls all destructive doctrines, such, for instance, as relate t
This then let us pursue, to this let us adhere, so shall we banish from our souls all destructive doctrines, such, for instance, as relate to nativity [1102] and fate. [1103] If you believe that there is a resurrection and a judgment, you will be able to expel from your mind all those false opinions. Believe that there is a just…
1,631 wordsSECTION 188Homily II.
Homily II. 1 Timothy i. 5-7 "Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm." Nothing is so inj…
2,257 wordsSECTION 189Let us then pursue that glory, than which nothing is more venerable; and leave the glory of the world, as beyond anything worthless. "Boast
Let us then pursue that glory, than which nothing is more venerable; and leave the glory of the world, as beyond anything worthless. "Boast not of thy clothing and raiment." (Ecclus. xi. 4.) This was the advice given of old to the simple. Indeed the dancer, the harlot, the player, are arrayed in a gayer and more costly robe than…
1,379 wordsSECTION 190Homily III.
Homily III. 1 Timothy i. 12-14 "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry [R.V.: to his service, eis diakonian]; who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace …
2,319 wordsSECTION 191None of us would fail to relieve a friend who was hungering, but when Christ comes to us from day to day, and asks no great matter, but only
None of us would fail to relieve a friend who was hungering, but when Christ comes to us from day to day, and asks no great matter, but only bread, we do not even regard him, yea though we are nauseously over full, and swollen with gluttony: though our breath betrays the wine of yesterday, and we live in luxury, and waste our su…
1,050 wordsSECTION 192Homily IV.
Homily IV. 1 Timothy i. 15, 16 "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on …
2,721 wordsSECTION 193The real superiority [1143] is, not that one is fair, and the other homely, but it is a superiority that one, even if she is not fair, is un
The real superiority [1143] is, not that one is fair, and the other homely, but it is a superiority that one, even if she is not fair, is unchaste, and the other is not wicked. Tell me wherein is the perfection of eyes? Is it in their being soft, and rolling, and round, and dark, or in their clearness and quicksightedness. Is it…
1,073 wordsSECTION 194Homily V.
Homily V. 1 Timothy i. 18, 19 "This charge I commit unto thee, son [my child, teknon] Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest [mayest] war a good warfare; holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away have made shipwreck concerning the faith." The office of…
2,294 wordsSECTION 195Homily VI.
When you approach to take bodily food, you wash your hands and your mouth, but when you draw nigh to this spiritual food, you do not cleanse your soul, but approach full of uncleanness. But you say, Are not the forty days' fastings sufficient to cleanse the huge heap of our sins? But of what use is it, tell me? If wishing to sto…
3,011 wordsSECTION 196Homily VII.
[1158] ohieratai. [1159] This is urged by Tertullian, Apol. i. § 30, and Address to Scapula, § 2. See also St. Justin, M. Apol. i. § 23. [1160] narkan. [1161] See on Rom. xiii. 6, Hom. xxiii. [1162] See Jas. iii. 11. [1163] In the Apostolical Constitutions, b. viii. c. 12, the Deacon says, just before the Offertory Prayer, …
2,411 wordsSECTION 197O the tyranny of wealth! or rather the wickedness of those who are its willing slaves! for it has no great power of itself, but through our
O the tyranny of wealth! or rather the wickedness of those who are its willing slaves! for it has no great power of itself, but through our weakness and servility: [1179] it is we that are mean and groveling, that are carnal and without understanding. For what power has money? It is mute and insensible. If the devil, that wicked…
1,041 wordsSECTION 198Homily VIII.
Homily VIII. 1 Timothy ii. 8-10 "I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; but (which becometh women professing …
2,409 wordsSECTION 199Homily IX.
[1184] ta tes agisteias. [1185] hosious. [1186] He means either by jealousy or temptation. [1187] meta tou metopou. The reading is suspected, but it seems to mean, "so as to make one effect with the forehead." [1188] pharos. [1189] So B. (doubtful reading). [1190] See on Stat. Hom. i. 16. Homily IX. 1 Timothy ii. 11-15 …
2,441 wordsSECTION 200Homily X.
[1191] The sense is obscure, but he seems to mean, "the ordinary way of salvation," and by "consolation," a way of obtaining relief from the consequences of sin. See on Stat. Hom. ii. 19, and paramuthia elsewhere. [1192] i.e. their children. Colb. heautous, which cannot be right. Homily X. 1 Timothy iii. 1-4 "If a man desire…
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