Matthew 3:8–9
Someone might say the fruits of repentance are chiefly faith in Christ, and with it the gospel way of life that is “in newness of life,” (Matthew 3:8–9) freed from the thickness of the letter.
So do not, he says, put forward the usual excuses — that God can raise children for Abraham from these stones. That is what he added (Romans 6:4).
Greek
Φαίη δ' ἄν τις καρποὺς μετανοίας εἶναι προηγουμένως μὲν τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν πίστιν, πρὸς δὲ ταύτῃ καὶ τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν πολιτείαν τὴν "ἐν καινότητι" οὖσαν "ζωῆς" καὶ ἀπηλλαγμένην τῆς τοῦ γράμματος παχύ τητος. μὴ τοίνυν, φησίν, τὰς εἰωθυίας προβάλλεσθε προφάσεις ὅτι δύνα ται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τοῦ Ἀβραάμ, ἐπήγαγεν.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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