Matthew 19:26
No one would have a soul free of passions in every respect, even if he were among the most industrious. For “who is clean from filth,” according to what is written, or “who will boast of having a pure heart?” And if “the one who stumbles in one thing has become liable for all,” as far as the word of condemnation goes, who would not then be held for the remaining single transgression, not even having escaped? For even the very sober would not escape sinning in the mind. So as far as human weakness goes, no one is saved; but as far as the Savior’s gentleness goes, salvation is not to be despaired of (Matthew 19:26) — for not every sin is unto death (1 John 5:16–17).
Greek
Οὐκ ἂν γένοιτό τις παθῶν ἐλευθέραν εἰς ἅπαν ἔχων ψυχὴν καὶ εἰ σφόδρα τις εἴη τῶν ὅτι μάλιστα φιλοπονωτάτων· "τίς γὰρ καθαρὸς ἀπὸ ῥύπου" κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον ἢ "τίς καυχήσεται ἁγνὴν ἔχειν τὴν καρδίαν"; εἰ δὲ καὶ ὁ "πταίσας ἐν ἑνί, γέγονε πάντων ἔνοχος" κατὰ τὸν 26 τοῦ καταγνωσθῆναι λόγον, τίς οὐκ ἂν εὐθύνοι τὸ λοιπὸν τὴν ἐφ' ἑνὶ παρά βασιν οὐδὲ φυγών; οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν διαδρῴη τὸ κατὰ νοῦν ἁμαρτεῖν καὶ ὁ σφόδρα νηφάλιος. ὅσον οὖν ἧκεν εἰς ἀνθρωπίνην ἀσθένειαν, οὐδεὶς ὁ σῳζόμενος· ὅσον γε μὴν εἰς τὴν τοῦ διασῴζοντος ἡμερότητα, οὐκ ἀπόγνωστος τὴν σωτηρίαν· οὐ γὰρ πᾶσα ἁμαρτία πρὸς θάνατον.
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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