Matthew 5:9
Peacemakers are not only those who reconcile enemies, but also those who tame anger and base desire, living rightly in deed and word through unfailing faith — and those who re-teach unbelievers and lead them to faith, making God’s enemies friends to him.
Blessed are such people, as those who have imitated the Son of God. They will be called sons, sharing immortality, or they will reign with Christ at his second coming (Matthew 5:9).
Greek
Εἰρηνοποιοὶ δὲ οὐ μόνον οἱ φιλοποιοῦντες τοὺς ἐχθρούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ τὸν θυμὸν καὶ τὴν κακὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἐξημεροῦντες, βιοῦντές τε ὀρθῶς ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ διὰ πίστεως ἀπταίστου, πλὴν καὶ οἱ μεταδιδάσκον τες τοὺς ἀπίστους καὶ ἄγοντες πρὸς τὴν πίστιν ὡς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τοῦ θεοῦ 4 φιλοποιοῦντες αὐτῷ. μακάριοι οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὡς μιμησάμενοι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ· υἱοὶ γὰρ κληθήσονται ἀθανασίας μετασχόντες ἤτοι συμβασιλεύσουσι τῷ Χριστῷ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ.
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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