The Call of the Nations
Regarding the calling of the nations: for they were not called because of their own righteousness, but because of the philanthropy of the one calling.
He says, 'And thus, striving for honor, to preach the gospel not where Christ has been named, so that I might not build upon a foundation of another' (Rom 15), not as one avoiding the fellowship of the other apostles, but as one greedy and unjust, judging the works of others, to seize glory for himself.
He says, 'But I want you to be wise toward the good, and innocent toward the evil' (Rom 16:19); this is to use prudence so as not to be wronged by others, and innocence so as not to plot against others.
And the Lord also commanded this, saying: 'Become prudent as serpents and innocent as doves' (Matt 10:16). For indeed innocence and simplicity without prudence is foolishness, but prudence by itself [...]
Greek
τῶν ἐθνῶν κλήσεως· οὐ γὰρ διὰ τὴν αὐτῶν δικαιοσύνην ἐκλήθησαν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν τοῦ καλέσαντος φιλανθρωπίαν. Rom 15, Οὕτω δὲ φιλοτιμούμενον, φησίν, εὐαγγελίζεσθαι οὐχ ὅπου ὠνομάσθη Χριστός, ἵνα μὴ ἐπ' ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον οἰκοδομῶ, οὐχ ὡς ἀπευχόμενος τῶν λοιπῶν ἀποστόλων τὴν κοινωνίαν, ἀλλ' ὡς πλεονεκτικὸν καὶ ἄδικον κρίνων τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἔργων ὑφαρπάζειν δόξαν. Rom 16,19 Θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς, φησί, σοφοὺς εἶναι εἰς τὸ ἀγαθόν, ἀκεραίους δὲ εἰς τὸ κακόν· τοῦτ' ἔστι φρονήσει μὲν κεχρῆσθαι εἰς τὸ μὴ ὑφ' ἑτέρων ἀδικεῖσθαι, ἀκεραιότητι δὲ εἰς τὸ μὴ ἑτέροις ἐπιβουλεύειν. ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ὁ κύριος παρήγγελλεν λέγων· γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι ὡς οἱ ὄφεις καὶ ἀκέραιοι ὡς αἱ περιστεραί. ἀκεραιότης μὲν γὰρ καὶ ἁπλότης ἄνευ φρονήσεως μωρία ἐστίν, φρόνησις δὲ καθ' ἑαυτὴν μὴ
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Diodorus of Tarsus on Romans (catena fragments).
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