Many become one when they find God

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…being of one mind, the many are one. That is why a command about the good is spoken in the singular—"you may freely eat"—but when the text turns to transgression it shifts to the plural: "You shall not eat; in the day you eat, you shall die."

So here also: while they still weep and beg toward God, the wording stays plural—"They wept and begged"—but when they find God it no longer says "spoken toward them," but "toward him." For the many have already become one in finding God and hearing his word.

The single person, when he sins, is multiplied—split from God, divided, fallen from unity—whereas the many who follow God's commandments are one. So the Apostle testifies: "We who are many are one bread, one…"

Greek

ὁμόφρονες εἶναι οἱ πολλοὶ ἕν εἰσι. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο ὅτε περὶ ἀγαθοῦ ἐντολὴ δίδοται, ἑνικῶς αὐτὸ λέγεται τὸ, βρώσει φαγῇ· ὅτε δὲ ἤδη περὶ παραβάσεως διαστέλλεται, οὐχ ἑνικῶς, ἀλλ' ἤδη πληθυντικῶς φησιν· Οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ' αὐτοῦ· ᾗ δ' ἂν ἡμέρᾳ φάγητε, θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε. Οὕτως οὖν καὶ ἐνθάδε, ὅτε ἔτι κλαίουσι καὶ δέονται πρὸς Θεὸν, πληθυντικῶς λέγεται τὸ, Ἔκλαυσαν καὶ ἐδεήθησαν· ὅτε δὲ εὑρίσκουσι τὸν Θεὸν, οὐκέτι πληθυντικῶς φησι τὸ, Ἐκεῖ ἐλαλήθη πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἀλλὰ, πρὸς αὐτόν. Ἤδη γὰρ ἐν γεγόνασιν οἱ πολλοὶ ἐν τῷ εὑρηκέναι τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀκούειν λόγον αὐτοῦ. Ὁ γὰρ εἷς, ὅτε ἁμαρτάνει, πολλοστός ἐστιν, ἀποσχιζόμενος ἀπὸ Θεοῦ καὶ μεριζόμενος, καὶ τῆς ἑνότητος ἐκπίπτων· οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ ταῖς ἐντολαῖς ἑπόμενοι ταῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἷς εἰσι· καθὼς καὶ ὁ Ἀπόστολος μαρτυρεῖ, εἰπών· Ὅτι εἷς ἄρτος καὶ ἓν

About this text

Origen of Alexandria, Fragmentum ex commentariis in Osee (Greek).

Catalogue & scope

Khazarzar scan

Witnesses

Copy-text PG 13 (Khazarzar) (Greek)

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