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Interpretation of Galatians 5.2–6.18

Theodoret of Cyrus · Interpretation of Galatians · ca. 436-448 · Cyrrhus · 26 passages

Greek text: PG 82.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

Chapter 5

5.2PG 82

β΄. « Ἴδε ἐγὼ Παῦλος λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι, ἐὰν περιτέμνησθε, Χριστὸς ὑμᾶς οὐδὲν ὠφελήσει. » Ἄντικρυς ὑμῖν λέγω καὶ διαῤῥήδην, καὶ τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ προτίθημι ὄνομα, ὅτι οὐδεμίαν ὄνησιν ἐκ τῆς εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν πίστεως δέξησθε, τῆς περιτομῆς ἀνεχόμενοι.

b΄. « Ide egō Paulos legō hymin, hoti, ean peritemnēsthe, Christos hymas ouden ōphelēsei. » Antikrys hymin legō kai diarrhēdēn, kai to emautou protithēmi onoma, hoti oudemian onēsin ek tēs eis ton Christon pisteōs dexēsthe, tēs peritomēs anechomenoi.

“Behold, I, Paul, say to you that if you are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.” I say it to you openly and expressly, and I set down my own name: you will receive no benefit from faith in Christ if you submit to circumcision.

Gal 5:2 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret stresses Paul's solemn warning that circumcision would cancel the benefit of faith in Christ.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): ε1ὸς ἐγὼ → « Ἴδε ἐγὼ; “Αντικρυς → Ἄντικρυς.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.2 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.3PG 82

Υ΄. « Μαρτύρομαι δὲ πάλιν παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ περιτεμνομένῳ, ὅτι ὀφειλέτης ἐστὶν ὅλον τὸν νόμον ποιῆσαι. » Καὶ μάλα εἰκότως " ἐπαρᾶται γὰρ ὁ νόμος τοῖς μὴ πάντα πληροῦσι τὰ διηγορευμένα· ἄλλως τε ὁ γνώμῃ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν καταλιπὼν, καὶ δουλεύειν ἑλόμενος, πᾶσιν ὑπόκειται τοῖς τοῦ Δεσπότου προστάγμασι.

Y΄. « Martyromai de palin panti anthrōpǭ peritemnomenǭ, hoti opheiletēs estin holon ton nomon poiēsai. » Kai mala eikotōs " eparatai gar ho nomos tois mē panta plērousi ta diēgoreumena; allōs te ho gnōmę̄ tēn eleutherian katalipōn, kai douleuein helomenos, pasin hypokeitai tois tou Despotou prostagmasi.

“And I testify again to every man who is circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.” And very rightly; for the law curses those who do not fulfil all its injunctions. Besides, he who by his own choice has left freedom and chosen to be a slave is subject to all his master's commands.

Gal 5:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 27:26 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains that whoever accepts circumcision binds himself to the whole law and its curse.

  • The curse alludes to Deut 27:26 (quoted at Gal 3:10).

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR punctuation; OCR slip; OCR slips): περ'πεμνομένῳ → περιτεμνομένῳ; τοῖς; μὴ → τοῖς μὴ; διηγορευμένα - → διηγορευμένα·; προστάγματι. → προστάγμασι..

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.3 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.4PG 82

δ. ε Κατηργήθητε ἀπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ. » Πῶς τοῦτο λέγεις; ε Οἵτινες ἐν νόμῳ δικαιοῦσθε, τῆς χάριτος ἐξεπέσατε. » Ὁ τὸν νόμον δεδωκὼς ταύτην ὑπέσχετο δώσειν. Ταύτης τοίνυν δοθείσης, δέδεικται ἀργὸς ἐκεῖνος καὶ περιττός. Κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνον τοίνυν ζῆν προαιρούμενοι, τῶν τῆς χάριτος ἐστερήθησαν δωρεῶν.

d. e Katērgēthēte apo tou Christou. » Pōs touto legeis? e Hoitines en nomǭ dikaiousthe, tēs charitos exepesate. » Ho ton nomon dedōkōs tautēn hypescheto dōsein. Tautēs toinyn dotheisēs, dedeiktai argos ekeinos kai perittos. Kat᾽ ekeinon toinyn zēn proairoumenoi, tōn tēs charitos esterēthēsan dōreōn.

“You have been severed from Christ.” How do you say this? “You who are justified by the law have fallen from grace.” He who gave the law promised to give this grace. Now that it has been given, then, the law has been shown idle and superfluous. Those who choose to live according to it, then, have been deprived of the gifts of grace.

Gal 5:4 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains that, once grace has been given as the lawgiver promised, those who seek justification by the law lose the gifts of grace.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accents; OCR slip; footnote number; OCR slips): Οἴτινες 15 ἐν νόμῳ διχαιοῦσθε → Οἵτινες ἐν νόμῳ δικαιοῦσθε; ζῇν προαἱρούμενοι → ζῆν προαιρούμενοι; διυρεῶν → δωρεῶν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.4 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.5PG 82

ε΄. ε« Ἡμεῖς γὰρ πνεύματι ἐκ πίστεως ἐλπίδα δικαιοσύνης ἀπεκδεχόμεθα. » Τὸν γὰρ τοῦ Πνεύματος ἀῤῥαβῶνα δεξάμενοι, καὶ ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις πιστεύοντες, τὸν προσδοκώμενον βίον προσμένομεν, ὃς ἀθανατίᾳ κοσμούμενος τῆς ἁμαρτίας οὐκ ἔχει τὴν προσ…

e΄. e« Hēmeis gar pneumati ek pisteōs elpida dikaiosynēs apekdechometha. » Ton gar tou Pneumatos arrhabōna dexamenoi, kai tais epangeliais pisteuontes, ton prosdokōmenon bion prosmenomen, hos athanatią kosmoumenos tēs hamartias ouk echei tēn pros…

“For we by the Spirit, from faith, await the hope of righteousness.” Having received the pledge of the Spirit and believing the promises, we await the expected life, which, adorned with immortality, has no … of sin …

Gal 5:5 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 5:5 (allusion, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains that believers, holding the Spirit as a pledge, await an immortal life free of sin.

  • The section breaks off in the scan; Migne's Latin column, read as Greek, is removed by a logged correction. The pledge of the Spirit alludes to 2 Cor 1:22; 5:5.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; OCR slip; OCR β read as δ; text breaks off; Migne's Latin column read as Greek): ἀῤῥαδῶνα → ἀῤῥαβῶνα; ἐπαγγελίαες → ἐπαγγελίαις; τῆς ἀμαρτίας → τῆς ἁμαρτίας; προστοι 488. ὕΎειβ. ὅ. ε Τδϑι 00 μος ἀϊΐοὶβ ἢ ε« Θυΐ ἰη δϑῖ → προσ….

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.5 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.6PG 82

ς΄. ε« Ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει, οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ πίστις δι᾽ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη. » Ἐραστὴς εἶ τοῦ νόμου; φύλαττε τοῦ νόμου τὰ ἀναγκαῖα" κτῆσαι τὴν περὶ τὸν πέλας ἀγάπην, διὰ γὰρ ταύτης ἅπας ὁ νόμος πληροῦται. Περιτομῆς δὲ καὶ ἀκροβυστίας διαφορὰν ἀνεῖλεν ἡ πίστις. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς στρατιώταις τὸ λευκὸν, ἢ τὸ μέλαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν πολεμικὴν ἐμπειρίαν ἐπιζητοῦσιν οἱ στρατηγοί.

s΄. e« En gar Christǭ Iēsou oute peritomē ti ischyei, oute akrobystia, alla pistis di᾽ agapēs energoumenē. » Erastēs ei tou nomou? phylatte tou nomou ta anankaia" ktēsai tēn peri ton pelas agapēn, dia gar tautēs hapas ho nomos plēroutai. Peritomēs de kai akrobystias diaphoran aneilen hē pistis. Oude gar en tois stratiōtais to leukon, ē to melan, alla tēn polemikēn empeirian epizētousin hoi stratēgoi.

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.” Are you a lover of the law? Keep the necessary things of the law: acquire love for your neighbor, for through it the whole law is fulfilled. But faith has abolished the difference between circumcision and uncircumcision. For in soldiers too, generals look not for white or black, but for experience in war.

Gal 5:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 13:8–10 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains that faith has removed the distinction between circumcision and uncircumcision, and that love of neighbor fulfils the necessary part of the law.

  • The fulfilment of the law by love alludes to Rom 13:8–10. Migne's Latin column, read as Greek, is removed by a logged correction.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR slips; OCR κ read as χ; marginal letter and Migne's Latin column read as Greek, inside the lemma): περιτομή τι Ὁ Ὑγγεμβ. 6. ε Νδπι ἴμ ἰσχύει → περιτομή τι ἰσχύει; οὔτε ἀχροδυστία → οὔτε ἀκροβυστία; ἀγάπὴν → ἀγάπην; καὶ ἀχροδυστίας → καὶ ἀκροβυστίας; ἣ τὸ μέλαν → ἢ τὸ μέλαν; πολεμιχὴν → πολεμικὴν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.6 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.7PG 82

ζ΄. « Ἐτρέχετε καλῶς, τίς ὑμᾶς ἀνέκοψε τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μὴ πείθεσθαι; ν Ἐπαινεῖ τὸν δρόμον, καὶ θρηνεῖ τοῦ δρόμου τὴν παῦλαν.

z΄. « Etrechete kalōs, tis hymas anekopse tę̄ alētheią mē peithesthai? n Epainei ton dromon, kai thrēnei tou dromou tēn paulan.

“You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?” He praises the race and laments its halt.

Gal 5:7 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret notes Paul's praise of the Galatians' former course and his grief at its halt.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slips; footnote mark): ἀνέχοψεϊ5 τῇ → ἀνέκοψε τῇ.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.7 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.8PG 82

η΄. ε Ἡ πεισμονὴ οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος ὑμᾶς. ν Ἴδιον Θεοῦ τὸ καλεῖν, τὸ δὲ πείθεσθαι τῶν ἀκουόντων.

ē΄. e Hē peismonē ouk ek tou kalountos hymas. n Idion Theou to kalein, to de peithesthai tōn akouontōn.

“This persuasion is not from him who calls you.” To call is God's part; to be persuaded belongs to the hearers.

Gal 5:8 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret distinguishes God's call from the hearers' response.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR debris): Ἧ πεισμονὴ → Ἡ πεισμονὴ; ἀκουόντων. ᾿ → ἀκουόντων..

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.8 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.9PG 82

θ΄. ε Μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ. » … μὲν θρηνῶ, δέδια δὲ τὴν τῆς νόσου μετάδοσιν. Ὑμᾶς…

th΄. e Mikra zymē holon to phyrama zymoi. » … men thrēnō, dedia de tēn tēs nosou metadosin. Hymas…

“A little leaven leavens the whole lump.” … I lament, but I fear the spreading of the disease. You …

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Gal 5:9 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret reads the proverb of the leaven as Paul's fear that the error will spread.

  • Words are lost in the scan before and after the comment (“…”).

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (text breaks off; words lost in the scan): » μὲν θρηνῶ → » … μὲν θρηνῶ; μετάδοσιν. Ὑμᾶς → μετάδοσιν. Ὑμᾶς….

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.9 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.10PG 82

ι΄. « Ἐγὼ πέποιθα εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐν Κυρίῳ, ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο φρονήσετε. » Οὐκ εἶπεν, Οὐ φρονεῖτε, ἀλλὰ, Φρονήσετε. Τοῖς γὰρ ἤδη γεγενημένοις ἐπιμέμφεται· εὔχεται δὲ ἰδεῖν τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ κρεῖττον μεταβολήν. « Ὁ δὲ ταράσσων ὑμᾶς βαστάσει τὸ κρῖμα, ὅστις ἂν ἧ. ν Πάλιν ἀρίστως τέθεικεν τὸ, ὅστις ἂν ᾖ, ἵνα κἂν μεγάλας περὶ αὐτῶν ἔχωσι δόξας, μάθωσιν ὡς δίκας ὀφείλουσι τῷ Θεῷ. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ οἱ πονηροὶ οὗτοι τοῦ νόμου συνήγοροι καὶ αὐτὸν ἔλεγον τὸν ᾿Απόστολον διαφυλάττειν τὸν νόμον, καὶ μὴ πανταχοῦ ταὐτὰ κηρύττειν, ἀναγκαίως καὶ περὶ τούτου τὴν ἀπολογίαν ποιεῖται. ια΄. « Ἐγὼ δὲ, ἀδελφοὶ, εἰ περιτομὴν ἔτι κηρύσσω, τί ἔτι διώκομαι; Ἄρα κατήργηται τὸ σκάνδαλον τοῦ σταυροῦ. » Τί δήποτε γάρ με Ἰουδαῖοι μισοῦσι, καὶ προφανῶς μοι πολεμοῦσιν, εἰ περιτομὴν κηρύττω, καὶ τὸν νόμον φυλάττειν παρεγγυῶ; Εἰ γὰρ τοῦτο ποιῶ, περιττὸν τοῦ σταυροῦ τὸ κήρυγμα. ᾿Ανήρηται δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὸ σκάνδαλον. Τοῦτο καὶ πρὸς Κορινθίους ἔφη· « Ἡμεῖς δὲ κηρύττομεν Χριστὸν ἐσταυρωμένον, Ἰουδαίοις μὲν σκάνδαλον, Ἕλλησι δὲ μωρίαν.»

i΄. « Egō pepoitha eis hymas en Kyriǭ, hoti ouden allo phronēsete. » Ouk eipen, Ou phroneite, alla, Phronēsete. Tois gar ēdē gegenēmenois epimemphetai; euchetai de idein tēn epi to kreitton metabolēn. « Ho de tarassōn hymas bastasei to krima, hostis an hē. n Palin aristōs tetheiken to, hostis an ę̄, hina kan megalas peri autōn echōsi doxas, mathōsin hōs dikas opheilousi tǭ Theǭ. Epeidē de hoi ponēroi houtoi tou nomou synēgoroi kai auton elegon ton ᾿Apostolon diaphylattein ton nomon, kai mē pantachou tauta kēryttein, anankaiōs kai peri toutou tēn apologian poieitai. ia΄. « Egō de, adelphoi, ei peritomēn eti kēryssō, ti eti diōkomai? Ara katērgētai to skandalon tou staurou. » Ti dēpote gar me Ioudaioi misousi, kai prophanōs moi polemousin, ei peritomēn kēryttō, kai ton nomon phylattein parengyō? Ei gar touto poiō, peritton tou staurou to kērygma. ᾿Anērētai de kai tōn Ioudaiōn to skandalon. Touto kai pros Korinthious ephē; « Hēmeis de kēryttomen Christon estaurōmenon, Ioudaiois men skandalon, Hellēsi de mōrian.»

“I am confident about you in the Lord that you will think nothing else.” He did not say, You do not think otherwise, but, You will think. For he blames what has already happened, but prays to see the change for the better. “But he who troubles you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.” Again he has very well put “whoever he may be,” so that, even if they have great opinions of themselves, they may learn that they owe a penalty to God. And since these wicked advocates of the law said that the Apostle himself kept the law and did not preach the same things everywhere, he necessarily makes his defense on this point too. “But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.” For why do the Jews hate me and openly war against me, if I preach circumcision and urge the keeping of the law? For if I do this, the proclamation of the cross is superfluous, and the stumbling block of the Jews too is removed. This he also said to the Corinthians: “But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, to Greeks foolishness.”

Gal 5:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 5:11 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 1:23 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains Paul's confidence in the Galatians, the judgment awaiting their troubler, and Paul's defense that his persecution by Jews proves he does not preach circumcision.

  • This ref holds Gal 5:10–11. Quotation: 1 Cor 1:23. Migne's Latin column, read as Greek, is removed by logged corrections.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column read as Greek, inside the lemma; Migne's Latin column read as Greek; OCR slips; OCR accent; OCR debris; OCR numeral; OCR punctuation; OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR κ read as χ; footnote mark; marginal letter): τ. ε« Ἐγὼ → ι΄. « Ἐγὼ; ἐπιμέμ.φεται - → ἐπιμέμφεται·; χρεῖττον μεταδολῆν → κρεῖττον μεταβολήν; ε Ὁ δὲ "7 ταράσσων → « Ὁ δὲ ταράσσων; κρῖμα, Βα τοι οἶδ οὐ ἢ|0 σοηῖγα Ν ᾳυῶ πἰργθάϊῃθη), 564 γϑὶ τ τα γῖ8. μου πὶ Υξμβ. 8. ε Ρεγβυδϑθίο πο ΠΟ δὶ ὃσ 60 αυἱ Ἅιἰδ Α ὅστις → κρῖμα, ὅστις; ἔστις ἂν “ Οιυιϊοιησιι οἵῖ, αἱ, οἰδὶ ἰηπὶ οἱ εἰ οὶ ἱπί 6 Γ ρα ἣ, ἵνα → ὅστις ἂν ᾖ, ἵνα; ὀφεΐλουσι → ὀφείλουσι; αὑτὰ κηρύττειν → ταὐτὰ κηρύττειν; τὴ» ἀπολογίαν → τὴν ἀπολογίαν; ια’, ε Ἐγὼ → ια΄. « Ἐγὼ; χηρύσσω, τί ἔτι διώχομαι; "Λρα → κηρύσσω, τί ἔτι διώκομαι; Ἄρα; σταυροῦ. γ» Τί → σταυροῦ. » Τί; εἰ περιτομὴν χηρύττω → εἰ περιτομὴν κηρύττω; σκάνδαλον, Τοῦτο καὶ πρὸς Κορινθίους ἔφη “ ε Ἡμεῖς → σκάνδαλον. Τοῦτο καὶ πρὸς Κορινθίους ἔφη· « Ἡμεῖς; Χριστὸν Β ἐσταυρωμένον → Χριστὸν ἐσταυρωμένον.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.10 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.12PG 82

ιβ΄. « Ὄφελον καὶ ἀποκόψονται οἱ ἀναστατοῦντες ὑμᾶς.» Εἴθε καὶ τέλεον ἐξέτεμον ἑαυτοὺς οἱ τὴν περιτομῆς ὑμῖν ἐξαπάτην προσφέροντες. ιγ΄. « Ὑμεῖς γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἐκλήθητε, ἀδελφοί. » Τῆς τοῦ νόμου δουλείας ἠλευθερώθητε. «Μόνον μὴ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν εἰς ἀφορμὴν τῇ σαρκί. » Εἰς ἠθικὴν λοιπὸν μεταβαίνει παραίνεσιν, καὶ παρεγγυᾷ φροντίσαι καὶ τῆς πρακτικῆς ἀρετῆς. Οὐ γὰρ διὰ τοῦτο, φησὶ, τῆς τοῦ νόμου δουλείας ἠλευθερώθημεν, ἵνα ἀδεῶς ἁμαρτάνωμεν. Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον ὡς τὰ περιττὰ τοῦ νόμου ἐκβαλὼν, τὰ ἀναγκαῖα φυλάττειν παρεγγυᾷ, καὶ πρῶτον μὲν τὴν ἀγάπην· τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει· « ᾿Αλλὰ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης δουλεύετε ἀλλήλοις. » Ὁ γὰρ εἰλικρινῶς ἀγαπῶν, οὐδὲ δουλεύειν…

ib΄. « Ophelon kai apokopsontai hoi anastatountes hymas.» Eithe kai teleon exetemon heautous hoi tēn peritomēs hymin exapatēn prospherontes. ig΄. « Hymeis gar ep᾽ eleutherią eklēthēte, adelphoi. » Tēs tou nomou douleias ēleutherōthēte. «Monon mē tēn eleutherian eis aphormēn tę̄ sarki. » Eis ēthikēn loipon metabainei parainesin, kai parengyą phrontisai kai tēs praktikēs aretēs. Ou gar dia touto, phēsi, tēs tou nomou douleias ēleutherōthēmen, hina adeōs hamartanōmen. Kai enteuthen dēlon hōs ta peritta tou nomou ekbalōn, ta anankaia phylattein parengyą, kai prōton men tēn agapēn; touto gar legei; « ᾿Alla dia tēs agapēs douleuete allēlois. » Ho gar eilikrinōs agapōn, oude douleuein…

“I wish those who unsettle you would even cut themselves off.” Would that those who offer you the deceit of circumcision would cut themselves off altogether! “For you were called to freedom, brothers.” You were freed from the slavery of the law. “Only do not use the freedom as an opportunity for the flesh.” He now passes to moral exhortation, and urges care for practical virtue as well. For we were not freed from the slavery of the law for this, he says, that we might sin without fear. And from this it is plain that, having cast out the superfluous parts of the law, he urges the keeping of the necessary ones, and first of all love; for he says: “But through love serve one another.” For he who loves sincerely [does not refuse] even to serve …

Gal 5:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 5:13 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains Paul's harsh wish against the advocates of circumcision and his warning that freedom from the law is not license to sin, but calls for service in love.

  • This ref holds Gal 5:12–13 (lemmas of 5:12, 5:13a, 5:13b and 5:13c). The verbs in the lemma and the comment (ἀποκόπτω, ἐκτέμνω) can also mean “castrate”; Theodoret's “altogether” plays on circumcision. The section breaks off in the scan.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR punctuation; OCR slip; OCR slips; footnote marks; OCR punctuation and numeral; footnote number; OCR κ read as χ; text breaks off): «Ὄφελον 78 καὶ ἀποχόψονται → « Ὄφελον καὶ ἀποκόψονται; περιτομῆς 1 ὑμῖν ἐξαπάτην "5 προσφέροντες ! ι΄. → περιτομῆς ὑμῖν ἐξαπάτην προσφέροντες. ιγ΄.; ἀδελφοϊ, » Τῆς → ἀδελφοί. » Τῆς; ἢλευθερώθητε → ἠλευθερώθητε; ἦθικὴν λοιπὸν μεταδαίνει → ἠθικὴν λοιπὸν μεταβαίνει; παρεγγυζ → παρεγγυᾷ; δὰ τοῦτο → διὰ τοῦτο; ἢλευθερώθημεν → ἠλευθερώθημεν; ἐχδαλὼν → ἐκβαλὼν; ἀγάπην " τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει: «᾿Αλλὰ → ἀγάπην· τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει· « ᾿Αλλὰ; δουλεύειν ταν → δουλεύειν….

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.12 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.14PG 82

ιδ'. « Ὁ γὰρ πᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ πληροῦται, ἐν τῷ, ᾿Αγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. » Δύνασθε διὰ τῆς μιᾶς ταύτης ἐντολῆς πάντα πληρῶσαι τὸν νόμον. ιε΄. « Εἰ δὲ ἀλλήλους δάκνετε, καὶ κατεσθίετε, βλέπετε μὴ ὑπὸ ἀλλήλων ἀναλωθῆτε. » Ἐνταῦθα αἰνίττεται, ὡς οἱ μὲν ὑπαχθέντες περιετμήθησαν, οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς πίστεως ἐρηρεισμένοι διέμειναν· ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως διεμάχοντο, καὶ αὑτοὶ τὴν νομικὴν πολιτείαν ἐπαινοῦντες, καὶ ἐκεῖνοι τῆς χάριτος τὰ δῶρα θαυμάζοντες. Οὗ δὴ χάριν καὶ τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῖς πρώτην προσήνεγκε τὴν παραίνεσιν.

id'. « Ho gar pas nomos en heni logǭ plēroutai, en tǭ, ᾿Agapēseis ton plēsion sou hōs seauton. » Dynasthe dia tēs mias tautēs entolēs panta plērōsai ton nomon. ie΄. « Ei de allēlous daknete, kai katesthiete, blepete mē hypo allēlōn analōthēte. » Entautha ainittetai, hōs hoi men hypachthentes perietmēthēsan, hoi de epi tēs pisteōs erēreismenoi diemeinan; all᾽ homōs diemachonto, kai hautoi tēn nomikēn politeian epainountes, kai ekeinoi tēs charitos ta dōra thaumazontes. Hou dē charin kai tēs agapēs autois prōtēn prosēnenke tēn parainesin.

“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” You can fulfil the whole law through this one commandment. “But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.” Here he hints that some, led astray, had been circumcised, while others remained firmly set upon the faith; but nevertheless they fought each other, the former praising the way of life under the law, the latter admiring the gifts of grace. That is why he offered them the exhortation to love first.

Gal 5:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Lev 19:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 5:15 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains that love of neighbor fulfils the law, and that Paul's warning against biting one another points to strife between circumcised and uncircumcised Galatians.

  • This ref holds Gal 5:14–15. The lemma quotes Lev 19:18.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR numeral; κ read as χ; OCR punctuation; divided word; marginal letter): κε΄. « Εἰ δὲ ἀλλήλους δάχνετε, καὶ χατεσθίετε → ιε΄. « Εἰ δὲ ἀλλήλους δάκνετε, καὶ κατεσθίετε; ἐρηρεισμένοι διέμειναν " → ἐρηρεισμένοι διέμειναν·; θαυ- Ὦ μάζοντες → θαυμάζοντες.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.14 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.16PG 82

ις΄. « Λέγω δέ" Πνεύματι περιπατεῖτε, καὶ ἐπιθυμίας σαρκὸς οὐ μὴ τελέσητε. » Εἰ βούλεσθε κρατεῖν τῶν τῆς σαρκὸς παθημάτων, ταῖς πνευματικαῖς ὑποθήκαις ἀκολουθεῖτε.

is΄. « Legō de" Pneumati peripateite, kai epithymias sarkos ou mē telesēte. » Ei boulesthe kratein tōn tēs sarkos pathēmatōn, tais pneumatikais hypothēkais akoloutheite.

“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfil the desires of the flesh.” If you want to master the passions of the flesh, follow the spiritual counsels.

Gal 5:16 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains that following the Spirit's counsels masters the passions of the flesh.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; footnote mark): ἐπιθυμίας "' σαρκὸς → ἐπιθυμίας σαρκὸς; βούλεσϑε → βούλεσθε.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.16 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.17PG 82

ιζ΄. « Ἡ γὰρ σὰρξ ἐπιθυμεῖ κατὰ τοῦ πνεύματος, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα κατὰ τῆς σαρκός· ταῦτα δὲ ἀντίκειται ἀλλήλοις. » Σάρκα λέγει τὴν ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω τῆς γνώμης ῥοπήν· πνεῦμα δὲ τὴν ἐνοικοῦσαν χάριν· αὕτη γὰρ ἐπὶ τὰ κρείττω ποδηγεῖ τὴν ψυχήν. Πῶς δὲ δυνατὸν νικῆσαι τῆς σαρκὸς τὰ παθήματα; ε Ἵνα μὴ ἃ ἂν θέλητε, ταῦτα ποιῆτε. » Μὴ τοῖς ἀτόποις ἕπεσθε λογισμοῖς, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Περιγίνεσθε τούτων, ἔχοντες συνεργὸν τὴν χάριν τοῦ Πνεύματος. ιη΄, « Εἰ δὲ πνεύματι ἄγεσθε, οὐκ ἐστὲ ὑπὸ νόμον. » Τοῦτο γὰρ ὁ νόμος οὐκ ἐχορήγει. Εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἔτυχόν τινες πνευματικῆς χάριτος ὑπὸ τῷ νόμῳ πολιτευόμενοι, ἀλλ᾽ οὖν ἄγαν ὀλίγοι προφητείας ἠξιωμένοι " ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἅπαντες οἱ τοῦ σωτηρίου βαπτίσματος…

iz΄. « Hē gar sarx epithymei kata tou pneumatos, to de pneuma kata tēs sarkos; tauta de antikeitai allēlois. » Sarka legei tēn epi ta cheirō tēs gnōmēs rhopēn; pneuma de tēn enoikousan charin; hautē gar epi ta kreittō podēgei tēn psychēn. Pōs de dynaton nikēsai tēs sarkos ta pathēmata? e Hina mē ha an thelēte, tauta poiēte. » Mē tois atopois hepesthe logismois, anti tou, Periginesthe toutōn, echontes synergon tēn charin tou Pneumatos. iē΄, « Ei de pneumati agesthe, ouk este hypo nomon. » Touto gar ho nomos ouk echorēgei. Ei gar kai etychon tines pneumatikēs charitos hypo tǭ nomǭ politeuomenoi, all᾽ oun agan oligoi prophēteias ēxiōmenoi " entautha de hapantes hoi tou sōtēriou baptismatos…

“For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are opposed to each other.” By flesh he means the inclination of the mind toward the worse, and by spirit the indwelling grace; for it guides the soul toward the better. How then is it possible to overcome the passions of the flesh? “So that you do not do whatever you wish.” Do not follow absurd reasonings; that is: overcome them, having the grace of the Spirit as fellow worker. “But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.” For the law did not supply this. For even if some who lived under the law obtained spiritual grace, yet they were very few, those granted prophecy; but here all who [have received] saving baptism …

Gal 5:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 5:18 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains “flesh” as the mind's inclination to the worse and “spirit” as indwelling grace, which, unlike the law, is given to all the baptized.

  • This ref holds Gal 5:17–18. The section breaks off in the scan. Migne's apparatus and Latin column, read as Greek, are removed by logged corrections.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR punctuation; OCR κ read as χ; divided word; apparatus and Migne's Latin column read as Greek; marginal letter and Migne's Latin column read as Greek; text breaks off): Ἢ γὰρ σὰρξ → Ἡ γὰρ σὰρξ; σαρκός" ταῦτα → σαρκός· ταῦτα; Σάρχα λέγει → Σάρκα λέγει; τῆς γό- 1 Πῶς ὄφελον --- ὑμᾶς παθρὶ οἰΐαπὶ δὰ 89 ἀπάτην. "9 χῆς περ. εἰ ἐπι ὑμίαν. Β οἱ ἰρεν μῆς ῥοπήν → τῆς γνώμης ῥοπήν·; χάριν “ αὑτὴ Α Δηΐπιΐ δ ἀδίο γί ογα ῬγοΟροηβἰοη6ῃι : ἐρίγέίηι γὰρ → χάριν· αὕτη γὰρ; πνευματικῇς → πνευματικῆς; σωτηρίου βαπτίσματος → σωτηρίου βαπτίσματος….

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.17 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

5.19PG 82

ιθ΄. « Φανερὰ δέ ἐστι τὰ ἔργα τῆς σαρκός. » Πάλιν σάρκα τὸ σαρκικὸν καλεῖ φρόνημα. « Ἅτινά ἐστι μοιχεία, πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, ἀσέλγεια, (χ', χα΄.) εἰδωλολατρεία, φαρμακεία, ἔχθραι, ἔρεις, ζῆλοι, θυμοὶ, ἐριθεῖαι, διχοστασίαι, αἱρέσεις, φθόνοι, φόνοι, μέθαι, κῶμοι, καὶ τὰ ὅμοια τούτοις. » Δῆλον δὲ ὅτι εἰδωλολατρεία καὶ φαρμακεία, καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὅμοια, οὐ τῆς σαρκὸς, ἀλλὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐστιν ἴδια. Οὐ τοίνυν τῆς σαρκὸς κατηγορεῖ, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ῥᾳθύμου φρονήματος. « Ἃ προλέγω ὑμῖν, καθὼς καὶ προεῖπον, ὅτι οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντες βασιλείαν Θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσι. » Ταῦτα καὶ ἐν τῇ πρὸς Κορινθίους εἴρηκεν ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος. κβ΄, κγ΄. « Ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρὰ, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις, πραότης, ἐγκράτεια. » Εἰ τοῦ σώματος ἦν ἐκεῖνα μόνου, ἔδει δειχθῆναι καὶ τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἔργα· ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τέθεικε. Δῆλον τοίνυν, ὡς σάρκα μὲν τὸ σαρκικὸν ἐκάλεσε φρόνημα, τουτέστι τῆς ψυχῆς τὴν ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω ῥοπήν " πνεῦμα δὲ καλεῖ, τὴν δεδομένην χάριν. Διά τοι τοῦτο καὶ καρπὸν τοῦ Πνεύματος τὴν ἀγάπην, καὶ τὴν χαρὰν, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ προσηγόρευσεν. ᾿Εκείνου γὰρ τῇ ψυχῇ συνεργοῦντος τούτων ἔκαστον κατορθοῦται. « Κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστι νόμος. ν Περιττὸς γὰρ ὁ νόμος τοῖς κατορθοῦσι τὴν ἀρετήν " δικαίῳ γὰρ ὁ νόμος οὐ κεῖται. κδ'. « Οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, τὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν σὺν τοῖς παθήμασι καὶ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις. » Τουτέστι, τῷ Χριστῷ συνταφέντες νεκρὸν ἀπέφηναν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ τὸ σῶμα. κε΄. « Εἰ ζῶμεν πνεύματι, πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν. » Μὴ κατὰ νόμον πολιτευόμενοι, ἀλλὰ τῇ χάριτι ἑπόμενοι. κς΄. « Μὴ γινώμεθα κενόδοξοι, ἀλλήλους προκαλούμενοι, ἀλλήλοις φθονοῦντες. » Τὴν κενοδοξίαν καὶ τὸν φθόνον ἡ διάστασις ἐκείνη πεποίηκεν. Ἴσως γὰρ οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς πίστεως ἐρηρεισμένοι, τῶν κλονη… οἷς καὶ παραινεῖ ὀρέξαι χεῖρα τοῖς ἐπὶ τὸν νό…

ith΄. « Phanera de esti ta erga tēs sarkos. » Palin sarka to sarkikon kalei phronēma. « Hatina esti moicheia, porneia, akatharsia, aselgeia, (ch', cha΄.) eidōlolatreia, pharmakeia, echthrai, ereis, zēloi, thymoi, eritheiai, dichostasiai, haireseis, phthonoi, phonoi, methai, kōmoi, kai ta homoia toutois. » Dēlon de hoti eidōlolatreia kai pharmakeia, kai ta toutois homoia, ou tēs sarkos, alla tēs psychēs estin idia. Ou toinyn tēs sarkos katēgorei, alla tou rhąthymou phronēmatos. « Ha prolegō hymin, kathōs kai proeipon, hoti hoi ta toiauta prassontes basileian Theou ou klēronomēsousi. » Tauta kai en tę̄ pros Korinthious eirēken ho theios ᾿Apostolos. kb΄, kg΄. « Ho de karpos tou Pneumatos estin agapē, chara, eirēnē, makrothymia, chrēstotēs, agathōsynē, pistis, praotēs, enkrateia. » Ei tou sōmatos ēn ekeina monou, edei deichthēnai kai ta tēs psychēs erga; all᾽ ou tetheike. Dēlon toinyn, hōs sarka men to sarkikon ekalese phronēma, toutesti tēs psychēs tēn epi ta cheirō rhopēn " pneuma de kalei, tēn dedomenēn charin. Dia toi touto kai karpon tou Pneumatos tēn agapēn, kai tēn charan, kai ta loipa prosēgoreusen. ᾿Ekeinou gar tę̄ psychę̄ synergountos toutōn ekaston katorthoutai. « Kata tōn toioutōn ouk esti nomos. n Perittos gar ho nomos tois katorthousi tēn aretēn " dikaiǭ gar ho nomos ou keitai. kd'. « Hoi de tou Christou, tēn sarka estaurōsan syn tois pathēmasi kai tais epithymiais. » Toutesti, tǭ Christǭ syntaphentes nekron apephēnan tę̄ hamartią to sōma. ke΄. « Ei zōmen pneumati, pneumati kai stoichōmen. » Mē kata nomon politeuomenoi, alla tę̄ chariti hepomenoi. ks΄. « Mē ginōmetha kenodoxoi, allēlous prokaloumenoi, allēlois phthonountes. » Tēn kenodoxian kai ton phthonon hē diastasis ekeinē pepoiēken. Isōs gar hoi epi tēs pisteōs erēreismenoi, tōn klonē… hois kai parainei orexai cheira tois epi ton no…

“Now the works of the flesh are evident.” Again he calls the fleshly mind flesh. “Which are adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, dissensions, factions, envyings, murders, drunkenness, carousings, and things like these.” It is plain that idolatry and sorcery and the like belong not to the flesh but to the soul. So he does not accuse the flesh, but the slothful mind. “Of which I tell you beforehand, as I told you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” The divine Apostle said this in the letter to the Corinthians as well. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control.” If those things belonged to the body alone, the works of the soul too would have had to be shown; but he did not set them down. It is plain, then, that he called the fleshly mind flesh, that is, the soul's inclination toward the worse; and he calls spirit the grace that has been given. For this reason he called love and joy and the rest fruit of the Spirit; for each of these is achieved with the Spirit working together with the soul. “Against such things there is no law.” For the law is superfluous for those who achieve virtue; for the law is not laid down for the righteous. “And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” That is, buried with Christ, they have made the body dead to sin. “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Not living according to the law, but following grace. “Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.” That division produced the vainglory and the envy. For perhaps those firmly set on the faith … those who were shaken … whom he also exhorts to stretch out a hand to those [who had turned] to the law …

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Gal 5:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 5:19–21 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 6:9–10 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gal 5:22–23 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 1:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 5:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 6:4–6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gal 5:25 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 5:26 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret argues that the works of the flesh, which include sins of the soul such as idolatry, show that Paul means the fleshly mind, not the body, and that the fruit of the Spirit is achieved by grace working with the soul.

  • This ref holds Gal 5:19–26 (lemmas of 5:19a, 5:19b–21a, 5:21b, 5:22–23a, 5:23b, 5:24, 5:25 and 5:26). Lines are lost in the scan (“…”), and the section breaks off. Allusions: 1 Cor 6:9–10; 1 Tim 1:9; Rom 6:4–6. Migne's apparatus and Latin column, read as Greek, are removed by logged corrections.

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Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 5.19 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/5-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 6

6.1PG 82

α΄. « ᾿Αδελφοὶ, ἐὰν καὶ προληφθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἔν τινι παραπτώματι, ὑμεῖς οἱ πνευματικοὶ, καταρτίζετε τὸν τοιοῦτον. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, Διορθοῦσθε, στηρίζετε, τὸ, ἐλλεῖπον ἀναπληροῦτε. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τῆς θεραπείας τὸν τρόπον· « Ἐν πνεύματι πραότητος. » Εἶτα ἐμβάλλει δέος τῷ ἰατρεύοντι" ε Σκοπῶν σεαυτὸν, μὴ καὶ σὺ πειρασθῇς. » Ἄνθρωπος εἶ, τρεπτὴν ἔχων τὴν φύσιν" συνάλγησον τῷ κακῶς διακειμένῳ,

a΄. « ᾿Adelphoi, ean kai prolēphthę̄ anthrōpos en tini paraptōmati, hymeis hoi pneumatikoi, katartizete ton toiouton. » ᾿Anti tou, Diorthousthe, stērizete, to, elleipon anaplēroute. Didaskei de kai tēs therapeias ton tropon; « En pneumati praotētos. » Eita emballei deos tǭ iatreuonti" e Skopōn seauton, mē kai sy peirasthę̄s. » Anthrōpos ei, treptēn echōn tēn physin" synalgēson tǭ kakōs diakeimenǭ,

“Brothers, if a man is overtaken in some trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one.” Instead of: correct, support, fill up what is lacking. He teaches also the manner of the treatment: “In a spirit of gentleness.” Then he puts fear into the one who heals: “Looking to yourself, lest you too be tempted.” You are a man, with a changeable nature; share the pain of the one who is in a bad state.

Gal 6:1 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Theodoret explains that the spiritual should restore a fallen brother gently, mindful of their own frailty.

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Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.1 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.2PG 82

β΄. «᾿Αλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε, καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσατε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ. » Τόδε ἔχεις τὸ ἐλάττωμα σὺ, τόδε οὐκ ἔχεις " ἐκεῖνος τὸ ἐναντίον, ὃ μὲν ἔχεις οὐκ ἔχει, ἕτερον δέ. Σὺ φέρε τὸ ἐκείνου, κἀκεῖνος τὸ σόν· οὕτω γὰρ πληροῦται τῆς ἀγάπης ὁ νόμος. Νόμον γὰρ Χριστοῦ τὴν ἀγάπην ἐκάλεσεν· αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐστι φωνή· ε« Ἐντολὴν καινὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους. » γ΄. « Εἰ γὰρ δοκεῖ τις εἶναί τι, μηδὲν ὧν, ἑαυτὸν… κατορθώμασι κατέστειλε τὴν ὀφρύν.

b΄. «᾿Allēlōn ta barē bastazete, kai houtōs anaplērōsate ton nomon tou Christou. » Tode echeis to elattōma sy, tode ouk echeis " ekeinos to enantion, ho men echeis ouk echei, heteron de. Sy phere to ekeinou, kakeinos to son; houtō gar plēroutai tēs agapēs ho nomos. Nomon gar Christou tēn agapēn ekalesen; autou gar esti phōnē; e« Entolēn kainēn didōmi hymin, hina agapate allēlous. » g΄. « Ei gar dokei tis einai ti, mēden hōn, heauton… katorthōmasi katesteile tēn ophryn.

“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” You have this defect, but not that one; he the opposite; what you have he does not have, but something else. You bear his, and he yours; for so the law of love is fulfilled. For he called love the law of Christ; for his is the saying: “A new commandment I give you, that you love one another.” “For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he …” … by achievements he humbled his brow.

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Gal 6:2 (quotation, high confidence) · John 13:34 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 6:3 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Theodoret explains bearing one another's burdens as mutual help in each other's faults, which fulfils Christ's law of love.

  • This ref holds Gal 6:2–3. Words are lost in the scan in and after the lemma of 6:3 (“…”). Quotation: John 13:34. Migne's Latin column, read as Greek, is removed by logged corrections.

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Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.2 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.4PG 82

δ΄. ε Τὸ δὲ ἔργον ἑαυτοῦ δοκιμαζέτω ἕκαστος, καὶ τότε εἰς ἑαυτὸν μόνον τὸ καύχημα ἕξει, καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὸν ἕτερον. » Εἰ δὲ καὶ σεμνύνεσθαι θέλεις, … εὕρῃς, κατὰ σαυτὸν σεμνύνου, εἴπερ ἄρα τοῦτό σε δεῖ ποιεῖν.

d΄. e To de ergon heautou dokimazetō hekastos, kai tote eis heauton monon to kauchēma hexei, kai ouk eis ton heteron. » Ei de kai semnynesthai theleis, … heurę̄s, kata sauton semnynou, eiper ara touto se dei poiein.

“But let each one test his own work, and then he will have his boast in himself alone and not in another.” And if you wish to take pride, … you find, take pride in yourself, if indeed you must do this.

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Gal 6:4 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret advises that any pride should rest on one's own work, not on comparison with others.

  • Words are lost in the scan (“…”).

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  • Digital text corrected (words lost in the scan): θέλεις, τὸν εὕρῃς → θέλεις, … εὕρῃς.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.4 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.5PG 82

ε΄. « Ἕκαστος γὰρ τὸ ἴδιον φορτίον βαστάσει.» Μὴ περιεργάζου τὰ ἀλλότρια· ἕκαστος γὰρ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ τῶν οἰκείων ἁμαρτημάτων λόγον ὑφέξει.

e΄. « Hekastos gar to idion phortion bastasei.» Mē periergazou ta allotria; hekastos gar hēmōn hyper tōn oikeiōn hamartēmatōn logon hyphexei.

“For each one will bear his own load.” Do not busy yourself with other people's affairs; for each of us will give account for his own sins.

Gal 6:5 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret notes that each will answer for his own sins.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slips): «Ἔχαστος → « Ἕκαστος; ἀλλότρια" ἕχαστος → ἀλλότρια· ἕκαστος.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.5 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.6PG 82

ς΄. « Κοινωνείτω δὲ ὁ κατηχούμενος τὸν λόγον τῷ χατηχοῦντι ἐν πᾶσιν ἀγαθοῖς. ν» Ἐνταῦθα τοὺς διδασκάλους παρεγγυᾷ τῆς προσηκούσης θεραπείας παρὰ τῶν μαθητευομένων μεταλαγχάνειν· καὶ κοινωνίαν τὸ πρᾶγμα καλεῖ, καὶ κελεύει τοῖς τῶν πνευματικῶν ἀπολαύουσι μεταδιδόναι τῶν σαρ… ζ΄, η΄. « Μὴ πλανᾶσθε, θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται. Ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει. » ᾿Εφορᾷ πάντα ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς, μὴ νομίσητε αὐτὸν ἀγνοεῖν τὰ γενόμενα. Γινώσκετε δὲ ὡς ἀμητὸς ἔσται τῷ σπόρῳ κατάλληλος, καὶ ὅπερ ἂν σπείρῃς, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσεις. « Ὅτι ὁ σπείρων εἰς τὴν σάρκα αὑτοῦ, ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς αὑτοῦ θερίσει φθοράν. » Ὁ γὰρ τῇ σαρκὶ χαριζόμενος τρυφήν τε καὶ ἡδονὴν, φθορὰν ἐντεῦθεν καρπώσεται. Τὸ σῶμα γὰρ εἰς φθορὰν διαλύεται. « Ὁ δὲ σπείρων εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα, ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος θερίσει ζωὴν αἰώνιον. » Ὁ δὲ τῷ σκοπῷ τοῦ πνεύματος ἀκολουθῶν, καὶ τοῖς τούτου νόμοις ἑπόμενος, τὴν αἰώνιον τρυγήσει ζωήν.

s΄. « Koinōneitō de ho katēchoumenos ton logon tǭ chatēchounti en pasin agathois. n» Entautha tous didaskalous parengyą tēs prosēkousēs therapeias para tōn mathēteuomenōn metalanchanein; kai koinōnian to pragma kalei, kai keleuei tois tōn pneumatikōn apolauousi metadidonai tōn sar… z΄, ē΄. « Mē planasthe, theos ou myktērizetai. Ho gar ean speirę̄ anthrōpos, touto kai therisei. » ᾿Ephorą panta ho tōn holōn Theos, mē nomisēte auton agnoein ta genomena. Ginōskete de hōs amētos estai tǭ sporǭ katallēlos, kai hoper an speirę̄s, touto kai theriseis. « Hoti ho speirōn eis tēn sarka hautou, ek tēs sarkos hautou therisei phthoran. » Ho gar tę̄ sarki charizomenos tryphēn te kai hēdonēn, phthoran enteuthen karpōsetai. To sōma gar eis phthoran dialyetai. « Ho de speirōn eis to pneuma, ek tou pneumatos therisei zōēn aiōnion. » Ho de tǭ skopǭ tou pneumatos akolouthōn, kai tois toutou nomois hepomenos, tēn aiōnion trygēsei zōēn.

“Let the one who is taught the word share in all good things with the one who teaches.” Here he urges that the teachers receive the fitting support from those being taught; and he calls the thing fellowship, and bids those who enjoy spiritual things to share their fleshly … “Do not be deceived; God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” The God of the universe oversees all things; do not think that he does not know what happens. Know that the harvest will correspond to the seed, and whatever you sow, that you will also reap. “For he who sows to his own flesh will from his flesh reap corruption.” For he who indulges the flesh with luxury and pleasure will reap corruption from it; for the body is dissolved into corruption. “But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” He who follows the aim of the Spirit and obeys his laws will gather eternal life.

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Gal 6:6 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 9:11 (allusion, low confidence) · Gal 6:7–8 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Theodoret explains that hearers should support their teachers, and that each will reap as he sows, corruption from the flesh or eternal life from the Spirit.

  • This ref holds Gal 6:6–8 (lemmas of 6:6, 6:7, 6:8a and 6:8b). Words are lost in the scan after the comment on 6:6 (“…”). The exchange of spiritual and fleshly things alludes to Rom 15:27; 1 Cor 9:11. Apparatus and Migne's Latin column, read as Greek, are removed by logged corrections.

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  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR punctuation; OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR κ read as χ; divided word; OCR κ read as χ; marginal letter and Migne's Latin column read as Greek; marginal letter, apparatus and Migne's Latin column read as Greek, inside the lemma; text lost in the scan; OCR numerals): δι" δασχάλους → διδασκάλους; μεταλαγχάνειν " καὶ κοιγωνίαν → μεταλαγχάνειν· καὶ κοινωνίαν; σαρζ΄, ἡ. « → σαρ… ζ΄, η΄. «; Ὃ γαρ' ἐὰν → Ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν; θερίσει. ) ᾿Εφορᾷ → θερίσει. » ᾿Εφορᾷ; σπείρῃ» τοῦτο καὶ θερίσεις → σπείρῃς, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσεις; « Ὃτι ὁ σπείρων → « Ὅτι ὁ σπείρων; χαρπώσεται → καρπώσεται; ἐκ τοῦ Β οἐ Τιηροιζγρίιβ (οἴη δι. σαυτοῦ. Νοβίογ δὰ [538. τχνν 21: πἰϑὶ χιιοά ἢ] ὅτι Ὡπί6 ὁ σπείρων οπιμιαι; οἱ μοϑὶ σπείοων εἰς τὸ πν. αὐάλι τοῦ, Ὑοῦθα (14, Ὃ γὰρ ἂν σπ, ἄ., τι χ. πνεύματος → ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος; » Ὃ δὲ τῷ σκοπῷ Α ἰδπὶ 5οπιπδξ᾽ ἰῃ ςρίγίιυ; 46. «τοῦ πνεύματος → » Ὁ δὲ τῷ σκοπῷ τοῦ πνεύματος.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.6 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.9PG 82

θ΄. « Τὸ δὲ καλὸν ποιοῦντες μὴ ἐκκακῶμεν· καιρῷ γὰρ ἰδίῳ θερίσομεν μὴ ἐκλυόμενοι. » Μηδὲν τῶν ἀνιαρῶν διακοπτέτω τὴν περὶ τὰ καλὰ προθυμίαν. πόνου γὰρ δίχα θερίσομεν τὰ σπειρόμενα· τοῦτο γὰρ ἔφη, μὴ ἐκλυόμενοι. ᾿Επὶ μὲν γὰρ τῶν αἰσθητῶν σπερμάτων καὶ ὁ σπόρος ἔχει πόνον, καὶ ὁ ἀμητὸς ὡσαύτως· διαλύει δὲ πολλάκις τοὺς ἀμῶντας καὶ τὸ τῆς ὥρας θερμόν· ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνος οὐ τοιοῦτος ὁ ἀμητός· πόνου γάρ ἔστι καὶ ἱδρῶτος ἐλεύ…

th΄. « To de kalon poiountes mē ekkakōmen; kairǭ gar idiǭ therisomen mē eklyomenoi. » Mēden tōn aniarōn diakoptetō tēn peri ta kala prothymian. ponou gar dicha therisomen ta speiromena; touto gar ephē, mē eklyomenoi. ᾿Epi men gar tōn aisthētōn spermatōn kai ho sporos echei ponon, kai ho amētos hōsautōs; dialyei de pollakis tous amōntas kai to tēs hōras thermon; all᾽ ekeinos ou toioutos ho amētos; ponou gar esti kai hidrōtos eleu…

“And let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due season we shall reap without growing weary.” Let nothing grievous cut off our eagerness for good things; for we shall reap what is sown without toil; for this is what he meant by “without growing weary.” With perceptible seeds both the sowing has toil and the harvest likewise; and often the heat of the season too exhausts the reapers; but that harvest is not of this kind, for it is free of toil and sweat …

Gal 6:9 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Theodoret encourages perseverance in doing good, since the heavenly harvest, unlike an earthly one, is reaped without toil.

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  • Digital text corrected (OCR punctuation; OCR slips; OCR κ read as χ; divided word; footnote marks; OCR slips; footnote marks; text breaks off): χαλὸν ποιοῦντες → καλὸν ποιοῦντες; ἐκκακῶμεν " χαιρῷ → ἐκκακῶμεν· καιρῷ; ἐχλυόμενοι. » Μηδὲν → ἐκλυόμενοι. » Μηδὲν; διαχοπτέτω → διακοπτέτω; περὶ τὰ χαλὰ → περὶ τὰ καλὰ; σπειρόμενα" τοῦτο γὰρ ἔφη, μὴ ἐχλυόμενοι → σπειρόμενα· τοῦτο γὰρ ἔφη, μὴ ἐκλυόμενοι; σπερμάτων "" καὶ ὁ σπόρος ἔχει πόνον "", → σπερμάτων καὶ ὁ σπόρος ἔχει πόνον,; ὡσαύτως" διαλύει δὲ πολλάκις " τοὺς ἀμῶν- «α: " καὶ → ὡσαύτως· διαλύει δὲ πολλάκις τοὺς ἀμῶντας καὶ; θερμόν " ἀλλ᾽ → θερμόν· ἀλλ᾽; τοιοὗτος ὁ ἀμητός " → τοιοῦτος ὁ ἀμητός·; ἱδρῶτος ἐλεύ- → ἱδρῶτος ἐλεύ….

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.9 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

6.10PG 82

ι΄. « Ἄρα οὖν ὡς καιρὸν ἔχομεν, ἐργαζώμεθα τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς πάντας, μάλιστα δὲ πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως. » Οὕτω καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις ἔφη· « Γίνεσθε οἰκτίρμονες, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος οἰκτίρμων ἐστὶν, ὅτι ἀνατέλλει τὸν ἥλιον αὑτοῦ ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς, καὶ βρέχει ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους. » Διαφερόντως μέντοι προσήκει θεραπεύειν τοὺς ὁμο… ια΄. « Ἴδετε πηλίκοις ὑμῖν γράμμασιν ἔγραψα τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί. » Πᾶσαν, ὡς ἔοικε, τήνδε τὴν Ἐπιστολὴν αὑτὸς ἔγραψε, διδάσκων ὡς οὐκ ὑφορᾶται προσώπων ἀξίωμα προκειμένης τῆς ἀληθείας. Τὸ δὲ, γράμμασι, τινὲς μὲν, μεγάλοις, τινὲς δὲ, φαύλοις, ἡρμήνευσαν. Ἐγὼ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἔγραψα τὴν Ἐπιστολὴν, καίτοι μὴ γράφων εἰς κάλλος. ιβ΄. « Ὅσοι θέλουσιν εὐπροσωπῆσαι ἐν σαρκὶ, οὗτοι ἀναγκάζουσιν ὑμᾶς περιτέμνεσθαι, μόνον ἵνα μὴ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Χριστοῦ διώκωνται. » Τὴν παρὰ ἀνθρώπων θηρώμενοι δόξαν, καὶ τῆς ἀσφαλείας προμηθούμενοι τῆς οἰκείας, τὴν ἀναγκαστικὴν τῆς περιτομῆς ὑμῖν διδασκαλίαν προσφέρουσιν, ἵνα μὴ παραπλησίως ἡμῖν τοῖς κηρύττουσι τὸν Χριστὸν αἰκίζων…

i΄. « Ara oun hōs kairon echomen, ergazōmetha to agathon pros pantas, malista de pros tous oikeious tēs pisteōs. » Houtō kai ho Kyrios en tois hierois Euangeliois ephē; « Ginesthe oiktirmones, kathōs kai ho Patēr hymōn ho ouranios oiktirmōn estin, hoti anatellei ton hēlion hautou epi ponērous kai agathous, kai brechei epi dikaious kai adikous. » Diapherontōs mentoi prosēkei therapeuein tous homo… ia΄. « Idete pēlikois hymin grammasin egrapsa tę̄ emę̄ cheiri. » Pasan, hōs eoike, tēnde tēn Epistolēn hautos egrapse, didaskōn hōs ouk hyphoratai prosōpōn axiōma prokeimenēs tēs alētheias. To de, grammasi, tines men, megalois, tines de, phaulois, hērmēneusan. Egō gar, phēsin, egrapsa tēn Epistolēn, kaitoi mē graphōn eis kallos. ib΄. « Hosoi thelousin euprosōpēsai en sarki, houtoi anankazousin hymas peritemnesthai, monon hina mē tǭ staurǭ tou Christou diōkōntai. » Tēn para anthrōpōn thērōmenoi doxan, kai tēs asphaleias promēthoumenoi tēs oikeias, tēn anankastikēn tēs peritomēs hymin didaskalian prospherousin, hina mē paraplēsiōs hēmin tois kēryttousi ton Christon aikizōn…

“So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, and especially to those of the household of faith.” So too the Lord said in the holy Gospels: “Be compassionate, as your heavenly Father is compassionate, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.” But it is fitting especially to care for those who share … “See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand.” He wrote this whole letter himself, it seems, teaching that, when the truth is at stake, he pays no regard to the dignity of persons. As for “letters,” some have interpreted it as large, others as poor. For I, he says, wrote the letter, though I do not write beautifully. “As many as want to make a good showing in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.” Hunting for glory from men and providing for their own safety, they offer you the teaching that compels circumcision, so that they may not, like us who preach Christ, be tormented …

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Gal 6:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 6:36 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:45 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 6:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 6:12 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret comments on doing good to all, Paul's writing the letter in his own hand, and the false teachers who preach circumcision to avoid persecution.

  • This ref holds Gal 6:10–12. Words are lost in the scan (“…”), and the section breaks off. The saying of the Lord combines Luke 6:36 and Matt 5:45. Theodoret reports two interpretations of “large letters” without deciding.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR debris; OCR punctuation; OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR slips; footnote mark; OCR slips; text breaks off; OCR κ read as χ; line lost in the scan; OCR κ read as χ; marginal letter; OCR slip): εΓἌρα "5 οὖν → « Ἄρα οὖν; ἐργαξώμεθα → ἐργαζώμεθα; οἷκείους → οἰκείους; ἔφη " « → ἔφη· «; οἰχτέρμονες, καθὡς → οἰκτίρμονες, καθὼς; ὁμοια΄, « Ἴδετε πηλίχοις → ὁμο… ια΄. « Ἴδετε πηλίκοις; τῇ͵ ἐμῇ → τῇ ἐμῇ; ραύλοις → φαύλοις; κάλλος. Ε ιβ΄, « Ὅσοι θέλουσιν εὐπροσωπῆσα: → κάλλος. ιβ΄. « Ὅσοι θέλουσιν εὐπροσωπῆσαι; οὖὗτοι ἀναγκάζουσιν ὑμᾶ: → οὗτοι ἀναγκάζουσιν ὑμᾶς; διώχωντα!. » → διώκωνται. »; ἀναγκαστιχὴν → ἀναγκαστικὴν; αἰχίξων- → αἰκίζων….

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.10 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

6.13PG 82

ιγ΄. « Οὐδὲ γὰρ οἱ περιτεμνόμενοι αὐτοὶ νόμον φυλάττουσιν, ἀλλὰ θέλουσιν ὑμᾶς περιτέμνεσθαι, ἵνα ἐν τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ σαρκὶ καυχήσωνται. » Πῶς γὰρ ἔστιν αὐτοὺς φυλάξαι τὸν νόμον πόῤῥω τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων διάγοντας; Πῶς ἐπιτελοῦσι τὰς ἑορτάς; Πῶς τὰς θυσίας προσφέρουσι; Πῶς ἀκαθάρτων ἁπτόμενοι περιῤῥαίνονται; Δῆλον τοίνυν ὡς αὐχεῖν ἐθέλοντες, ἅτε δὴ μεταμαθόντες, περιτμηθῆναι ὑμᾶς παρ… ιδ΄. « Ἐμοὶ δὲ μὴ γένοιτο καυχᾶσθαι, εἰ μὴ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δι᾿ οὗ ἐμοὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωται, κἀγὼ τῷ κόσμῳ. » Ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ μόνῳ τῷ σωτηρίῳ σταυρῷ μεγαλοφρονεῖν εὔχομαι. Διὰ τοῦτον περιττός μοι πᾶς ὁ βίος, καὶ νεκρῷ παραπλήσιος, Οὐ μόνον δὲ αὐτὸς ἐμοὶ, ἀλλὰ κἀγὼ αὐτῷ· τὴν γὰρ ἀθάνατον προσμένω ζωήν. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγεν·

ig΄. « Oude gar hoi peritemnomenoi autoi nomon phylattousin, alla thelousin hymas peritemnesthai, hina en tę̄ hymeterą sarki kauchēsōntai. » Pōs gar estin autous phylaxai ton nomon porrhō tōn Hierosolymōn diagontas? Pōs epitelousi tas heortas? Pōs tas thysias prospherousi? Pōs akathartōn haptomenoi perirrhainontai? Dēlon toinyn hōs auchein ethelontes, hate dē metamathontes, peritmēthēnai hymas par… id΄. « Emoi de mē genoito kauchasthai, ei mē en tǭ staurǭ tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, di᾿ hou emoi kosmos estaurōtai, kagō tǭ kosmǭ. » Egō de epi monǭ tǭ sōtēriǭ staurǭ megalophronein euchomai. Dia touton perittos moi pas ho bios, kai nekrǭ paraplēsios, Ou monon de autos emoi, alla kagō autǭ; tēn gar athanaton prosmenō zōēn. Touto gar epēgagen;

“For not even those who are circumcised keep the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh.” For how can they keep the law while living far from Jerusalem? How do they celebrate the feasts? How do they offer the sacrifices? How are they sprinkled when they touch unclean things? It is plain, then, that wishing to boast, as men who have re-taught you, they [urge] you to be circumcised … “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” But I pray to take pride in the saving cross alone. Because of it the whole of life is superfluous to me and like a dead thing. And not only is it so to me, but I also to it; for I await the immortal life. For he added:

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Gal 6:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 6:14 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret argues that the advocates of circumcision cannot keep the law away from Jerusalem and seek only to boast, while Paul boasts in the cross alone.

  • This ref holds Gal 6:13–14. Words are lost in the scan (“…”). Theodoret's argument about keeping the law outside Jerusalem is translated as written. Migne's apparatus and Latin column, read as Greek, are removed by a logged correction.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; divided word; OCR slips; OCR κ read as χ; apparatus and Migne's Latin column read as Greek; footnote number; line lost in the scan): οὗ περιτεμνόμενοι αὐτοὶ νόμον φυ» λάττουσιν → οἱ περιτεμνόμενοι αὐτοὶ νόμον φυλάττουσιν; χαυχήσωνται → καυχήσωνται; κεροιῤῥαίνονται → περιῤῥαίνονται; παρ-. ιδ΄, « → παρ… ιδ΄. «; Χριστοῦ 57, δι᾿ → Χριστοῦ, δι᾿; χἀγὼ τῷ κόσμῳ → κἀγὼ τῷ κόσμῳ; χἀγὼ αὐτῷ" → κἀγὼ αὐτῷ·; ἐπήγαγεν" ἰϊδὰ εἰ. δηάοτγα ᾿ἰ θα γᾶ. εἱ Ῥαδίος Ποἱ. εκ. 11, ε μὰ υἱ 15 ἐπιἰπ πη Εξο αυκυπὶ δ" μάτων. 32 κόπον, ΟΕουπ. 5 γὰρ πολλά. Κ. ἢ. 1. Χ. μιαροὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ δὰ Οδηΐ, μι, 10. Οίογα; ἐμοὶ δὲ --- κόσμῳ οαφι αἱ ποδίτο αὶ πὶ Υἱ αν, απ). οἵ 5006 Γ Πᾶπιὶ, υἱ αια γϑοιί ἀπο ΟΥΠοῖαΓ, οἱ ἢἰ}}] Πὰοἱ αυΐ θευ βἷ!, Εξο αὶ {πὶ 4606οἵ οἱ ἀϊν]- → ἐπήγαγεν·.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.13 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.15PG 82

ιε΄. « Ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομὴ ἰσχύει, οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ καινὴ κτίσις, » Τοῦτο καὶ Κορινθίοις ἐπιστέλλων ἔφη· « Ὥστε εἴ τις ἐν Χριστῷ καινὴ κτίσις. » Καινὴν δὲ κτίσιν κυρίως μὲν καλεῖ τὴν ἐσομένην μετὰ τὴν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν τῶν πραγμάτων μεταβολήν. Τότε γὰρ καὶ ἡ κτίσις τῆς ἐπικειμένης ἐλευθεροῦται φθορᾶς, καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ φύσις τὴν ἀθανασίαν ἐνδύεται. Οἷον δέ τινα τῶν μελλόντων εἰκόνα δείκνυσι τὸ σωτήριον βάπτισμα. Ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ ἀποδυόμεθα τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἐνδυόμεθα δὲ τὸν νέον· καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων τὸ φορτίον ἀποτιθέμενοι, δεχόμεθα τὴν χάριν τοῦ Πνεύματος. Οὔτε τοίνυν τὸ πανάγιον βάπτισμα, οὔτε ὁ μέλλων βίος, οἷδε περιτομῆς καὶ ἀκροβυστίας διαφοράν. Κόσμον δὲ ἐκάλεσε τὰ βιωτικὰ πράγματα, τὴν τιμὴν, τὴν δόξαν, τὸν πλοῦτον· τούτοις εἶπεν εἶναι νεκρός.

ie΄. « En gar Christǭ Iēsou oute peritomē ischyei, oute akrobystia, alla kainē ktisis, » Touto kai Korinthiois epistellōn ephē; « Hōste ei tis en Christǭ kainē ktisis. » Kainēn de ktisin kyriōs men kalei tēn esomenēn meta tēn ek nekrōn anastasin tōn pragmatōn metabolēn. Tote gar kai hē ktisis tēs epikeimenēs eleutheroutai phthoras, kai tōn anthrōpōn hē physis tēn athanasian endyetai. Hoion de tina tōn mellontōn eikona deiknysi to sōtērion baptisma. En toutǭ gar apodyometha ton palaion anthrōpon, endyometha de ton neon; kai tōn hamartēmatōn to phortion apotithemenoi, dechometha tēn charin tou Pneumatos. Oute toinyn to panagion baptisma, oute ho mellōn bios, hoide peritomēs kai akrobystias diaphoran. Kosmon de ekalese ta biōtika pragmata, tēn timēn, tēn doxan, ton plouton; toutois eipen einai nekros.

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.” This he also said when writing to the Corinthians: “So if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” By new creation he properly means the change of things that will come after the resurrection of the dead. For then both creation is freed from the corruption that lies upon it, and the nature of men puts on immortality. But saving baptism shows a kind of image of the things to come. For in it we put off the old man and put on the new; and laying aside the burden of sins, we receive the grace of the Spirit. Neither the all-holy baptism, then, nor the life to come knows a difference between circumcision and uncircumcision. By “world” he called the affairs of this life: honor, glory, wealth; to these he said he was dead.

Gal 6:15 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 5:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 8:21 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 15:53 (allusion, medium confidence) · Col 3:9–10 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Theodoret explains the “new creation” as the transformation after the resurrection, of which baptism is an image, and in which circumcision and uncircumcision make no difference.

  • Quotation: 2 Cor 5:17. Allusions: Rom 8:21; 1 Cor 15:53; Col 3:9–10. The last sentence comments on 6:14 (“the world has been crucified to me”).

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR debris; OCR punctuation; OCR slips; OCR β read as δ; footnote marks; OCR slips): περιτομὴ "" ἰσχύει, οὔτε ἀχροθυστία → περιτομὴ ἰσχύει, οὔτε ἀκροβυστία; ἔφη « “Ὥστε → ἔφη· « Ὥστε; μεταδολήν → μεταβολήν; νέον " → νέον·; ἀκροθδυστίας → ἀκροβυστίας; πλοῦτον᾽ → πλοῦτον·; νεκρός- → νεκρός..

Topics: Baptism, Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.15 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

6.16PG 82

ις΄. « Καὶ ὅσοι τῷ κανόνι τούτῳ στοιχήσουσιν, εἰρήνη ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔλεος, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ Θεοῦ. » Κανόνα ἐκάλεσε τὴν προκειμένην διδασκαλίαν, ὡς εὐθύτητι κοσμουμένην, καὶ μήτε ἐλλεῖπόν τι, μήτε περιττὸν ἔχουσαν· τοῖς δὲ ταύτην ἀσπαζομένοις ἐπηύξατο τὸν ἔλεον καὶ τὴν εἰρήνην. Ἰσραὴλ δὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοὺς πιστοὺς ὠνόμασεν, ἅτε δὴ τὸν Θεὸν ὁρῶντας διὰ τῆς πίστεως. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἑρ…

is΄. « Kai hosoi tǭ kanoni toutǭ stoichēsousin, eirēnē ep᾽ autous kai eleos, kai epi ton Israēl tou Theou. » Kanona ekalese tēn prokeimenēn didaskalian, hōs euthytēti kosmoumenēn, kai mēte elleipon ti, mēte peritton echousan; tois de tautēn aspazomenois epēuxato ton eleon kai tēn eirēnēn. Israēl de tou Theou tous pistous ōnomasen, hate dē ton Theon horōntas dia tēs pisteōs. Touto gar her…

“And as many as walk by this rule, peace be upon them and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.” He called the teaching set forth a rule, as being adorned with straightness and having nothing lacking or superfluous; and on those who embrace it he prayed for mercy and peace. He named the faithful the Israel of God, as those who see God through faith. For this … [means] …

Gal 6:16 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret explains the “rule” as Paul's teaching and the “Israel of God” as the faithful, who see God through faith.

  • Theodoret alludes to the traditional explanation of the name Israel as “one who sees God”. The section breaks off in the scan.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; OCR punctuation; OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR κ read as χ; footnote marks; text breaks off): ὅσοι "" τῷ → ὅσοι τῷ; Καγόνα → Κανόνα; χοσμουμένην → κοσμουμένην; ἔχουσαν τοῖς δὲ → ἔχουσαν· τοῖς δὲ; ἀσπαξομένοις → ἀσπαζομένοις; ἕλεον → ἔλεον; Ἰσραὴμ, δὲ → Ἰσραὴλ δὲ; Τοῦτο γὰρ ἐρ- → Τοῦτο γὰρ ἑρ….

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.16 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.17PG 82

ιζ΄. « Τοῦ λοιποῦ, κόπους μοι μηδεὶς παρεχέτω. Ἐγὼ γὰρ τὰ στίγματα τοῦ Κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματί μου βαστάζω. » Εἰς μνήμην ἐλθὼν ὧν ὑπέμεινε πόνων, τὸ θεῖον αὐτοῖς προσφέρων Εὐαγγέλιον, οἷόν τινα μαρτυρίαν ταύτην ἔῤῥηξε τὴν φωνήν. Οὐκέτι, φησὶ, γράψαι τι πάλιν ἀνέξομαι· ἀντὶ δὲ γραμμάτων τοὺς μώλωπας δείκνυμι, καὶ τῶν αἰκισμῶν τὰ σημεῖα. Ταῦτα μαρτυρείτω τῇ τοῦ κηρύγματος ἀληθείᾳ· ὑπὲρ ἐκείνης γὰρ πάντα παθεῖν ἀνέχομαι.

iz΄. « Tou loipou, kopous moi mēdeis parechetō. Egō gar ta stigmata tou Kyriou ᾿Iēsou en tǭ sōmati mou bastazō. » Eis mnēmēn elthōn hōn hypemeine ponōn, to theion autois prospherōn Euangelion, hoion tina martyrian tautēn errhēxe tēn phōnēn. Ouketi, phēsi, grapsai ti palin anexomai; anti de grammatōn tous mōlōpas deiknymi, kai tōn aikismōn ta sēmeia. Tauta martyreitō tę̄ tou kērygmatos alētheią; hyper ekeinēs gar panta pathein anechomai.

“From now on let no one cause me trouble; for I bear on my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” Coming to remember the labors he endured in bringing them the divine gospel, he burst out with this cry as a kind of testimony. No longer, he says, will I bear to write anything again; instead of letters I show the weals and the marks of the tortures. Let these bear witness to the truth of the proclamation; for on its behalf I bear to suffer all things.

Gal 6:17 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret reads the “marks of the Lord Jesus” as the scars of Paul's sufferings for the gospel, offered as testimony to its truth.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR debris; OCR punctuation; OCR slip; OCR slips): ᾿Ιητοῦ → ᾿Ιησοῦ; ὑπἐμεινε → ὑπέμεινε; ἀνέξομαι" → ἀνέξομαι·; αἴἶχισμῶν → αἰκισμῶν; τῇ’ τοῦ κηρὺγματος ἀληθείψ ὑπὲρ → τῇ τοῦ κηρύγματος ἀληθείᾳ· ὑπὲρ; ἀνέχομαι. τ ᾿ → ἀνέχομαι..

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.17 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.

6.18PG 82

ιη΄. « Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί, ᾿Αμήν. » Τὴν συνήθη εὐλογίαν οἷόν τινα σφραγῖδα τοῖς γράμμασιν ἐπιτέθεικε. Προστέθεικε δὲ τὴν τοῦ πνεύματος μνήμην, τῆς δοθείσης ἀναμιμνήσκων αὐτοὺς δωρεᾶς, ἣν οὐ διὰ τοῦ νόμου, διὰ δὲ τῆς πίστεως ἔλαβον. Ταύτην καὶ ἡμεῖς τὴν χάριν φυλάξωμεν, καὶ μὴ λυπῶμεν τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, ἐν ᾧ ἐσφραγίσθημεν εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεως, ἀλλ᾽ οἷόν τι ἔλαιον τὴν ἀγαθὴν πρᾶξιν τῷ νοερῷ τούτῳ φωτὶ προσενέγκωμεν, ἵνα φωτιζόμενοι τὴν εὐθεῖαν ὁδεύωμεν, καὶ τὸ ἀξιάγαστον τῆς ὁδοῦ καταλάβωμεν τέλος, ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς…

iē΄. « Hē charis tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou meta tou pneumatos hymōn, adelphoi, ᾿Amēn. » Tēn synēthē eulogian hoion tina sphragida tois grammasin epitetheike. Prostetheike de tēn tou pneumatos mnēmēn, tēs dotheisēs anamimnēskōn autous dōreas, hēn ou dia tou nomou, dia de tēs pisteōs elabon. Tautēn kai hēmeis tēn charin phylaxōmen, kai mē lypōmen to Pneuma to hagion, en hǭ esphragisthēmen eis hēmeran apolytrōseōs, all᾽ hoion ti elaion tēn agathēn praxin tǭ noerǭ toutǭ phōti prosenenkōmen, hina phōtizomenoi tēn eutheian hodeuōmen, kai to axiagaston tēs hodou katalabōmen telos, en Christǭ Iēsou tǭ Kyriǭ hēmōn, hǭ hē doxa kai to kratos, nyn kai aei, kai eis…

“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.” He has set the customary blessing on the letter as a kind of seal. And he added the mention of the spirit, reminding them of the gift given, which they received not through the law but through faith. Let us too guard this grace, and not grieve the Holy Spirit, in whom we were sealed for the day of redemption; but let us bring good action, like oil, to this spiritual light, so that, enlightened, we may travel the straight road and reach the admirable end of the road, in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be glory and might, now and always, and to …

Gal 6:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 4:30 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 25:1–13 (allusion, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret calls the closing blessing a seal on the letter, and ends with an exhortation to guard the grace of the Spirit and a doxology.

  • Quotation: Eph 4:30. The image of oil for the light alludes to Matt 25:1–13. The doxology breaks off in the scan.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR β read as θ; OCR κ read as χ; marginal letter; text breaks off): Ἢ χάρις → Ἡ χάρις; ἐπιτέθειχε → ἐπιτέθεικε; μνήμὴν → μνήμην; ἣν οὗ διὰ → ἣν οὐ διὰ; ἔλαθον → ἔλαβον; λυπῶμεν Ὦ τὸ → λυπῶμεν τὸ; προσενέγκχωμεν → προσενέγκωμεν; φῶτιζόμενοι → φωτιζόμενοι; χαταλάθωμεν → καταλάβωμεν; νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς → νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς….

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Gal. 6.18 (PG 82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-galatas/6-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 82 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain English exists, so each section was re-read against the Greek.