Matthew 12:31–32
By “Spirit” he means the whole divinity of the Trinity. Still, forgiveness is given through the Spirit’s grace to those who repent. Wanting to show the greatness of the sin, Christ spoke this way — for with God there is no unforgivable sin among those who repent genuinely and as they ought.
By “Spirit” he means the whole divinity of the Trinity. Still, forgiveness is given through the Spirit’s grace to those who repent and are baptized. Wanting to show the greatness of the sin, Christ said this. For though God often either exacts accounts from sinners only here and not also there — according to “the Lord will not avenge twice for the same” — or forbears in the present age without also granting forgiveness from there, of such people he says the punishment is indelible and without pardon both here and there.
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Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
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- 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)
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