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Matthew 3:8–9
Someone might say the fruits of repentance are chiefly faith in Christ, and with it the gospel way of life that is “in newness of life,” (Matthew 3:8–9 ) freed from the thickness of the letter.
So do not, he says, put forward the usual excuses — that God can raise children for Abraham from these stones. That is what he added (Matthew 3:9 ).
Greek Φαίη δ' ἄν τις καρποὺς μετανοίας εἶναι προηγουμένως μὲν τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν πίστιν, πρὸς δὲ ταύτῃ καὶ τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν πολιτείαν τὴν "ἐν καινότητι" οὖσαν "ζωῆς" καὶ ἀπηλλαγμένην τῆς τοῦ γράμματος παχύ τητος. μὴ τοίνυν, φησίν, τὰς εἰωθυίας προβάλλεσθε προφάσεις ὅτι δύνα ται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τοῦ Ἀβραάμ, ἐπήγαγεν.
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About this text Cyril of Alexandria died in 444 — later than the first three centuries of the church.
Cyril of Alexandria's short notes on Matthew's Gospel, kept in later chains of comments, in the order of Matthew's chapters and verses.
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