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Matthew 5:28
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The one who looks at a woman and desires is judged when her flesh appears beautiful to him for desire, and he sees her fleshly and sinfully. The one who looks at beauty through love of purity does not count the flesh beautiful, but the soul (Matthew 5:28 ).
Greek Ὁ ἐμβλέψας γυναῖκα καὶ ἐπιθυμήσας τότε κρίνεται, ὅτε φανῇ αὐτῷ ἡ σὰρξ τῆς γυναικὸς εἰς ἐπιθυμίαν καλὴ καὶ σαρκικῶς αὐτὴν ἴδῃ καὶ ἁμαρτητικῶς· ὁ γὰρ δι' ἀγάπην τῆς ἁγνῆς ὁρῶν τὸ κάλλος, οὐ τὴν σάρκα ἡγεῖται καλήν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ψυχήν.
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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.
English follows the named base text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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