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Matthew 5:44
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Let us love enemies not insofar as they are adulterers or murderers, but insofar as they are human. Sinning belongs to activity, not to essence; that is why sin is not God’s work (Matthew 5:44 ).
Greek Ἀγαπῶμεν τοὺς ἐχθροὺς οὐ καθὸ μοιχοί εἰσιν ἢ φονεῖς, ἀλλὰ καθὸ ἄνθρωποι· τὸ γὰρ ἁμαρτάνειν ἐνεργείας ἐστίν, οὐκ οὐσίας· διὸ οὐδὲ ἔργον θεοῦ ἡ ἁμαρτία.
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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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