Matthew 8:25
To say “save” carries praise of faith; to say “we are perishing” charges little faith in those who expect danger while Christ sails with them. They are not wholly unbelieving, but little-faith — those who did not take courage in dangers while Christ was with them.
Greek
Οἱ πρὸς εὐλάβειαν παιδαγωγούμενοι τὸν ἐξ ἀγαθῆς φρονήσεως χαλινὸν ἐπιφέρουσι τῇ γλώσσῃ ἐκεῖνα μόνα λαλεῖν ἐπιτρέποντες, ὅσα οὐ βλάπτει. τοῦτο διδάσκων τις ἡμᾶς τῶν σοφῶν ἔλεγεν· τέκνον, "εἰ" μέν "ἐστίν σοι" λόγος "συνέσεως, ἀποκρίθητι· εἰ δὲ μή, χεὶρ ἔστω ἐπὶ στό ματί σου". "θάνατος" γὰρ "καὶ ζωὴ ἐν χειρὶ γλώσσης", τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ, "οἱ δὲ κρατοῦντες αὐτῆς ἔδονται τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτῆς". ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸ γλώσσης κρατῆσαι οὐ σφόδρα ἐστὶν εὐχερές, ἄνωθεν καὶ τοῦτο ἡμᾶς ὁ ψαλμῳδὸς διδάσκει λέγων· "θοῦ, κύριε, φυλακὴν τῷ στόματί μου". μὴ καταλαλῶμεν τοιγαροῦν ἀλλήλων μηδὲ κατακρίνωμεν τοὺς ἀδελφούς· ὁ μὲν γὰρ συνέσει κυβερνώμενος οὐκ εἰς τὰς ἑτέρων ἁμαρτίας ὁρᾷ, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἰδίοις ἐνατενίζων κακοῖς καλὸν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς καταστάζει δάκρυον, ἵνα κομίσηται τὴν ἄφεσιν παρὰ θεοῦ· ἀμήχανον γὰρ ἀνθρώπους ὄντας καὶ οὕτως ἀσθενεῖς μὴ πάντως ὀλίγοις περιπίπτειν ἀτοπήμασιν. τὸ δὲ μηδ' ὅλως περιπεσεῖν μόνῳ πρόσεστι κατὰ φύσιν τῷ θεῷ. ἡμᾶς δὲ ἀναγκαῖον τοὺς ὄντας ἐν ἁμαρτίαις, μὴ τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις ἐφήδεσθαι κακοῖς, ἀλλὰ φροντίζειν, ὅπως ἂν αὐτοὶ τῶν φαύλων ἔξω γενώμεθα.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- 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)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.