• καὶ ἐὰν — SBLGNT
• ⸂καὶ ἐὰν⸃ — Robinson-Pierpont
• κἂν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)

• καὶ ἐὰν — SBLGNT
• ⸄καὶ ἐὰν⸅ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
• κἂν — Westcott-Hort

• καυθήσομαι — SBLGNT
• καυθήσομαι — Reader's GNT (NA27)
• καυθήσωμαι — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
• καυχήσωμαι — Westcott-Hort, Nestle-Aland 27

§1826"If I . . . have not charity," says the Apostle, "I am nothing." Whatever my privilege, service, or even virtue, "if I . . . have not charity, I gain nothing."103 Charity is superior to all the virtues. It is the first of the theological virtues: "So faith, hope, charity abide, these three. But the greatest of these is charity."104

2. And ye indeed say that you know even His substance, but that the Son not even the day, the Son, who is always in the bosom of the Father; and yet His substance is much greater than the days, even infinitely greater. How then, while assigning to yourselves the greater things, do you not allow even the less to the Son, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.…

1. Great is the profit of the divine Scriptures, and all-sufficient is the aid which comes from them. And Paul declared this when he said, Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written aforetime for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world have come, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Romans 15:4, 1 Corinthians 10:11 For the d…

2. But perhaps some one may say, The brethren indeed, as is natural, you spare, and dost not suffer us to taste for their sakes, lest their conscience being weak might be emboldened to eat the idol sacrifices. But if it be some heathen, what is this man to you? Was it not your own word, 'What have I to do with judging them that are without?' 1 Corinthians 5:12 Wherefore then do…

1. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls His coming in the flesh an exodus [or going out]: as when He says, The sower went out to sow. Matthew 13:3 And again, I went out from the Father, and have come. John 16:28 And in many places one may see this. But Paul calls it an [eisodus or] coming in, saying, And when again He brings in the First-Begotten into the world, meaning by this Bringing…

Can a man merit anything from God? Without grace, can anyone merit eternal life? May anyone with grace merit eternal life condignly? Is it chiefly through the instrumentality of charity that grace is the principle of merit? May a man merit the first grace for himself? May he merit it for someone else? Can anyone merit restoration after sin? Can he merit for himself an increase …

Is charity friendship? Is it something created in the soul? Is it a virtue? Is it a special virtue? Is it one virtue? Is it the greatest of the virtues? Is any true virtue possible without it? Is it the form of the virtues? Article 1. Whether charity is friendship? Objection 1. It would seem that charity is not friendship. For nothing is so appropriate to friendship as to dwell…

Is martyrdom an act of virtue? Of what virtue is it the act? The perfection of this act The pain of martyrdom Its cause Article 1. Whether martyrdom is an act of virtue? Objection 1. It seems that martyrdom is not an act of virtue. For all acts of virtue are voluntary. But martyrdom is sometimes not voluntary, as in the case of the Innocents who were slain for Christ's sake, an…

Cyprian makes the stark claim that even martyrdom outside the church avails nothing. If one gives his body to be burned but does not have love — the love that preserves church unity — he gains nothing. Not everyone who says "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom. Schismatics who die for Christ's name gain nothing because they died outside His body.