• ὃ ὠφείλομεν — SBLGNT
• ὃ ὠφείλομεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
• ὅτι ὃ ὀφείλομεν — Robinson-Pierpont

2. But why is it, that having mentioned Abraham, and having said that he begot Isaac, and Isaac, Jacob; and not having made any mention of his brother; when he has come to Jacob, he remembers both Judah, and his brethren? Now there are some that say, it was because of the perverseness of Esau, and of the rest that came before. But I should not say this; for if it were so, how i…

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210207.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

2. But I have used none of these things: What then if you have not used them now, says one, but intendest to use them at a future time, and on this account sayest these things. Far from it; for he speedily corrected the notion, thus saying; And I write not these things that it may be so done in my case. And see with what vehemence he disavows and repels the thing: For it were g…

1. Everywhere indeed a reverential mind is requisite, but especially when we say or hear anything of God: Since neither can tongue speak nor thought hear anything suitable to our God. And why speak I of tongue or thought? For not even the understanding which far excels these, will be able to comprehend anything accurately, when we desire to utter anything concerning God. For if…

1. Many prophets and righteous men (it is said) have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them. Matthew 13:17 Did then those righteous men know all the things to come? Yea, most certainly. For if because of the weakness of those who were not able to receive Him, the Son was not revealed, — …

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 …

What is justice? Is justice always towards another? Is it a virtue? Is it in the will as its subject? Is it a general virtue? As a general virtue, is it essentially the same as every virtue? Is there a particular justice? Does particular justice have a matter of its own? Is it about passions, or about operations only? Is the mean of justice the real mean? Is the act of justice …

Abba Poemen said, "To throw yourself before God, not to measure your progress, to leave behind every self-will; these are the instruments for the work of the soul."

Q. How can you say that the good we do doesn't earn anything when God promises to reward it in this life and the next? A. This reward is not earned; it is a gift of grace.

We believe that this true faith, produced in us by the hearing of God's Word and by the work of the Holy Spirit, regenerates us and makes us new creatures, causing us to live a new life and freeing us from the slavery of sin. Therefore, far from making people cold toward living in a pious and holy way, this justifying faith, quite to the contrary, so works within them that apar…

Christian faith is not an opinion or human conviction, but a most firm trust and a clear and steadfast assent of the mind, and then a most certain apprehension of the truth of God, presented in the Scriptures and in the Apostles' Creed. It is the gift of God, which is given to the elect according to the measure which God has distributed to each one. Because faith is a gift of G…