Work, Chapter
1 LawGod,3 | the Scriptural indictment says, "There is no one who will
2 LawGod,3 | weakness of will when he says: "For I fail to practice
3 LawGod,3 | Lord Jesus Christ Himself says that this sin - the blasphemy
4 LawGod,3 | Spirit could be forgiven, says St Athanasios the Great,
5 LawGod,3 | Apostle John the Theologian says, "He who practices sin is
6 LawGod,5 | Christ. St Basil the Great says, "If one who lights a lamp
7 LawGod,5 | The Holy Apostle Paul says of this law, "The law, therefore,
8 LawGod,8 | that the Holy Scripture says: "God opposes the proud
9 LawGod,8 | and accusations.~The Lord says, "Blessed are those who
10 LawGod,11| Similarly, His Apostle says, "Not the hearers of the
11 LawGod,14| Christians, "not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will
12 LawGod,17| so unnecessary. A proverb says, "Give the demon a finger
13 LawGod,17| love of money. The apostle says literally that "the root
14 LawGod,17| disinterestedly or, as the Gospel says it, "for Christ's sake."
15 LawGod,17| Apostle Paul, for example, says directly, "I desire to die
16 LawGod,17| earth). In another place he says, "Our home is in heaven,"
17 LawGod,19| John Chrysostom pointedly says, "This image of love is
18 LawGod,20| is what the Apostle James says of these "sins of the tongue." "
19 LawGod,20| poison..." And again he says that "if one considers oneself
20 LawGod,20| in vain." And the Apostle says, "Be angry and sin not,"
21 LawGod,20| against this, the Apostle says: "Do not let the sun set
22 LawGod,22| Gospel, the Lord pointedly says: "If you love those who
23 LawGod,22| have love," the Apostle says, "then I am as clanging
24 LawGod,22| And thus, the same Apostle says, "Love is the fulfillment
25 LawGod,23| friend for life. God's word says of the Christian marriage, "
26 LawGod,23| Christ and the Church, and he says, "Husbands, love your wives
27 LawGod,23| own family, Apostle Paul says bluntly and quite clearly. "
28 LawGod,23| for his soul. Apostle Paul says, "Submit yourselves (to
29 LawGod,24| Nevertheless, the Apostle says, "I would be cut off from
30 LawGod,26| the Acts of the Apostles says. Even now, this Christian
31 LawGod,26| totally voluntary. No one says, "Give us what is yours,
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