ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α, κεφαλίς 4, στἰχοι 1-5

¹οὕτως ἡμα̃ς λογιζέσθω ἄνθρωπος ὡς ὑπηρέτας Χριστου̃ καὶ οἰκονόμους μυστηρίων θεου̃

²ὡ̃δε λοιπòν ζητει̃ται ἐν τοι̃ς οἰκονόμοις ἵνα πιστός τις εὑρεθη̨̃

³ἐμοὶ δὲ εἰς ἐλάχιστόν ἐστιν ἵνα ὑφ' ὑμω̃ν ἀνακριθω̃ ἢ ὑπò ἀνθρωπίνης ἡμέρας ἀλλ' οὐδὲ ἐμαυτòν ἀνακρίνω

⁴οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐμαυτω̨̃ σύνοιδα ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐν τούτω̨ δεδικαίωμαι ὁ δὲ ἀνακρίνων με κύριός ἐστιν

⁵ὥστε μὴ πρò καιρου̃ τι κρίνετε ἕως ἂν ἔλθη̨ ὁ κύριος ὃς καὶ φωτίσει τὰ κρυπτὰ του̃ σκότους καὶ φανερώσει τὰς βουλὰς τω̃ν καρδιω̃ν καὶ τότε ὁ ἔπαινος γενήσεται ἑκάστω̨ ἀπò του̃ θεου̃

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4:1 Let a man account us, as servants of Christ - The original word properly signifies such servants as laboured at the oar in rowing vessels; and, accordingly, intimates the pains which every faithful minister takes in his Lord's work.O God, where are these ministers to be found? Lord, thou knowest. And stewards of the mysteries of God - Dispenseth of the mysterious truths of the gospel.

4:3 Yea, I judge not myself - My final state is not to be determined by my own judgment.

4:4 I am not conscious to myself of anything evil; yet am I not hereby justified - I depend not on this, as a sufficient justification of myself in God's account. But he that judgeth me is the Lord - By his sentence I am to stand or fall.

4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time - Appointed for judging all men. Until the Lord come, who, in order to pass a righteous judgment, which otherwise would be impossible, will both bring to light the things which are now covered with impenetrable darkness, and manifest the most secret springs of action, the principles and intentions of every heart. And then shall every one - Every faithful steward, have praise of God.

ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ, κεφαλίς 23, στἰχοι 1-12

¹τότε ὁ ’Ιησου̃ς ἐλάλησεν τοι̃ς ὄχλοις καὶ τοι̃ς μαθηται̃ς αὐτου̃

²λέγων ἐπὶ τη̃ς Μωϋσέως καθέδρας ἐκάθισαν οἱ γραμματει̃ς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαι̃οι

³πάντα οὐ̃ν ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπωσιν ὑμι̃ν ποιήσατε καὶ τηρει̃τε κατὰ δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτω̃ν μὴ ποιει̃τε λέγουσιν γὰρ καὶ οὐ ποιου̃σιν

⁴δεσμεύουσιν δὲ φορτία βαρέα καὶ δυσβάστακτα καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τω̃ν ἀνθρώπων αὐτοὶ δὲ τω̨̃ δακτύλω̨ αὐτω̃ν οὐ θέλουσιν κινη̃σαι αὐτά

⁵πάντα δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτω̃ν ποιου̃σιν πρòς τò θεαθη̃ναι τοι̃ς ἀνθρώποις πλατύνουσιν γὰρ τὰ φυλακτήρια αὐτω̃ν καὶ μεγαλύνουσιν τὰ κράσπεδα

⁶φιλου̃σιν δὲ τὴν πρωτοκλισίαν ἐν τοι̃ς δείπνοις καὶ τὰς πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ται̃ς συναγωγαι̃ς

⁷καὶ τοὺς ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ται̃ς ἀγοραι̃ς καὶ καλει̃σθαι ὑπò τω̃ν ἀνθρώπων ῥαββί

⁸ὑμει̃ς δὲ μὴ κληθη̃τε ῥαββί εἱ̃ς γάρ ἐστιν ὑμω̃ν ὁ διδάσκαλος πάντες δὲ ὑμει̃ς ἀδελφοί ἐστε

⁹καὶ πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε ὑμω̃ν ἐπὶ τη̃ς γη̃ς εἱ̃ς γάρ ἐστιν ὑμω̃ν ὁ πατὴρ ὁ οὐράνιος

¹⁰μηδὲ κληθη̃τε καθηγηταί ὅτι καθηγητὴς ὑμω̃ν ἐστιν εἱ̃ς ὁ Χριστός

¹¹ὁ δὲ μείζων ὑμω̃ν ἔσται ὑμω̃ν διάκονος

¹²ὅστις δὲ ὑψώσει ἑαυτòν ταπεινωθήσεται καὶ ὅστις ταπεινώσει ἑαυτòν ὑψωθήσεται

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23:1 Then - Leaving all converse with his adversaries, whom he now left to the hardness of their hearts.

23:2 The scribes sit in the chair of Moses - That is, read and expound the law of Moses, and are their appointed teachers.

23:3 All things therefore - Which they read out of the law, and enforce therefrom.

23:4 Лк 11:46.

23:5 Their phylacteries - The Jews, understanding those words literally, It shall he as a token upon thy hand, and as frontlets between thine eyes, Исх 13:16.And thou shalt bind these words for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes, Втор 6:8;used to wear little scrolls of paper or parchment, bound on their wrist and foreheads, on which several texts of Scripture were writ. These they supposed, as a kind of charm, would preserve them from danger. And hence they seem to have been called phylacteries, or preservatives. The fringes of their garments - Which God had enjoined them towear, to remind them of doing all the commandments, Числ 15:38.These, as well as their phylacteries, the Pharisees affected to wear broader and larger than other men. Мк 12:38.

23:8 The Jewish rabbis were also called father and master, by their several disciples, whom they required,

To believe implicitly what they affirmed, without asking any farther reason;
To obey implicitly what they enjoined, without seeking farther authority.

Our Lord, therefore, by forbidding us either to give or receivethe title of rabbi, master, or father, forbids us either to receive any such reverence, or to pay any such to any but God.

23:9 See note ... Мф 23:8.

23:10 See note ... Мф 23:8.

23:11 Мф 20:26.

23:12 Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself shall he exalted - It is observable that no one sentence of our Lord's is so often repeated as this: it occurs, with scarce any variation, at least ten times in the evangelists. Лк 14:11; Лк 18:14.


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Orthodox readings for 24 September 2005

ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α, κεφαλίς 4, στἰχοι 1-5

ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ, κεφαλίς 23, στἰχοι 1-12