Letter 401
To the Same Person.
"Extend," Scripture says, "your mercy to those who know you." [Psalm 35:11 LXX / 36:10] For those who sin knowingly against you will incur a more grievous punishment. Pray, then, that the mercy be magnified and stretched out exceedingly.
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Latin / Greek Original
« Παράτεινον, φησὶν, τὸ ἔλεός σου τοῖς γινώσκουσί
σε. » Οἱ γὰρ γνώσει ἁμαρτάνοντες κατά σε, χαλε-
πωτέρας τεύξονται κολάσεως. Μεγαλυνθῆναι τοίνυν,
καὶ ἐκταθῆναι ἄγαν τὸν ἔλεον πρεσβεύου.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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