Letter 964
To Agathon the Bishop.
Men, perhaps, because they do not know the future, despair of the salvation of those who do evil insatiably. But God does not give up hope until they die; rather, He urges them on and calls them to Himself, since He sees what is to come afterward.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἄνθρωποι μὲν ἴσως τὸ μέλλον ἀγνοῦντες ἀπαγι-
νώσκουσι τὴν σωτηρίαν τῶν ἀχορἐστως πονηρευομένων. Θεὸς δὲ οὐκ ἀπελπίζει μέχρις ἂν ἀποθάνωσιν, ἀλλὰ προτρέπεται μᾶλλον καὶ προσκαλεῖται ὁρῶν τὰ μετέπειτα.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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