{"slug":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-christi-discipulum-benignum-esse-debere","id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-john-chrysostom-christi-discipulum-benignum-esse-debere","title":"Christi discipulum benignum esse debere","title_source":"Christi discipulum benignum esse debere","author":"John Chrysostom","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"greek","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. 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The work likely dates to Chrysostom's Antiochene period (c. 386–397) and survives in multiple manuscripts without a critical edition. Its theme echoes Chrysostom's homilies on pastoral gentleness and engages patristic debates on law and gospel, but its authenticity has not been rigorously tested. The present digital edition (khazarzar) provides no manuscript sigla or stemma, limiting textual assessment.","historical_context":"The work is attributed to John Chrysostom (c. 347–407), a prominent Greek church father and preacher. Its exact date is unknown, but its catechetical style suggests composition during his Antiochene period (c. 386–397), when he served as a presbyter and delivered many homilies. The text survives in multiple Greek manuscripts, but no critical edition exists; the present edition is a digital transcription without collation of witnesses. The title is likely a scribal or editorial addition, and the work's authenticity as Chrysostom's has not been rigorously tested against the corpus. It was not widely cited in later Byzantine florilegia, though its theme of mildness resonates with Chrysostom's broader corpus on pastoral gentleness and moral psychology. The text engages patristic debates on the relationship between Mosaic law and Christ's teaching, opposing Marcionite and antinomian interpretations.","significance":"This treatise illuminates Chrysostom's moral psychology, particularly his concept of μακροθυμία (patience) as a divine forbearance allowing time for repentance. It also contributes to understanding early Christian catechetical instruction and the adaptation of biblical commandments to ethical exhortation. Its emphasis on interior purification (κάθαρσις καρδίας) anticipates later monastic and hesychast traditions, though applied here to anger management.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 347","event":"Birth of John Chrysostom in Antioch."},{"date":"c. 386–397","event":"Probable composition of the treatise during Chrysostom's Antiochene presbyterate."},{"date":"c. 397–407","event":"Chrysostom serves as Archbishop of Constantinople; his works are copied and circulated."},{"date":"5th–15th c.","event":"Manuscript transmission of Chrysostom's corpus; this treatise survives in multiple copies but is not widely cited."},{"date":"21st c.","event":"Digital edition published on khazarzar without critical apparatus or stemma."}],"relations":[{"work":"Homilies on Matthew","relation":"Echoes Chrysostom's exegesis of Matthew 5:22 on anger and mildness.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"On the Priesthood","relation":"Shares themes of pastoral gentleness and moral psychology.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Exodus 20:13 (Septuagint)","relation":"Cites the Decalogue commandment 'You shall not murder' as a basis for Christian teaching.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Matthew 5:22","relation":"Paraphrases Christ's saying on anger, interpreted as fulfilling Mosaic law.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The exact date of composition is unknown; the Antiochene period is inferred from style but not certain.","The work's authenticity as Chrysostom's has not been rigorously tested against the corpus.","The title is likely a scribal or editorial addition, not original.","No critical edition exists; the present digital edition provides no manuscript sigla or stemma, limiting textual assessment.","The work was not widely cited in later Byzantine florilegia, suggesting limited circulation or influence."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000454,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:40:08Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Patrologia Graeca text (khazarzar mirror)","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/John%20Chrysostom_PG%2047-64/Christi%20discipulum%20benignum%20esse%20debere.pdf"}],"checks":{"work":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-christi-discipulum-benignum-esse-debere","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":6,"translated":6,"commentary_passages":6,"commentary_units":36,"english_words":1715,"source_letters":6764,"commentary_kinds":7},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is attributed to John Chrysostom (c. 347–407). 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Τιμωρίαν γὰρ ἐπέθηκεν οὐχὶ τοιαύτην, ἥνπερ ὁ νόμος, τὴν παρ' εὐθὺ, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς κρίσεως, λέγων· Ὁ γὰρ ὀργιζόμενος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὑτοῦ εἰκῆ, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ κρίσει. Οὐ γὰρ ὀξεῖαι αἱ παρὰ Χριστοῦ τιμωρίαι, καθάπερ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ· ἀλλὰ πολλὴ μὲν ἀναβολὴ τῶν κατὰ τὸ δίκαιον ἀνταποδόσεων, φοβερὰ δὲ ὕστερον ἡ δίκη. Ὥσπερ ἐπιτάττει τὰ μείζω, οὕτω καὶ μειζόνως μακροθυμεῖ, κάθαρσιν καρ δίας ἐπιζητῶν, ἣν δυσκόλως ἔστιν ἐξεργάσασθαι. Διόπερ εἰ καὶ προαχθείημεν εἰς ὀργὴν, οὐκ εὐθὺ τιμωρεῖται· εἰ γὰρ παρ' εὐθὺ ἐτιμωρεῖτο, οὐκ ἂν ἦν διὰ μετανοίας ἐπάνοδος. Διὰ τοῦτο ὑπερτίθεται τὴν τιμωρίαν, ἵνα ἔχωμεν καιρὸν μετανοίας, ἵνα ὁ χθὲς ὀργισθεὶς τῷ ἀδελφῷ, σήμερον μετανοήσῃ, καὶ διαθήκην ἑαυτῷ διάθηται μηκέτι ὀργίζεσθαι τῷ ἀδελφῷ· καὶ κατὰ μέρος ὅμοιοι Θεῷ γινώμεθα. Μεταβάλλει γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν ἀλλοτριούντων τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν ἐκ τῆς ὁμοιώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἄγει εἰς τὸ κατὰ φύσιν καλὸν μετὰ τὸ προκείμενον· εἰς γὰρ τὸ κατὰ φύσιν ἀγόμεθα, καὶ εἰς τὴν τοῦ θείου Πνεύματος κοινωνίαν, καὶ τὴν διηνεκῆ μετὰ Θεοῦ ζωὴν περὶ τηλικούτων ἀγωνιζόμενοι.","english":"A discourse of the same author, that the disciple of Christ must be gentle and not quick to anger.\n\nThe divine voice of the Lord in the Gospels teaches us—fulfilling the law, not abolishing it—not to be angry with a brother, and by this addition of the word it completed the commandment, \"You shall not murder,\" uprooting the very root of murder, cleansing the heart within, and not merely the hands without. For it imposed a penalty not of the kind that the law did, the immediate one, but that of judgment, saying: \"For he who is angry with his brother in vain shall be liable to judgment.\" For the penalties from Christ are not swift, as in the law; but there is much delay of just retributions, yet the punishment is terrible later. Just as he commands greater things, so also he is more patient, seeking a cleansing of the heart, which is difficult to accomplish. Therefore, even if we are provoked to anger, he does not punish immediately; for if he punished immediately, there would be no return through repentance. For this reason he postpones the punishment, so that we may have time for repentance, so that he who was angry with his brother yesterday may repent today and make a covenant with himself never again to be angry with his brother; and little by little we become like God. For he changes us from those things that alienate our life from likeness to God, and leads us to the natural good after the foregoing; for we are led to what is according to nature, and to communion with the divine Spirit, and to the perpetual life with God, contending for such great things.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΤΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΛΟΓΟΣ","severity":"info","text":"The title phrase 'ΤΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΛΟΓΟΣ' indicates this is a separate discourse by the same author (Chrysostom) within a collection, not a continuation of the preceding text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Οὐ φονεύσεις","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Οὐ φονεύσεις' (You shall not murder) echoes the Septuagint version of Exodus 20:13, part of the Decalogue. 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The translation takes it as the latter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Πρόσχωμεν ἑαυτοῖς, καὶ μὴ καταφρο νήσει τὸ ἔργον τῆς εἰς Θεὸν ὁμοιώσεως διαφθείρωμεν, ἐπειδὴ χρονίζει ὁ Κύριος τοῦ ἐλθεῖν· μὴ ἑαυτοῖς ἄδειαν δῶμεν εἰς τὸ παραβαίνειν τὰ λόγια Κυρίου, μὴ ἀπελπίσαντες ὡς μὴ δυνάμενοι τούτου τυχεῖν τοῦ καθ' ὁμοίωσιν Θεοῦ, καταλίπωμεν τὸν ἀγῶνα, ἀλλ' ἡ ἐλπὶς παρέστω διὰ τὸν προστάξαντα καὶ δύναμιν χαριζόμενον ἐπὶ τῷ προσταχθέντι. Ἡ δὲ καταφρόνησις καὶ ἡ ἀμέλεια ἀπέστω, φοβερωτέραν ἡμῶν προσδοκώντων τὴν τιμωρίαν διὰ τὴν μακροθυμίαν. Ὅσον γὰρ μακροθυμεῖ, ζητῶν τὴν διόρθωσιν, τοσοῦτον ἀγανακτήσει μὴ διορθουμένων ἡμῶν, καὶ ὡς ἐξυβρίσασι τὴν χάριν ἐπελεύσεται ὀξέως. Καταφρονείσθω δὲ ἡμῖν ἅπαντα τὰ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου πράγματα μᾶλλον, ἢ τὸ θεῖον πρόσταγμα· πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ εἰς ὀργὴν εἰσκαλούμενα τοὺς ὀξεῖς εἰς ὀργὴν, τοὺς εὐχερῶς παροξυνομένους. Ὁ δὲ τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦ φοβεροῦ βασιλέως φοβούμενος, τοῦ κελεύσαντος ὅλως μὴ ὀργίζεσθαι, πάντων καταπτύσεται τῶν παροξύνειν θελόντων· εὐχερῶς δὲ ὑπομενεῖ τοὺς διὰ λόγων λυποῦντας, καρτερήσει δὲ πρὸς τοὺς δι' ἔργων λυπεῖν θέλοντας, καὶ τῷ τύπτοντι τὴν σιαγόνα, στρέψει καὶ τὴν ἄλλην, καὶ τὸν ῥῆμα αἰσχρὸν λοιδορίας χάριν ἐπάγοντα γενναίως ὑποίσει, θαυμαστὴν παραμυθίαν τοῦ μακαρισμοῦ κεκτημένος, καὶ ἵνα ὑπήκοος τῷ Κυρίῳ εὑρεθῇ, καὶ σβέσῃ τὴν πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὀργὴν, καὶ φύγῃ τὴν ἐπ' αὐτῷ ὡρισμένην κόλασιν.","english":"Let us attend to ourselves, and not through contempt destroy the work of assimilation to God, because the Lord delays in coming; let us not grant ourselves license to transgress the Lord’s sayings, nor, despairing as though unable to attain this likeness to God, abandon the struggle; but let hope be present because of the one who commanded and who grants power for what is commanded. Let contempt and negligence be far from us, as we expect more fearful punishment because of his forbearance. For as long as he is patient, seeking our correction, so much the more will he be indignant if we are not corrected, and he will come swiftly upon us as though we had insulted his grace. Let all the affairs of this age be despised by us rather than the divine command; for many things summon to anger those who are quick to anger, those easily provoked. But the one who fears the command of the fearful king, who ordered that one not be angry at all, will spit upon all who wish to provoke; he will easily endure those who grieve him with words, and will persevere against those who wish to grieve him with deeds; and to the one who strikes his cheek, he will turn the other also, and he will bear nobly the one who brings a shameful word for the sake of insult, possessing the wonderful consolation of the beatitude, and in order to be found obedient to the Lord, and to extinguish his anger toward his brother, and to escape the punishment appointed for it.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ ἔργον τῆς εἰς Θεὸν ὁμοιώσεως","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the work of assimilation to God' echoes the Platonic and Patristic theme of ὁμοίωσις Θεῷ (assimilation to God), here presented as an active task requiring discipline.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τῷ τύπτοντι τὴν σιαγόνα, στρέψει καὶ τὴν ἄλλην","severity":"info","text":"The instruction to turn the other cheek to one who strikes is a clear allusion to Matthew 5:39, a key Gospel teaching on non-retaliation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"μακροθυμία","severity":"info","text":"Μακροθυμία (forbearance, long-suffering) is a virtue frequently contrasted with ὀργή (anger) in Chrysostom’s moral teaching; here it describes God’s patient waiting for correction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τοῦ φοβεροῦ βασιλέως","severity":"info","text":"The 'fearful king' is a metaphor for God as sovereign lawgiver, common in Chrysostom’s homilies to emphasize the gravity of divine commandments.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Πρόσχωμεν ἑαυτοῖς","severity":"info","text":"The passage opens with a hortatory subjunctive ('Let us attend to ourselves'), a typical Chrysostomic device to engage the audience in self-examination before proceeding to doctrinal exhortation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν ῥῆμα αἰσχρὸν λοιδορίας χάριν ἐπάγοντα","severity":"info","text":"The endurance of verbal abuse parallels Chrysostom’s own advice in his homilies on Matthew, where he urges silence in the face of insult as a mark of Christian discipline.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'χρονίζει ὁ Κύριος τοῦ ἐλθεῖν' could be read as a reference to the delay of the Parousia or to a more general moral vigilance; the context favors the latter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο τῆς σωματικῆς συμπαθείας ἀπηλλάχθαι Χριστὸς παρακελεύεται, φεύγειν τε φιλοχρηματίαν, καὶ φιλοδοξίας ἀφίστασθαι, ὅλως δὲ ἡδονὴν μὴ παραδέχεσθαι ἐν ἑαυτῷ, ἵνα μὴ διὰ μηδὲν τούτων κακωθῶμεν τὴν ψυχὴν, καὶ διατεθῶμεν ἀλλότριοι εἰς τὸ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα. Ὁ γὰρ χρημάτων καταφρονεῖν διδαχθεὶς, πῶς διὰ χρήματα παροξυνθήσεται, εἰ καὶ βούλεταί τις ἁρπάζειν; καὶ ὁ δόξης μὴ ὀρεγόμενος, πῶς διὰ δόξαν παροξυνθήσεται; Ἀπόδυσαι τοίνυν τὸ κοσμικὸν ἔνδυμα, καὶ τὸ πνευματικὸν ἔνδυσαι· ἀπόδυσαι τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἵνα τὸν νέον ἐνδύσῃ. Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ ἀναγέννησις λέγεται, καὶ βεβόηται\n\nπαρὰ τοῖς θείοις γράμμασι. Μεταβολῆς γὰρ τῶν προτέρων ἡ σωτηρία ἡ ἡμετέρα δεῖται, ἵνα ἕτεροι παρ' ὅ ἐσμεν γενώμεθα, ἵνα παυσώμεθα ὅπερ ἐσμὲν, ἐναρξώμεθα δὲ ἕτερον βίον, ὃν πρὸ τῆς παραβάσεως κρατοῦντες ἐτυγχάνομεν. Οὐκ ἦσθα γὰρ τοιοῦτος παρὰ Θεῷ, οἷος ἐκ παίδων γέγονας, οὐδὲ τοιοῦτον ἐκ τῆς θεοποιήτου πλάσεως εἶχες τὸ ἦθος, οἷον ἐκ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης γενέσεως. Ἄκουσον τοίνυν ὀμνύοντος τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ φοβήθητι· Ἀμὴν γὰρ, φησὶ, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μή τις ἄνωθεν γεννηθῇ, οὐ δύναται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν. Διὸ ἄρξαι βίον καινότερον, κατάλειπε τὸν ἐν ἁμαρτίαις παλαιωθέντα βίον· ὁ χθὲς πόρνος σήμερον γενέσθω σώφρων· ὁ χθὲς ἀμέτρως μεθύων σήμερον γενέσθω νηστευτής· τὸ κακῶς ὕστερον ἐπιγενόμενον ἀπόῤῥιψον, ἵνα τὸ καλῶς ἐξ ἀρχῆς δεδομένον ἐπαναλάβῃς. Μικρόν ἐστιν τὸ ἀτάραχον καὶ ἀόργητον διατελεῖν.","english":"For this reason Christ commands that we be freed from bodily sympathy, to flee love of money, to stand aloof from love of glory, and to admit no pleasure at all within oneself, so that we may not be corrupted in soul by any of these things and become alienated toward the Holy Spirit. For he who has been taught to despise money, how will he be provoked on account of money, even if someone wishes to seize it? And he who does not desire glory, how will he be provoked on account of glory? Strip off therefore the worldly garment, and put on the spiritual garment; strip off the old man, that you may put on the new. For this reason it is called regeneration, and it has been proclaimed in the divine writings. For our salvation requires a change from our former state, that we may become other than what we are, that we may cease to be what we are and begin another life, the one we held before the transgression. For you were not such before God as you became from childhood, nor did you have such a character from the divine formation as you have from human birth. Listen therefore to the Lord swearing, and be afraid: “For truly,” he says, “I say to you, unless one is born from above, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.” Therefore begin a newer life; leave behind the life grown old in sins. Let yesterday’s fornicator become chaste today; let yesterday’s immoderate drunkard become a faster today; cast off the evil that later accrued, that you may recover the good given from the beginning. It is a small thing to remain undisturbed and free of anger.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'For this reason' refers back to the preceding passage's exhortation to attain likeness to God, linking the commands that follow to the overall theme of spiritual transformation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"συμπαθείας","severity":"info","text":"συμπαθείας (sympatheias) here means 'bodily sympathy' or 'physical compassion,' likely referring to emotional attachment to bodily desires, not merely pity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀμὴν γὰρ, φησὶ, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μή τις ἄνωθεν γεννηθῇ, οὐ δύναται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of John 3:3-5, where Jesus says 'unless one is born from above, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.' Chrysostom adapts the wording for his argument on regeneration.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀναγέννησις","severity":"info","text":"Regeneration (ἀναγέννησις) is a key concept in early Christian baptismal theology, signifying spiritual rebirth and the start of a new life, as Chrysostom elaborates here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀπόδυσαι τοίνυν τὸ κοσμικὸν ἔνδυμα, καὶ τὸ πνευματικὸν ἔνδυσαι","severity":"info","text":"The imperative 'strip off... put on' forms a parallel structure, echoing Pauline language (Col 3:9-10) and reinforcing the call to moral transformation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"παρὰ τοῖς θείοις γράμμασι","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom's reference to 'divine writings' (θείων γραμμάτων) reflects his typical appeal to scriptural authority, a hallmark of his exegetical method in the Antiochene tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'τῆς σωματικῆς συμπαθείας' could be interpreted as 'bodily compassion' or 'physical sympathy'; the translation 'bodily sympathy' is adopted, but the precise nuance remains debated.","The scriptural allusion to John 3:3-5 is not a direct quotation; Chrysostom may be paraphrasing from memory or adapting the text for rhetorical effect."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Ὁ θέλων κατ' εἰκόνα καὶ ὁμοίωσιν Θεοῦ εἶναι, ὀφείλει ὑπὸ πάντων καταφρονεῖσθαι, διαπτύεσθαι, ἐξευτελίζεσθαι, διὰ ῥημάτων, διὰ πραγμάτων. Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ οὐδὲ ἀνταποδιδόναι κακὰ τῷ ἠδικηκότι ἐκέλευσεν, ἵνα μὴ ἀνταποδιδοὺς τῷ ἀδικοῦντι, τὴν κατὰ φύσιν ἀπολέσῃς ἠπιότητα. Μὴ τοίνυν γένῃ κατὰ σεαυτὸν φρόνιμος, ὡς δίκαιος ὢν τοῦ ἀμύνασθαι τὸν ἀδικοῦντα. Μέμνησο τῶν ἱερῶν τοῦ Παύλου διδασκαλιῶν· Μὴ γίνεσθε, φησὶ, φρόνιμοι παρ' ἑαυτοῖς, μηδὲ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες. Οὐκ ἔστι καλὸν ἀντίδικον γενέσθαι, οὐδὲ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ τὴν δίκην ζητεῖν, ἀλλ' ἐπίῤῥιψον τὴν δίκην σου Θεῷ, τῷ τὴν ἄμυναν ἀοργήτως ἐπάγοντι τοῖς ἀδικοῦσι· Μὴ γὰρ ἑαυτοὺς ἐκδικοῦντες, φησὶν, ἀλλὰ δότε τόπον τῇ ὀργῇ· γέγραπται γὰρ, Ἐμοὶ ἐκδίκησις, ἐγὼ ἀνταποδώσω, λέγει Κύριος.\n\nΜὴ λέγε, Θεὸς ἀνταποδίδωσιν, ἀνταποδώσω κἀγώ· σκέψαι τί σοι Χριστὸς ἐπέδειξεν εἰς κόσμον ἐλθὼν, ἵνα τὸν σωτήριον τῆς ζωῆς ἐπιδείξῃ τύπον, καὶ τοῦτον ζήλωσον, ἵνα σωθῇς. Οὐκ ἦλθε γὰρ κριτὴς, οὐδὲ τοὺς ἐπανισταμένους ἀμυνόμενος· καίτοι γε οὐχ ἑαυτῷ διὰ τῆς ἀνεξικακίας κέρδος μνηστευόμενος, ἀλλὰ τῷ κόσμῳ τὴν σωτηρίαν πραγματευόμενος. Ἡ γὰρ Χριστοῦ ἀνεξικακία τὴν τοῦ διαβόλου θρασύτητα καταβέβληκε, καὶ ἡ τοῦ Κυρίου ἠπιότης τὸν ἄγριον θυμὸν τοῦ Πονηροῦ κατεπάλαισε. Καὶ σὺ τοίνυν τὸν τύπον εἰς μίμησιν προτίθει. Οὐκ ὠργίσθη τοῖς ἐξυβρίσασιν, ἀλλὰ Σαμαρείτης καὶ δαιμονιῶν ἀκούων, ἠπίως καὶ πραέως πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας ἀποκρίνεται· Ἐγὼ δαιμόνιον οὐκ ἔχω, ἀλλὰ τιμῶ τὸν Πατέρα μου· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἀτιμάζετέ με· ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ ζητῶ τὴν δόξαν μου· ἔστιν ὁ ζητῶν καὶ κρίνων.","english":"Whoever wishes to be according to the image and likeness of God must be despised, spat upon, and held in contempt by all, in words and in deeds. For this reason he commanded not even to return evil to the one who has wronged you, lest by repaying the wrongdoer you lose your natural gentleness. Do not, therefore, become wise in your own eyes, as though you were justified in avenging yourself on the wrongdoer. Remember the sacred teachings of Paul: \"Do not become wise in your own eyes,\" he says, \"nor return evil for evil.\" It is not good to become an adversary, nor to seek justice for yourself, but cast your case upon God, who brings punishment without anger upon those who do wrong. \"Do not avenge yourselves,\" he says, \"but give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay,' says the Lord.\"\n\nDo not say, \"God repays, so I too will repay.\" Consider what Christ showed you when he came into the world, in order to display the saving pattern of life, and emulate that, so that you may be saved. For he did not come as a judge, nor did he defend himself against those who rose up against him; yet he was not seeking gain for himself through forbearance, but was working for the salvation of the world. For Christ's forbearance overthrew the boldness of the devil, and the Lord's gentleness overcame the fierce wrath of the Evil One. So set this pattern before you for imitation. He did not become angry with those who insulted him, but when he heard himself called a Samaritan and a demoniac, he answered gently and meekly to those who said it: \"I have no demon, but I honor my Father; you dishonor me, but I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks and judges.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀνεξικακία","severity":"info","text":"The Greek term ἀνεξικακία (forbearance) is a key virtue in Chrysostom's moral teaching, denoting patient endurance of wrong without retaliation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Μὴ γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι παρ' ἑαυτοῖς, μηδὲ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Paul's teaching, likely echoing Romans 12:17-21 or 1 Corinthians 4:12-13, though not a direct quotation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐμοὶ ἐκδίκησις, ἐγὼ ἀνταποδώσω, λέγει Κύριος","severity":"info","text":"This appears to be a loose citation of the Old Testament, possibly Psalm 94:1 LXX (Ἐμοὶ ἐκδίκησις) or a similar passage, but the exact source is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Σαμαρείτης","severity":"info","text":"Calling someone a Samaritan was a common insult in early Christian contexts, implying heresy or impurity, as Samaritans were viewed as schismatics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἡ γὰρ Χριστοῦ ἀνεξικακία τὴν τοῦ διαβόλου θρασύτητα καταβέβληκε","severity":"info","text":"This motif of Christ's forbearance overcoming the devil's boldness parallels Chrysostom's homilies on Matthew and his emphasis on non-retaliation as imitatio Christi.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Μὴ λέγε ... σκέψαι ... ζήλωσον","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from prohibitive commands (Μὴ λέγε) to an exhortation to contemplate Christ's example (σκέψαι) and then to imitate it (ζήλωσον), forming a rhetorical climax.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Ἐμοὶ ἐκδίκησις, ἐγὼ ἀνταποδώσω' is not a precise biblical quotation; its source is unclear, possibly a paraphrase of Psalm 94:1 LXX or a lost apocryphon.","The reference to Paul's teaching 'Μὴ γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι παρ' ἑαυτοῖς' is not verbatim from any extant Pauline epistle, suggesting Chrysostom may be paraphrasing or citing a variant tradition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Οὐκοῦν καὶ σὺ μὴ ἑαυτὸν ἐκδίκει, ἀλλ' ἀνάμενε τὸν κριτήν. Εἰ γὰρ αὐτὸς ὁ κριτὴς ἐν ἀνθρωπίνῳ σχήματι ἐλθὼν οὐκ ἀνταπέδωκε δυνάμενος, ἀλλὰ ἐξεδέχετο κρίσιν Θεοῦ Λοιδορούμενος γὰρ, φησὶν, οὐκ ἀντελοιδόρει, πάσχων οὐκ ἠπείλει, παρεδίδου δὲ τῷ κρίνοντι δικαίως, καὶ σὺ τοίνυν ποίησον οὕτω, καὶ μίμησαι τὸν Δεσπότην, ὃς καὶ μέχρι σταυροῦ τὴν ἄθεον ὕβριν ἐβάστασε, καὶ τοῖς ἀξίοις ἀπωλείας σωτηρίαν ἐπιπροτείνει. Καὶ γὰρ πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα ἔλεγεν, Ἄφες αὐτοῖς τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ταύτην· οὐ γὰρ οἴδασι τί ποιοῦσιν. Ἠδίκησεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς, ἀνάξιος τῆς ἀδελφότητος ὤφθη· ἀλλὰ σὺ μὴ διαφθείρῃς τὴν ἀδελφότητα. Ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἐμιμήσατο τοὺς τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἀδελφοὺς, ἀδελφοκτονίαν ὡπλίσατο, ἐχθρὸς ἀνεφάνη ἀντ' ἀδελφοῦ, πονηρίας ἔδειξεν ὑπερβολὴν, οὐδὲν ἀδικούμενος ἀδικεῖ. Ἀλλὰ σὺ τὸ ἐναντίον ποίησον, ἵνα εἴπῃς καὶ σὺ κατὰ τὸν μελῳδὸν Δαυΐδ· Μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην ἤμην εἰρηνικός. Νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸν κακὸν, προκαλοῦ αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν, λῦσον τὸν θυμὸν ἠπιότητι, δεῖξον αὐτῷ ὅτι ἀδίκως διώκει τὸν ἐν σοὶ Χριστὸν, οὐκ ἄξιον τοῦ διώκεσθαι σεαυτὸν ἐπιδεικνύων. Ἀλλ' ἀδιόρθωτός ἐστι, καὶ πρὸς τὴν σὴν ἡμερότητα οὐ μεταβάλλεται. Καὶ θηρία μὲν μεταβάλλεται εἰς τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡμερότητα, ἐκεῖνος δὲ τῶν θηρίων ἀγριώτερος καθέστηκε. Μὴ φιλονείκει πρὸς τὸν τοιοῦτον, μηδὲ ἀντιπαρεξάγαγε θυμῷ θυμόν· ἔκκλινον δὲ ὥσπερ τὰς χαλεπὰς τῶν πετρῶν ὁ σοφὸς κυβερνήτης· φύλαξαι δὲ ὥσπερ","english":"Therefore, do not avenge yourself, but await the judge. For if the Judge Himself, coming in human form, did not retaliate though He was able, but awaited the judgment of God—for, it is said, when reviled He did not revile in return, when suffering He did not threaten, but referred the matter to the one who judges justly—then do likewise, and imitate the Master, who endured even the godless outrage of the cross, and extends salvation to those worthy of destruction. For He said to the Father, \"Forgive them this sin; for they do not know what they do.\" The brother has done wrong, he has shown himself unworthy of the brotherhood; but do not destroy the brotherhood. The brother has imitated the brothers of Joseph, has armed himself with fratricide, has appeared as an enemy instead of a brother, has shown an excess of wickedness, wronging you though he himself has suffered no wrong. But do the opposite, so that you too may say, with the psalmist David, \"I was peaceable with those who hate peace.\" Conquer the evil man by good, summon him to good, dissolve his wrath with gentleness, show him that he unjustly persecutes the Christ in you, demonstrating that you yourself are not worthy of persecution. But he is incorrigible, and does not change in response to your gentleness. Even wild beasts are tamed to the gentleness of men, but he has become wilder than the beasts. Do not contend with such a man, nor oppose wrath with wrath; but steer clear, as a wise helmsman avoids dangerous rocks; guard yourself, as","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἄφες αὐτοῖς τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ταύτην· οὐ γὰρ οἴδασι τί ποιοῦσιν","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom attributes to Christ a petition to the Father, 'Forgive them this sin; for they do not know what they do.' This is not a direct Gospel quotation but a paraphrase of Lk 23:34 ('Father, forgive them') and possibly alludes to Christ's plea for mercy on the cross.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην ἤμην εἰρηνικός","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'I was peaceable with those who hate peace' is attributed to David the psalmist. It echoes Ps 119:7 LXX (ἐν μέσῳ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην ἤμην εἰρηνικός), though the exact wording varies in manuscripts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τοὺς τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἀδελφοὺς","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom refers to the brothers of Joseph (Gen 37), who plotted fratricide out of jealousy. This typology contrasts the wrongdoer's hostility with the ideal of brotherly love, a common theme in Chrysostom's moral exhortations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀντιπαρεξάγαγε","severity":"info","text":"The verb ἀντιπαρεξάγαγε (from ἀντιπαρεξάγω) means 'to set in opposition' or 'to counterpose.' Here it is used metaphorically: do not oppose wrath with wrath, but avoid the confrontation entirely.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a pattern: imperative (do not avenge), scriptural exemplum (Christ and David), then a series of conditional scenarios (the brother's wrongdoing, the incorrigible opponent), each resolved by a call to imitate Christ's gentleness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁ σοφὸς κυβερνήτης","severity":"info","text":"The image of the wise helmsman avoiding rocks is a common moral trope in Greek literature, e.g., in Plato (Resp. 488a–b) and Plutarch (Mor. 7a). Chrysostom adapts it to counsel avoidance of conflict.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text breaks off mid-sentence at φύλαξαι δὲ ὥσπερ, leaving the comparison incomplete. The English draft supplies 'guard yourself, as' but the original may have continued with a simile (e.g., 'as from a wild beast').","The phrase 'τοῖς ἀξίοις ἀπωλείας σωτηρίαν ἐπιπροτείνει' is ambiguous: does Christ extend salvation to those 'worthy of destruction' (i.e., the wicked) or to those 'deserving of perdition'? The sense is paradoxical, emphasizing Christ's mercy."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"ἀσπίδα κωφὴν καὶ βύουσαν τὰ ὦτα αὐτῆς, ἥτις οὐκ εἰσακούσεται φωνὴν ἐπᾴδοντος. Ἐξαγόρασον τὸν καιρὸν, Ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν· ἐν σοφίᾳ περιπάτει, εἰδὼς, ὅτι ξένος εἶ καὶ πάροικος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ παρεπίδημος, καθὼς πάντες οἱ πατέρες σου. Πρόβατον εἰς μέσον λύκων ἀπεστάλης καὶ σὺ, ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι· μὴ λύκος ἀντὶ προβάτου γίνου· πρὸς λύκους φιλονεικῶν, φυλάσσου ὅση δύναμις, ἵνα μὴ τὸν θησαυρὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἀπολέσῃς· φυλάσσου τοὺς διαρπάζοντας· φρόνιμος ὢν ὡς ὄφις φυλάσσου τὰς ἐπιβουλάς· εἰ δὲ καὶ βλάψειεν ὁ λύκος, εἰ δὲ καὶ σπαράττειν μέλλοι σε, παρασκευάζου φέρειν, μεμνημένος τοῦ λέγοντος· Ἐγενήθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς· ἀφορῶν εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν Κύριον, Ὃς ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη, καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείροντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος. Ἥξει καὶ τῆς σῆς νίκης ὁ καιρὸς, ὅταν νικήσῃς ἀνεξικακῶν μετὰ Χριστοῦ. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ Κύριος οὐκ ἤρισεν οὐδὲ ἐκραύγασεν, οὐδὲ ἤκουσέ τις ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ὁ Ἀπόστολος ἐν ἑτοίμῳ ἔχειν φησὶν ἐκδικῆσαι πᾶσαν παρακοὴν, ὅταν πληρωθῇ τῶν ὑπακουσάντων ἡ ὑπακοή. Θεοῦ δὲ μακροθυμοῦντος, μακροθύμει καὶ σύ· ὅτε γὰρ σήμερον πάσχει Χριστὸς, σοῦ πάσχοντος, διὰ Χριστὸν ὑπομένειν δεῖ καὶ τὸν Χριστοῦ διάκονον. Βόα πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν ἐν τάχει· συντελέσει τὴν πονηρίαν ἁμαρτωλῶν, καὶ κατευθυνεῖ δίκαιον ὁ Θεὸς κριτὴς δίκαιος, ἰσχυρὸς καὶ μακρόθυμος· μακροθυμεῖ γὰρ πρὸς τὸ ἡμᾶς ἐπιστρέψαι. Αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν.","english":"a deaf asp that stops its ears, which will not hear the voice of the charmer. Buy up the time, for the days are evil; walk in wisdom, knowing that you are a stranger and a sojourner on the earth and a foreigner, as all your fathers were. You have been sent as a sheep into the midst of wolves, just as the apostles were; do not become a wolf instead of a sheep; contending with wolves, guard yourself as much as you can, so that you do not lose the treasure of righteousness; guard against those who plunder; being wise as a serpent, guard against plots; but if the wolf should harm you, if it should even be about to tear you apart, prepare yourself to bear it, remembering the one who said: We have become sheep for slaughter; looking to the Lord Himself, who was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb voiceless before its shearer. The time of your victory will also come, when you conquer by enduring patiently with Christ. For the Lord did not quarrel nor cry out, nor did anyone hear his voice in the streets. And the Apostle says to have ready to avenge every disobedience, when the obedience of those who have obeyed is fulfilled. And since God is long-suffering, be long-suffering also; for when Christ suffers today, while you are suffering, you must endure for Christ and for the servant of Christ. Cry out to Him, and He will execute vengeance quickly; He will bring the wickedness of sinners to an end, and God, a just judge, strong and long-suffering, will direct the righteous; for He is long-suffering in order to turn us back. Glory to Him for ever. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀσπίδα κωφὴν καὶ βύουσαν τὰ ὦτα αὐτῆς","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'a deaf asp that stops its ears' draws on the ancient belief that the asp (a venomous snake) could block its ears to resist the charmer's music, symbolizing willful ignorance of moral exhortation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐγενήθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'We have become sheep for slaughter' echoes Jeremiah 11:19 (LXX) and is used here to evoke the passive suffering of the righteous, a common trope in early Christian martyrdom literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείροντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος","severity":"info","text":"The image of Christ as a voiceless lamb before its shearer alludes to Isaiah 53:7 (LXX) and the typology of Christ as the sacrificial lamb, emphasizing silent endurance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"παρεπίδημος","severity":"info","text":"The term 'παρεπίδημος' (foreigner/sojourner) reflects the Stoic and early Christian theme of life as a temporary stay on earth, common in Chrysostom's exhortations to detachment from worldly concerns.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"πρόβατον εἰς μέσον λύκων","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of a sheep among wolves parallels Chrysostom's homilies on the pastoral epistles, where the Christian is urged to remain gentle amid hostile society, echoing 1 Peter 5:8.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Θεοῦ δὲ μακροθυμοῦντος, μακροθύμει καὶ σύ","severity":"info","text":"This sentence forms a chiastic exhortation: God's long-suffering is mirrored in the believer's patience, a rhetorical device Chrysostom uses to link divine and human conduct.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Ἐξαγόρασον τὸν καιρὸν' (buy up the time) may be a commercial metaphor for seizing the opportune moment (καιρός) for moral action, but its exact nuance in this context is debated.","The reference to 'the Apostle' (ὁ Ἀπόστολος) is ambiguous; it likely refers to Paul, but the specific source of the quotation about avenging disobedience is not identified in the text."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}