Where the Fathers quote Galatians 4
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Expounded by the Fathers
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:1024expounds v.4“οτε δε ηλθε το πληρωμα του χρονου, εξαπεστειλεν ο Θεος τον υιον αυτου, γενομενον εκ γυναικος, γενομενον υπο νομον,”227. On «God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, or born through one?»
Theodoret of CyrrhusPG 80:96expounds v.10“ημερας παρατηρεισθε και μηνας και καιρους και ενιαυτους;”On Genesis 1:14: «For signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1193expounds v.15“τις ουν ην ο μακαρισμος υμων μαρτυρω γαρ υμιν οτι ει δυνατον τους οφθαλμους υμων εξορυξαντες αν εδωκατε μοι.”120. On «If it is possible, so far as it depends on you»
1Gal 4:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:483…to the apostle as long as the heir is a child he differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1655C…rate... how, having taken up a free mind, they might be ennobled by the Word." Origen here refers to the words of the Apostle, Rom. viii, 15; Gal. iii, 14; and Gal. iv, 1. Thus almost Eusebius in psalm. xli,…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:853…and guardians so that after all these things the one who formerly differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all may receive having been set free from the pedagogue and the stewards and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1355…the many stewards who exercised stewardship according to what is said a heir as long as he is a child is under tutors and governors b therefore at the command of the master of the house…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1105A…But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world" (Gal. iv, 1-3). You see, according to the wisdom…
Titus of Bostra fl. c. 350s-360s, d. c. 371PG 18:1177…for knowledge precedes choice is named from that but before he knows as long as he is a child he is called by neither of these extremes it is clear therefore from every side that we…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:657…him and to his seed is fulfilled h chapter iv h a now i say that the heir as long as he is a child differs nothing from a servant though he be lord of all…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:469…the same substance as that which c begat it h another h now i say that the heir as long as he is a child differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:873…however that as long as the heir is a child he differs nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and stewards until the time appointed by the father even…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:485…one person and the body to another h chapter iv h vers now i say that the heir as long as he is a child differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:771…blessed paul said as long as the heir is a child he differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:799…the promise pertains to that seed d h chap iv h vers now i say that the heir as long as he is a child differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:995…have thereby become the seed of abraham h chapter iv h vers now i say that the heir as long as he is a child differs nothing from a servant though he be lord of all…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1177…place as long he says as the heir is a child he differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father…
2Gal 4:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:483…he differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father now the fullness of the time is in the advent of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1105…child differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:657…child differs nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father by child he does not here mean age but disposition showing…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:469…child differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:485…child differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:771…he differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:799…child differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1133…he differs nothing from a servant although he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father so we also when we were children were serving under the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:995…child differs nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father that is the father has determined that he should manage nothing…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1177…he differeth nothing from a servant though he be lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father so we also when we were children were serving under the…
3Gal 4:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1105…is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world gal iv b you see according to the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:495…teach us as the wisest paul says when we were children we were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fullness of time was come god sent forth his son made of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:469…is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fulness of the time was…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:873…is under tutors and stewards until the time appointed by the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fullness of the time was…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1041…e world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law" (Gal. IV, 3-4). Christ, therefore, redeemed from the curse of the law tho…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:485…is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world a fathers when dying entrust very young children…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:771…is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fulness of the time was…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1731…made both one a h cap xv h vers so we also when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world b in the manner of guardians and stewards who instruct and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:799…is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fulness of the time was…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:995…nothing until he reaches the legal age and he must obey vers even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world c children not in age but in the…
4Gal 4:4
Pope Soter r. c. 166-174PG 5:1135…david according to the flesh a likewise he says to the galatians but when the fulness of the time was come god sent his son made of a woman made under the law and to the…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:921…epistle which is to the galatians he says but when the fullness of the time was come god sent his son made of a woman made under the law that he might redeem them who were…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1179…clearly still in the same epistle saying thus but when the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman for the enemy could not have been justly vanquished unless…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1851…does the angel say born to you today why does paul say when the fulness of the time was come that christ was born of a woman gualterus in his book on the incarnation of the…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:289…elements of the world but when the fullness of the time had come god sent forth his son d born of a woman made under the law that he might redeem those who were under the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:493…apostle says c when the fullness of time was come god sent his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law we shall answer him that here…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:835…when the fullness of time had come god sent his son born of a woman made under the law a because he was made under the law moses was made his minister but god says that…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1727…we also as imitators of christ do likewise not considering that jesus when the fulness of the time had come and he had been sent was made of a woman made under the law not that…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1115…in an enigma for the fullness of time came and god sent his son made of a woman made under the law that he might redeem those who were under the law that we might receive…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:587…foreknowing thus predicted but when the fullness of time came god sent his son made of a woman made under the law that he might redeem those who were under the law d you see that…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:991…is born of the flesh is flesh and the apostle also says made of a woman made under the law how then could the flesh have said concerning the god of all before all the hills…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:133A…efore, writing concerning the former, says: "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth his Son;" and again: "At the consummation of the ages" (Gal. iv, 4; Matth. xiii, 40). Therefore, the first…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:933…man just as he says in another place but when the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:971…was god and the word was with god yet the apostle says god sent forth his son made of a woman god sent forth this son made of a woman begotten of the immaculate nature proceeding…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1599…apostle paul says but when the fullness of time came god sent his son made of a woman made under the law in whom it c pleased the fullness of the divinity to dwell bodily from…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:969C…in power, according to the spirit of sanctification, by the resurrection of the dead of Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom. I, 4); and again: "Made under the law" (Gal. IV, 4). And making these words secure, he say…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:991…man from the virgin mary as the most holy paul testifies saying made of a woman made under the law have you never heard the word of scripture which says this corruptible must put on incorruption…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:879…of years was carried in the womb by the number of months made of a woman made under the law coming then to the jordan baptized by john not needing the washing but because of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:377B…. 3. 15). He came to redeem man from the curse of the law; for "God sent His Son, born of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law" (Gal. 4. 4, 5), and to abrogate the law. Therefore…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:387D…the curse of the Law. Therefore Paul also said: “God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, that He might redeem those who are under the law” (Gal. 4:4-5). So that, therefore, no one might say…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:251A…equal with God, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant" (Phil. ii, 5-7). And, "God sent his only-begotten Son, made of a woman, made under the law" (Gal. iv, 4). And all Scripture, both old and new,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:613…to all the people" (Luc. 2. 10). Whence the Apostle says: "But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, made under the law" (Gal. 4. 4). But that one was through a virgin, th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:649B…er the Law, how much more John, who was truly a Jew? But the Son of God was made under the Law, that He might redeem and lead out those who were under the Law (Gal. 4:4): but John was born under the Law, not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:43…en increased and fashioned it? That it came from the flesh of the Virgin, he declared by saying, That which is born in her; and Paul says, Made of a woman (Gal. 4:4), muzzling those who say that Christ pa…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:1007B…ed from the Virgin's flesh, he demonstrated who said: For that which is born in her. And the blessed Paul: Made, he says, of a woman, made under the law (Gal. 4:4): in some way obstructing the impious,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:153…s the Lord’s flesh born? Not from the Spirit alone, but also from the flesh. For this reason Paul, declaring this, said: Born of a woman, born under the law (Gal. 4. 4). For the Spirit fashioned Him thus, ye…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:657…one who is lord of all in the rank of a servant but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:823…were to be done finally he sent his only begotten son born of a woman made under the law to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons wherefore…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:399…unto his brethren for true indeed is the divine paul writing thus but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law who therefore…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:495…bondage under the elements of the world but when the fullness of time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:469…we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:873…in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:115…by consequence deceive the men called by his ministry for he said god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law by your judgment blessed david is also refuted for having rashly…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:249…informs us of the birth of christ from the virgin he says god sent forth his son made of a woman he did not say god sent forth god the word but he uses the term…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:285…man who was born of the noble virgin it is as follows but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman let no one be ashamed to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1121C…es. Therefore, as it has been said, God descended to earth at the fitting time. For "when," says Paul, "the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son" (Gal. 4:4), and he administers remedies at the fi…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:793…likeness of human form for as the divine paul wrote god sent his son made of a woman made under the law for we do not say that the word of god dwelt in a man…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1455C…begotten Son of God to the birth from the Virgin in an impassible manner, according to what is said by the divine Apostle: "God sent his Son, born of a woman" (Gal. IV, 4), clearly demonstrating the birth of th…
Proclus of Constantinople c. 390 – 446PG 65:839…meaning of the words of the blessed paul but when the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law for he was not under the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:459…of god to confirm the promises made unto the fathers and again but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:925…were enslaved under the elements of the world but when the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under c the law to redeem them that were…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:97…appropriate time he says this also in the epistle to the galatians but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:485…the elements of the world since time is constituted through these vers but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:511…the fulness of times thus also in the epistle to the galatians but when the fulness of the time was come that he might gather together in one all things in christ both which are in…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:697…in the epistle to the galatians but when he says the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman and he did not say he sent him to be…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:93A…concerning the Holy Spirit. And conversely, he uses the phrase "from whom" (ἐξ οὗ) instead of "through whom" (δι' οὗ), as when Paul says: "Made from a woman" (Gal 4:4). For elsewhere he clearly distinguishe…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:771…we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:697…the seed of david according to the flesh and to the galatians but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman and to timothy he said remember…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3395…he once again after the law and the lawgiver christ who was made of a woman made under the law sent him who had sprung forth by nature from his paternal essence and through whom he…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:919…become man out of ultimate compassion and love for mankind was born of a woman made under the law as the divine apostle says so that being man by the observance of the commandment b he…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:239B…that is, not from sin; speaking almost in unison with the great Athanasius, who, writing against the impious Apollinarius, says this: "He was born of a woman, ⟦Gal. iv, 4⟧ raising up for himself the form of…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:873…are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law blessed blessed are you who believed for there shall be a…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1029B…th, is earth-born; while "Lord" is descriptive of the divine essence. Again, the Apostle says: God sent forth His Son, the Only-begotten, made of a woman [Gal. iv, 4]. He did not say "through a woman," but…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1203…fullness of time came god sent forth his only begotten son born of a woman made under the law to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons for…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:191…like to all things must necessarily be distinct how did god send forth his son made of a woman for he who is not is not sent what then was he and what was made of…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:219…over all blessed for ever and in the epistle to the ephesians when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under c the law and in…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:799…we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem…
Theophanes the Confessor 9th–10th c.PG 108:237B…John also writes to Nestorius, counseling him to abandon the heresy, reminding him of what was said by the Apostle: "God sent forth His Son, born of a woman" (Gal. iv. 4). But Nestorius, knowing that the patri…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:461…also toiled and hungered and thirsted by the law of the body god sent forth his son made of a woman and god appeared in the flesh and suffered in that which he assumed…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:657…sin by the sacrifice of himself and again writing to the galatians but when the fulness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem…
Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…time put on flesh just as paul says when the fullness of time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman galat then the voice of the lord god heard walking through paradise…
Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:317…redeem his people from their sins paul god sent his son born of a woman made under the law that he might redeem them who were under the law john he who believes in the son…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:507…of the flesh benignly walked upon the earth as paul says for god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law and led us to the knowledge of the truth through wonders…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:997…to be the elemental and introductory law vers but when the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:297…unable to understand the spirit but when the fullness of time came god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem those under the law that we might receive the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:961…who is himself subject to sin how did god the father send his son made of a woman made under the law how did he condemn sin in the flesh for it was not of an…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1003…the divine paul persuade us of this saying but when the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:359…as that great paul also signifies with these words when the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son rightly therefore in the year already indicated the lord assumed flesh because it was…
Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1157…says thus but when the fullness of time was come god sent his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 146:1167A…into two, nor that He was deified according to progress or advancement, adding also the apostolic saying, which is: God sent forth His Son, made of a woman (Gal. iv, 4). And at the same time he persuaded him…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:571D…are mine; and I am glorified in them" [John XVII, 10]. But according to the servile form of man which he assumed: "He was made of a woman, made under the law" [Gal. IV, 4]; and, "He came not to do his own will,…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:809…not know her until she brought forth her firstborn son paul and god sent forth his son made of a woman gospel and the word became flesh and dwelt among us…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1073…d "from" at another, as though they were indifferently equivalent. And Paul also, to the Galatians, says: "God sent forth His Son, born from a woman" (Galatians iv, 4). And the blessed Damascene, in his odes to the Theotokos,…
5Gal 4:5
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:921…a woman made under the law that he might redeem them who were under the law that we might receive the adoption manifestly signifying one god who through the prophets made the promise concerning his son…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:939…corruptible might be absorbed by incorruptibility and what was mortal by immortality that we might receive the adoption of sons on account of this his generation also is recounted because 'he is a man and who…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:289…a woman made under the law that he might redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons through him see how he confessed those who were under fear and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:493…god sent his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law we shall answer him that here the apostle named woman not for the corruption of integrity…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1115…a woman made under the law that he might redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons we receive the adoption therefore but that which is through a glass…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:933…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law and hence it should be noted that first the son is sent by the father and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:969…born of a woman born under the law to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons if then the lord had not come in the flesh the redeemer…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1441…death and burial look to this that through the imitation of christ we might receive the adoption of sons in baptism we receive an immortal garment we are removed from all sin and become close to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:377…god sent his son born of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law gal and to abrogate the law therefore that no one might say he abrogated it because…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:657…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons c he here sets forth two causes and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:823…born of a woman made under the law to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons wherefore also the prophet stunned by his great solicitude for the world…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:495…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law galat iv christ therefore redeemed from the curse of the law those who were under the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:469…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons if in serving the elements of the world…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:873…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons thus since we were still laboring under ignorance…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:29…born of a woman born under the law to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption as sons who then i ask is this who is sent under the law…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:459…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons having been made therefore under the law he…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:925…forth his son made of a woman made under c the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons ver and let those who know thy name…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:97…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons much more then having now been justified by…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:485…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons c at the fitting time which god had…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:451…born of a woman born under the law to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption as sons and again but when it pleased him who separated me from my…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:771…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons and that he did not come to this…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:993…he has done that he might redeem those under the law and that we might receive the adoption of sons he did not turn aside from them to the right or to the left saying one…
Justinian I 482–565PG 86:1061…a woman born under the law that he might redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons b since these things are so who is so foolish as to…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1823…that he might redeem us from the curse of the law and that we might receive the adoption of sons we also have an obligation to offer him some gift that is pleasing ii but since…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:937…under the law to redeem those who were under the law so that we might receive the adoption of sons for as many as received him to them he gave the power to become children of…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1203…born of a woman made under the law to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons for as many as received him to them he gave the power…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:799…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law he says a child not in age but in mind signifying that god willed to bestow…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…previous age and make us as if we differed nothing from servants that we might receive the adoption of sons he spoke well receive to show that it was owed to us for god had promised…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:593…might redeem those who were under the law as it is written that we might receive the adoption of sons that we might no longer be slaves but free no longer stirred by passions but passionless…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:657…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law and to the ephesians likewise having made known unto us the mystery of his will according…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1135…a woman born under the law that he might redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption and because you are sons god has sent forth the spirit of his son…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1137…the cross and by the fact that he subjected himself entirely to the law that we might receive the adoption of sons for he not only freed us from evils by releasing us from the curse…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:997…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons as long he says as we were infants…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:297…son made of a woman made under the law to redeem those under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons for as many as received him he gave them power to become children…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1003…sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons who then is that one who was sent…
Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1157…god sent his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons likewise but when it pleased him who separated…
6Gal 4:6
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:835…ngs by which our spirit may learn to groan, so that it may render God propitious to itself." This explanation is confirmed by that passage of Paul in Galatians 4:6: "Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:545…we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith and again and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father wherefore thou art no…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:589…you received the spirit of adoption rom viii and again god sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father galat iv and peter wrote if you are reproached in the name of…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:49…be that the spirit of god dwell in you concerning the son god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father and again he that hath not the spirit of…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:173…gives us the confidence to call god our father for god has sent forth the spirit of his son into our hearts crying abba father so that his voice might become the own voice of those…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:1317D…g of divinity from that very word, and instead say that which is bandied about by many to abolish the majesty of the Spirit, namely that which is said by Paul, Gal. iv, 6, "the Spirit of the Son."…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:457…and to the galatians and because you are sons god hath sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father and to the philippians for i know that this shall turn to my…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1285…whom it might be said because you are sons god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts these are they who have received the spirit of adoption from god so that they may…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:457B…Whence is this evident? From the same apostle who says: "And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father" (Gal. 4:6). So when you call upon the Father, rem…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:815B…it of the Lord, the Spirit of the Son. That you are sons, the Apostle says, "God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father" (Gal. 4. 6). Behold, the Spirit Himself of the Son…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:815B…says, "I am the truth" (John 14. 6). He is called the Spirit of truth who is the Spirit of the Son, as Paul says: "God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son" (Gal. 4. 6). There is, therefore, also the Spirit…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:527B…pirit’s dictation that we say these things. Which elsewhere he stated more clearly: “God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father” (Gal. 4:6). What does it mean for the Spirit to w…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:657…he states a second that we have received the spirit of adoption and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father wherefore thou art no…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:9…this is the proof of that grace how hear him saying elsewhere and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father and from the lord…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:935C…the Spirit of the Father. Paul says, the Spirit of the Son: "Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying: Abba, Father" (Gal. 4, 6). The Son vivifies, the Spirit also viv…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1011B…and rendered manifest the measure of his faith in Christ. Therefore, He says, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father" (Gal. IV, 6); and, "The Spirit Himself bears witnes…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:521…not his and again and because you are sons god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying out abba father therefore the holy spirit proceeds as i said from god the father…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:617…of the will of the flesh but of god and paul says and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father since…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:259…witness of this saying and because you are sons god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father b xiv i will not leave you orphans i am coming to you…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:279…will bear witness saying and because you are sons god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father for his spirit is not anything different from the son according to the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:291…your mortal bodies by his spirit that dwelleth in you then again and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father do you see how…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:543…moreover of paul because you are sons he says god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father so that if we were perchance devoid of the spirit god would not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:833…us as he writes and because you are sons god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father galat iv therefore since the son has in an ineffable manner taken up…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:975…we have been conformed to the son will declare as paul writes and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father b you speak rightly…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1399A…ls all things, the blessed Paul writes and says: "But because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, by which we cry: Abba, Father" (Gal. 4:6). And the Savior himself says: "It is e…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:125…in this speaking somewhere thus and because you are sons god has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying 'abba father ' why therefore do you do violence to the wisdom of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1227B…I, 14-15). The blessed Paul writes again in another place: “Because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father” (Gal. IV, 6). If, therefore, through the Spirit of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1305…the matter adding immediately and because you are sons god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father how then is the spirit of him who is born of a woman…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1379…s because you are sons says the blessed paul god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father d therefore it would be impious even to think that the word of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1399…of the will of man but of god and the other saying and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father viii do you see…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1131…of whom paul says but because you are sons god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father why however god when decreeing these things acts with such piety he himself…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1529…by the holy spirit but because ye are sons he says god sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father c every monk will be in doubt and discord regarding spiritual…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:485…divinity but made of a woman this belongs to the dispensation vers and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father index entries preserved…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1397…be also glorified together and writing to the galatians he said thus and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba fa…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1839…the redemption of our body and again because you are sons god sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying 'abba father ' so you are no longer a slave but a son…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1275A…ome children of God; “For He gave us the power to become children of God.” [John i, 12] “God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts crying, Abba, Father.” [Gal. iv, 6] Wherefore, we are no longer servants,…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…to us for god had promised it from above to abraham vers and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father wherefore thou art no…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:269…f chapters, retaining the chapters of the Vatican codex in brackets, and designating them with Greek numerals (25). In that long discussion regarding Galatians 4:6, just as in the following one concerning the Latin Fathers,…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:327…who cried out with a great and truly heavenly voice god sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father if therefore paul the standard of orthodox dogmas says that the spirit proceeds…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:343…you you see that those words he shall take of mine and god hath sent forth the spirit of his son not only offer no defense for your blasphemous tongue but rather they rebuke its temerity…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:383…him who raised jesus christ as paul again teaches god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father and the spirit of him who raised jesus christ dwells in you and…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:403…e refutation of them with his own demonstrations. He knew well that the Latins relied upon biblical testimonies, and most especially John xvi, 13–15; Galatians iv, 6; Romans viii, 9, and upon the authority of their Fathers, e…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:437…other matters. 11. No less prolix is the dispute (c. 48), where [180] Photius attempts to wrest another scriptural testimony from the Latins, namely Galatians iv, 6, where the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of the Son. Alt…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1135…we might receive the adoption and because you are sons god has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying 'abba father ' so you are no longer a slave but a son…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:81…spirit of the son for the apostle gal also says 'god sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father ' and again rom 'but if anyone does not have the spirit of…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:1223…called the spirit of the son for the apostle says god sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying 'abba father ' b and again if anyone does not have the spirit of christ…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:997…was c the adoption for the son enters into the inheritance vers and because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father wherefore thou art no…
Peter Chrysolanus, Archbishop of Milan c. 1050 - c. 1113PG 127:917…son what then is that which the apostle says god hath sent the spirit of his son into your hearts gal iv and again if any man have not the spirit of christ he is none…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:715…you have received the spirit of adoption b and again god has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father peter also wrote if you be reproached for the name of…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:781…because he gives us boldness to call god our father for god sent forth the spirit of his son into our hearts crying abba father a that his voice might become the own voice of those…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:407…paul the apostle to the galatians chapter iv verse god hath sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father animadversion hear also paul the vessel of election who proclaims that the spirit…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:417…spirit of the son the apostle says because ye are sons god sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father behold the very spirit of the son in another place paul…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:683C…the Father, spirit of the Lord, spirit of the Son. That you are sons, the Apostle says: "God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father" (Gal. IV, 6). Behold, the spirit of the Son itself.…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:849…one who raised jesus christ as paul again instructs god has sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father and the spirit of the one who raised jesus christ dwells in you…
Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1151…speaks in you you also have the apostle god he says sent the spirit of his son into your hearts is it to be said that there are two one of the father and another of…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:769…in him were about to receive and the great paul god has sent forth the spirit of his son into our hearts crying abba father h that this spiritual joy is manifold and nameless h this…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1107…cording to the Psalmist ⟦Ps. XLIV, 14⟧, "All the glory of the king's daughter is from within," how should we seek it outside? And if, according to the Apostle ⟦Gal. IV, 6⟧, "God sent His Spirit into our hearts,…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:165…shall separate us from the love of christ and god has sent the spirit of his son into our hearts and if anyone does not have the spirit of christ he is not his speaking of…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:167…to grace do you see the common grace of the trinity god sent forth the spirit of his son of his fullness have we all received and what did we receive clearly the grace of the…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:789C…have not the Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9), this means because He dwells in Him with all gifts and bodily; and, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son (Gal. 4:6); this means because He is in Him as of…
Gregory III Mammas, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1400-1459PG 160:145B…f which is: "The text before us from the Gospel," he says: "Similarly also the great Paul: God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba Father [Gal. iv, 6]." And the Father Himself says through…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1161…father that speaketh in you you have also the apostle god sent the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father and after a few words he says since therefore as there is one…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1175…the great paul also says this in many places god he says sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts and if any man has not the spirit of christ he is not his…
Bessarion of Nicaea c. 1403-1472PG 161:183…the spirit of the son for the apostle says god hath sent the spirit of his son into your hearts if therefore that declaration by which he said that the holy spirit proceeds from the father…
Gennadius Scholarios, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1400-1473PG 160:687…one is not his and again because you are sons god has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father therefore the holy spirit proceeds as i said from god and…
Manuel of Corinth c. 1460–c. 1530PG 140:497D…tion of the Holy Spirit. And again: "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the Father" (Mark 13:32). Likewise Paul: "God sent the Spirit of His Son" (Gal. 4:6), he does not say, His own. And again:…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1215…the holy spirit in his teaching and again to the galatians but because ye are sons god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father in the same way again…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:973…you are sons god sent forth the spirit of his son he is also called the spirit of christ as it is written in whom or what manner…
Job the Monk fl. 6th centuryPG 86:3315…adoption for because you are sons says the apostle god hath sent the spirit of his son into your hearts galat iv and the savior unless a man be born again of water and the spirit…
Philotheus the Monk unknownPG 98:1369…from the day and hour of the divine baptism god he says sent forth the spirit of his son into our hearts crying abba father and he also says the spirit himself bears witness with our…
7Gal 4:7
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:291…who are under the law for he says thou art no longer a servant but a son and if a son then an heir through god what then is lacking to the son after the inheritance…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:545…forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir of god through christ and to the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:51…an apostle of jesus christ by the will of god and again wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir through god and that like as christ…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1319…who have believed a that you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir of god and a co heir of christ do you then deem yourself worthy…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:677…to the galatians a he says no longer are you a slave but a son and if a son then also an heir of god through christ and to the corinthians he writes the same but…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:979…father he at once adds so you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir through god signifying the holy spirit who cries within us that this aforementioned voice…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:749DLatin…t, in visione de filiis tuis. Filios autem Dei vocat eos qui ex gentibus salutem consequuti sunt, ad quos Paulus dicebat: Ergo nunc non estis servi, sed filii (Gal. 4, 7). Quando igitur vidit eos qui ex gentib…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:657…forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir of god through christ for we could…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:85A…Christ by the will of God” ⟦Eph. I, 1⟧. Likewise, Paul writes to some: “So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God” ⟦Gal. IV, 7⟧. All these things indeed refer to the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1373…dignity of freedom so he says you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir through god gal iv since therefore the divinely inspired scripture is indifferent about the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:895…glorified with him and again so you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir of god through christ and many other things of this kind can be found…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:487…they saw the miracles that were performed through the divine spirit vers wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir of god through christ for not every…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1113…the galatians he said so that you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir of god through jesus christ and to timothy he has written the same thought…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1399…a ther so that thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir of god through jesus christ he taught these…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1839…hearts crying 'abba father ' so you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir of god through jesus christ and again for as many as are led by…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1249…and the divine apostle says so you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir of god through christ and if we suffer with him that we may also…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:435…therefore you are now no longer a servant but a son but if a son then an heir of god through christ rom and if we suffer we shall also be glorified with him i cor…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir of god through christ he moves the…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1135…hearts crying 'abba father ' so you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir of god through jesus christ whose fullness of time the time he says when…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:997…forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying abba father wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir of god and a co heir with…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1247…sons and therefore cries paul so you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir of god this is the release of bonds that is of the affections of…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:305…again paul writes to some 'so you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir through god ' for all these things surely refer to the person of god…
Constantine Meliteniotes d. 1307PG 141:1149…elsewhere paul writes to some 'so you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son then an heir by god ' b these same testimonies basil the luminary of the church also…
8Gal 4:8
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:271…ated from the citizenship of Israel," which the Vulgate translates: "alienated from the conversation [way of life] of Israel." (10) But then, etc. Galatians iv, 8. The Greek edition has: "to those who by nature are not god…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1245…the dispensation of union the word has become flesh but then indeed when ye knew not god ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods but now after that ye have known god…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:487…you have attained these things through christ not through the law vers howbeit then when ye knew not god ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods but now after that ye have…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1161A…Physis of God, V, 987, lies hidden from us, nor can it be known or marked by negative attributes. Physis according to nature is God the Word, V, 2, true God: (Gal. IV, 8.) According to nature [is] rational man…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1161A…n, created, founded. By nature and in truth, V, 997. By nature explained as truly, V, 13, with Eph. 1, 5 cited. Incorrectly. He would have more correctly cited Gal. IV, 8. "To those who are not by nature gods,"…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…from him unless we have been made sons of his b vers howbeit then when ye knew not god ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods but now after that ye have…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:997…that adopted us as sons by attending to the law d vers howbeit then when ye knew not god ye did service…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:999…a unto them which by nature are no gods here the apostle turns his speech to those who had believed from among the gentiles showing…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:689B…gods by nature. For, he says, you shall not have a recent God. And Paul says: "But then indeed, not knowing God, you served those who by nature are not gods" (Gal. iv, 8). Either those who worship Christ i…
9Gal 4:9
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:873…the foolish galatians reproached by paul who says but now that you have known god or rather are known by god how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements but how…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:657…not knowing god you served those which by nature are no gods but now after that ye have known god or rather are known of god how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:337C…calling the sun and moon elements of the world, just as he was saying in the Epistle to the Galatians: "How turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements?" (Gal. 4:9). And he did not say, "observances of d…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:459…known god or rather being known by god how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements whereunto you desire to be in bondage again you observe days and months and years and seasons…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:331…bringing us in at other times however he says now that you have known god or rather are known by god for god and the father deems those worthy of being looked upon and acknowledges only…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1115…creature rather than the creator he also rebukes others who turn back again to the weak and beggarly elements of the world and wish to serve them contrary to what is right for he declared that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:455…are as it were eager to retreat saying but now that you have known god or rather are known by god how is it that you turn again to the weak and poor elements to which…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:353…but he reproves them and says elsewhere but now after that you have known god or rather are known of god how turn you again to the weak and needy elements to which you desire to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:473…rather have been known by god how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements of the world to which you desire again from the beginning to be in bondage if christ…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:843…god or rather having been known by god how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you wish to be in bondage again d if then those who were without christ…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1079…or rather having been known by god how do you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you desire to serve again for where i ask have we known the true and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1231…god or rather having been known by god how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you desire to be in bondage again for what kind of god have they known…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1179…god or rather having been known by god how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you desire again to be enslaved for what god have they known if christ in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1223B…Paul writes elsewhere to those who were called from the Gentiles, that is, to us, in this way: “But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God” (Gal. IV, 9). Whom, I ask, have we known through fa…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1245…god ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods but now after that ye have known god or rather are known of god how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1301…god or rather being known by god how do you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elements of the world to which you desire to be enslaved again b we have therefore been redeemed…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:487…god ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods but now after that ye have known god or rather are known of god how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:673B…e His" (2 Tim. 2:19). Those, therefore, who have known Him are in that way known by Him. For it says: "But now having known God, or rather being known by God" (Gal. 4:9). A similar reason applies to the contr…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1255…to those which by nature are no gods but now that you have known god or rather are known by god how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements i have…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…god ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods but now after that ye have known god or rather are known of god how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1137…god or rather have been known by god how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you desire to serve again from the beginning you observe days and months and seasons…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:999…doing nothing other than serving elements and the impiety is worse vers but now after that ye have known god or rather are known of god how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements…
Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1345…served those who by nature are not gods but now when you have known god or rather are known by god how do you turn again to the weak and poor elements to which you wish…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:525…first known by him who knows his own and as paul says but now after that ye have known god or rather are known of god we hear that significant word the naming on that day…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:149C…(I Cor. II, 2); and: "But now," he says, "how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits, to which you want to be enslaved once more?" (Gal. IV, 9); and: "For the creation was subjected…
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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1545C…in noble language, it was said to me by Paul: "You observe days, and months, and seasons, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have labored for you in vain" (Gal. IV, 10, 11). 22. But if anyone opposes these…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1371…of such a kind are reproved by the apostle who says you observe days and months and times and years but we announce this feast as a sufficiently known day in which we all serve god…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1383D…on through these days. A man 62 of this sort, without doubt, although he thinks he is celebrating the feast, would hear himself rebuked by the apostolic words (Gal. iv, 10, 11): "You observe days, and months, an…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:955A…or friends, or neighbors—you have not heard Paul saying: “You observe days, and months, and seasons, and years. I fear, lest I have labored among you in vain” (Gal. 4. 10, 11). Otherwise, this is of the extrem…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:31D…profit you nothing" (Gal. 5. 2); and, "You observe days, and months, and times, and years? I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have labored in vain among you" (Gal. 4. 10). Whence it is clear that the discourse…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:657…they have no power for the good things set before us you observe days and months and times and years from this it is evident that those false teachers were preaching to them not only circumcision…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:721…rebuke and chiding to certain persons who were of that same opinion ye observe days and months and times and years i am afraid of you lest perhaps i have laboured in vain among you for…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:487…be in bondage and what is the manner of this bondage vers ye observe days and months and times and years b he attempts to show that the observation of days according to the law is…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…such observance of days was similar to the superstition of idols vers ye observe days and months and times and years from these things it is clear that they preached not only circumcision that alone but…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:297B…clouds shall not reap." (Eccli. xi, 4) "You observe days and months and times and years! I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have laboured in vain among you." (Gal. iv, 10-11) "Let no man, therefore, judge you in m…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:999…those who teach these things are also opposed to the law vers ye observe days and months and times and years from these things it is c evident that the false apostles were preaching not only…
Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1345…weak and poor elements to which you wish to serve again you observe days and months and times and years i am afraid of you lest perhaps i have labored in vain among you be as…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:101A…iving to descend to the weaker—hear what Paul says: "You observe days and months and times and years? I am afraid of you, lest I have labored for you in vain" (Gal. 4:10–11). But do you not observe days and times…
11Gal 4:11
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1545…me by paul you observe days and months and seasons and years i am afraid of you lest i have labored for you in vain gal iv but if anyone opposes these things regarding the lord's…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1549…spoken by paul you observe days and months and seasons and years i am afraid of you lest i have bestowed upon you labor in vain but if anyone should object against these things regarding the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:865…does he say you observe days and months and seasons and years i am afraid of you lest i have labored in vain among you and again as often as you eat this bread and drink…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:955…heard paul saying you observe days and months and seasons and years i am afraid of you lest i have labored for you in vain otherwise even at the very end of folly if from a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:679C…Spirit, and the book of grace): a heart which was trembling indeed for the sins of others ("For I am afraid," he says, "lest I have labored among you in vain" [Gal. IV, 11]; "Lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve" […
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:657…to them not only circumcision but also the feasts and new moons i am afraid of you lest i have bestowed upon you labor in vain do you see the apostolic heart they were being shaken…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:487…transgression you are like those who refer the elements to gods vers i am afraid of you lest i have bestowed upon you labour in vain this voice too is paternal of one who recalls labors…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…but that festival days and new moons must also be kept vers i am afraid of you lest i have bestowed upon you labour in vain i fear he says yet i do not despair for…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:999…were preaching not only circumcision but also feasts and new moons vers i am afraid of you lest i have bestowed upon you labour in vain observe his compassion they are being shaken and paul is…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:101…what paul says you observe days and months and times and years i am afraid of you lest i have labored for you in vain gal but do you not observe days and times and years…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:355A…those who do these things. For even the blessed apostle Paul feared for these men, saying: I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have labored among you in vain (Gal. iv. 11). But why do I speak of Sabbaths, and…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:333A…of Israel might return to the Lord." That Paul, he says, fearing the downfall of the Galatians, says: "I am afraid, lest I have labored among you in vain," in Gal. IV, 11. Then he adds, "Become as I am, for I a…
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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:557B…ccount of which they were being carried down to the old custom, keeping many of the things there, what does he say? "Become as I am, for I also am as you are" (Gal. 4:12). And what he says is of this kind: You…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:863B…concord is to be preferred to the observation of times; and what Paul was saying to the Galatians, this I also say to you: "Be as I am, for I also am as you" (Gal. 4. 12). What, moreover, does this mean? He ha…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:487…of one who recalls labors but does not see the fruit vers brethren i beseech you be as i am for i am as ye are i once had this zeal i desired the law greatly…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…for it is in your power to amend the whole matter vers brethren i beseech you be as i am for i am as ye are ye have not injured me at all he speaks these…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:999…labors for your sake and do not make my toils vain vers brethren i beseech you be as i am for i am as ye are he says these things to those who had believed from…
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Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:487…nay rather your respect toward me was of the greatest vers but ye know how through infirmity of the flesh i preached the gospel unto you at the first and my temptation which was in my…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…them by his own example to depart from their ancient rites vers ye know how through infirmity of the flesh i preached the gospel unto you at the first and my temptation which was in my…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1139…have done me no wrong but you know that because of the infirmity of the flesh i preached the gospel to you before and your trial which was in my flesh you did not despise nor…
14Gal 4:14
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:847C…ho hears you, hears me (Luke X, 16)... you did not despise, nor reject my temptation in my flesh: but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus (Gal. IV, 14). That those who do not listen to thos…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:659…i preached the gospel to you before and you did not despise my temptation which was in my flesh but this is not yet a great matter to have injured no one for even an ordinary…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:473…my flesh you did not despise nor did you reject but you received me as an angel of god as christ jesus b having received and greatly admired the piety towards god and the love towards…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:487…of the flesh i preached the gospel unto you at the first and my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not nor rejected but received me as an angel of god i have not…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:801…of the flesh i preached the gospel unto you at the first and my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not nor rejected but received me as an angel of god even as christ…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1139…my flesh you did not despise nor did you reject but you received me as an angel of god even as christ jesus where then is your blessedness for i bear you witness that if possible…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:643…was a trial to you you did not scorn or despise me but received me as an angel of god as christ jesus b paul kissing and greatly admiring the piety of the galatians toward god…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:505A…firmity, he says to the Galatians: “And your temptation in my flesh, you despised not, nor rejected: but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus” (Gal. IV, 14-15). Since, therefore, as it has been show…
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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:211…writing of others also he said if it had been possible you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:269C…faithful were to Paul when he merely wrote to them? What can one say of their longing, their zeal for him, where they were even ready to gouge out their eyes (Gal. 4: 15)? Who ever acquired servants such as th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:531C…in vain?" (II Cor. VI, 1), as Christ Jesus? And "The Almighty," he says, "you plucked out your eyes and gave them to me; for you risked your neck for my life" (Gal. IV, 15; Rom. XVI, 4)? But he bears nothing of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:611…as even paul testifies to many when he says if it were possible ye would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me and when he says that everyone who has left his…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:657B…rule. Therefore he also disposed the disciples toward him so that they could say: “If it were possible, you would have dug out your eyes and given them to me” (Gal. 4.15). For this reason God also reproach…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:485C…t [526] of the money itself, but even of the very eyes of men. For if it were possible, he says, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me (Gal. 4:15). He says these things, training us not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:491B…ur zeal for us" (2 Cor. 7:7); and concerning the Galatians, saying, "If it were possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me" (Gal. 4:15); and concerning the Thessalonians, "Wh…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:659…is your blessedness for i bear you witness that if possible you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me so then have i become your enemy by telling you the truth…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:309…their present state but for their past saying that if possible you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me being fruitful he says this is concerning works being strengthened this is…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:489…place of where for i bear you witness that if possible you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me i have therefore no personal complaint against you on the contrary i…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:803…then your blessedness for i bear you witness that if it were possible ye would have plucked out your own eyes and have given them to me am i therefore become your enemy because i tell…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:987…to the world for if it had been possible he says you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me it is also permitted to understand these things regarding spiritual matters for…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1139…is your blessedness for i bear you witness that if possible you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me have i therefore become your enemy because i speak the truth to…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1141…for he has used what in place of where b that you would have plucked out your own eyes i know he says that you once considered me dearer than your own eyes for the sake…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:863…which belong to all for if it were possible he says you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me how then would such people have spared money for him he recounted…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1001…toward me for i bear witness to you that if possible you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me once because of the preaching of the word you held me more…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:203B…hers. Whence, writing to the Galatians, he said: "I bear you witness that, if it were possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me" (Gal. 4:15). And Epaphroditus, who was at Colossae…
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Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:349A…Lord; and conscious of his own boldness and the weakness of those who hear, he says to the Galatians: "Have I become your enemy because I tell you the truth?" (Gal. iv, 16). But just as they who are healthy (29)…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:97C…ho hates without cause, but it is more godly to do so for the sake of telling the truth. For Paul said: "Am I become your enemy by telling you the truth?" (Gal. IV, 16), which is similar also to that in the…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:803…have plucked out your own eyes and have given them to me am i therefore become your enemy because i tell you the truth a here he hesitates and is astonished and seeks to learn from…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:433…lying is not of the truth i joan ii am i then become your enemy because i tell you the truth galat iv neither in legal disputes nor in other actions is a lie fit for…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1139…have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me have i therefore become your enemy because i speak the truth to you they zealously court you not well but they wish to shut you…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1001…say these things to you with a hostile mind so have i become your enemy because i tell you the truth i know no other cause of enmity he says than that i spoke the truth…
17Gal 4:17
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:803…other cause except that i have spoken the truth unto you vers they zealously affect you but not well they provoke you he says to have a zeal but not a good one b for how…
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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:25…other when it has imitation of good things just as paul says but it is good to be zealously sought in a good thing always and again be zealous for the better gifts so both are…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:489…is what he meant by that you may zealously court them ver but it is good to be zealously courted in a good thing always but i desire you to shine in all good things so…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:803…of teachers and set the galatians in the class of disciples vers but it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing and not only when i am present with you here he…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1141…c it is good however to be zealous in good things always and not only when i am present with you my little children with whom i am in labor again until christ is formed in…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1003…with you he hints at these things in what follows b vers but it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing and not only when i am present with you do you…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1159…sinners for thou knowest not what their end shall be galat iv it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing st basil flee the imitations of those who are condemned theologus desire…
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Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1199…i am with you therefore also paul writing to the galatians says my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you and again writing to the corinthians he says…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:155…souls and bring them forth in labor just as he says elsewhere my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you for others do not want or are unable…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:371…you still further on this in the scriptures hear the apostle saying my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you they are therefore perfect and strong men who…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:701…was fashioned in christ through which as a good father he said my little children of whom i am in labor again until christ be formed in you but if i am convicted by the dissimilarity…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1653…which you have made upon the earth or according to the saying my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you it is necessary that in the first of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1661…it and i think this is what paul says to the galatians my little children of whom i am in labor again until christ be formed in you in the epistle to timothy he says the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1703…the sight of wisdom when you have understood what the apostle says my little children of whom i am in labour again until christ be formed in you for understanding christ formed in someone you shall…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1111…through the faith of christ or as he said of others elsewhere my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you the creature therefore also travails in birth with…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1121…those things which the same paul designates in others where he says my little children of whom i am in labor again until christ be formed in you that he calls christ to be formed in…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:75…and brought forth in them also for my little children he says of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you and again for in christ jesus through the gospel i have…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:369…which you may understand from the testimony of the one who says my little children of whom i am again in travail until christ be formed in you c see how paul suffered the pangs of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:767…the sake of which the apostle wrote for the aforementioned reason saying my little children of whom i labor again until christ be formed in you attacked the galatians as if they possessed no right opinion…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:585…sealed partake of this being conformed to it as the apostle says my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you and being thus sealed we logically become partakers…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:629…is sealed may possess the form of christ as the apostle says my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you but if the spirit is the sweet odor…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:863…xiii my little children of whom i am again in travail until christ be formed in you galat iv as a light in the world…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:287…Yet after such a fall, he receives them again, saying: "My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. IV, 19), showing that it is possible for Chris…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:487B…before and have not done penance" (Ibid. xiii. 21). To the Galatians he says: "My little children, of whom I am in labor again, until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. iv. 19). And writing to his disciple about the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:277B…For indeed, he also was in labor not once, but even twice for the same [people], and he cried out, saying: My little children, whom I am again in labor with (Gal. 4:19). And yet, a woman would never suffer t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:277B…e great sorrow and continuous pain in my heart (Rom. 9:2). And here again: My little children, whom I am again in labor with, until Christ is formed in you (Gal. 4:19). What could be more blessed than that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:279B…refore, he groaned very bitterly and more piteously than any woman, saying: "My little children, of whom I am in travail again, until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. IV, 19). He was saying this, however, so that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:477…as being torn apart for each one of them more bitterly than any woman in labor. Wherefore he also said: My little children, of whom I travail in birth again (Gal. 4: 19). Who after Job could anyone wonder at?…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:485…they have committed (2 Cor. 12. 21). And writing to the Galatians he said: My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you (Gal. 4. 19). And as to the cause of him who had co…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:457B…on (Phil. 3:2). The Gentiles were called dogs, and they became children. My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you (Gal. 4:19). This commendation is a condemnation o…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:439…lso behave, showing rebuke accompanied by mercy, now saying: O senseless Galatians (Gal. 3. 1); and now: My little children, whom I am in labor with again (Gal. 4. 19). For it is necessary for him who repro…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:711B…all, both domestic and alien; in which Paul cries out to all of every sex: "My little children, whom I am again laboring with, until Christ is formed in you" (Gal. 4:19). The scribes and Pharisees, however, d…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:817C…Christ. For they who work justice form Christ in themselves, as it is written: My little children, of whom I am in labor again, until Christ be formed in you (Gal. 4. 19). And he who entrusts a vineyard to som…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:895C…erate and form Christ in us, just as the Apostle was saying to the Galatians: "My little children, of whom I am in labor again, until Christ is formed in you" (Gal. 4:19). Consequently, also, when we lose the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:513B…now this, that all who are in Asia turned away from me (2 Tim. 1:15). Again: My little children, of whom I am in labor again, until Christ be formed in you (Gal. 4:19). Where was he to suffice for those out…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:605B…rist—I say indeed of the word of Christ—the soul of each of us, Paul says: 'My little children, of whom I labor in birth again, until Christ is formed in you' (Gal. 4:19). Have you worked righteousness? You ha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:491D…length I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you." To the Galatians he says, "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again" (Gal. 4:19); to the Ephesians again, "For this cau…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:611C…he said, "Let no man trouble me" (Gal. 6:17). Again, however, he mitigates the bitterness when he says: "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again" (Gal. 4:19); and many other such words. But that t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:79D…e, if we wish, for Christ to be formed in us again; for hear Paul saying: "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. IV, 19): let us only lay hold of repentance. F…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:149D…lose what is held is not so. But to the Galatians he writes the opposite: "My little children, for whom I labor in birth again, until Christ is formed in you" (Gal. 4:19); and with reason. For they were dispos…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:165…not weep i am a fond father hear how paul cries out my little children of whom i travail in birth again what mother laboring utters such bitter cries as he would that it were possible…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:215A…lready fallen, so that they might not fall into despair, he says the contrary: "My little children, of whom I am in labor again until Christ is formed in you" (Gal. iv, 19); and again, "You who are being justifi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:301…desire to have christ formed in us again for hear paul saying my little children of whom i am again in travail until christ be formed in you only let us enter into repentance and let…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:367…not the same but to the galatians he says on the contrary my little children of whom i am in travail again until christ be formed in you and with reason for they were afflicted with…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:433…fall into despair he says the contrary my little children he says of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you to whom he used to say elsewhere whosoever of you are…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:861D…not to mourn? But I cannot; I am a father, and I weep; I am a father who loves. Hear what Paul cries out: “My little children, of whom I am again in travail” (Gal. 4:19). What mother in labor utters such bitt…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:887B…ented? But I cannot: for I am a father, and a father loving his children. Hear what Paul cries out: "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again" (Gal. 4. 19). For what mother in labor emits such g…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:949B…quire yet another birth, returning from light into the womb, to whom he says: "My little children, of whom I am in labor again, until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. IV, 19). For he makes those who bear the good-…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:545…knowledge to a lesser and more imperfect one namely the galatians saying my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you for having begun in the spirit the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:901…i have begotten you through the gospel and indeed to the galatians my little children of whom i travail in birth again until d c d…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:61A…t Jesus through the Gospel I have begotten you" (1 Cor. 4, 15), and again: "My little children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. 4, 19). Furthermore, another of His holy prop…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:935…toward his own shape for the divine paul writes to the galatians my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you now christ is formed in us the holy…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1187D…and excellent beauty. For the all-wise Paul writes to certain people: "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. iv, 19). Therefore God and the Father wishes t…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:799C…the Lord" (II Cor. III, 18). He also writes to the Galatians as follows: "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ is formed in you" (Gal. IV, 19). For the search for the lost thing was…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:245…you will also rightly understand what was said by paul to some my little children of whom i am again in travail until christ be formed in you and again for in christ jesus i begat…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:757…his own image for this very reason paul also says to some my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you but if this is so how was it…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:405…irksome but for you it is safe but also to the galatians my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you c do you hear how he most unweariedly…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:715…slipped through sloth into legal observance since paul clearly writes to them my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you for he says that christ will be formed…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:923…intelligible image for the divine apostle himself says writing to the galatians my little children of whom i labor again until christ be formed in you if being formed into christ we are enriched with the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:489A…refashioned into Christ through faith. For Paul teaches us this, saying: “My little children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you.” (Gal. 4:19) And again: “Just as we have borne the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:577…and exists naturally in god aliud paul writing to the galatians says my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you if however christ is formed in us through…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:609…from the epistle to the galatians h my little children he says of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you if christ is formed in us only through the spirit and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:807…have been fashioned for thus the most wise paul writes to some my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you and again for whom he foreknew and he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:949…to the galatians who had slipped from lightness toward something less seemly my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you b you have spoken most excellently a it…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1013…things are from the father and thus the most wise paul says my little children of whom i am again in travail until christ be formed in you and indeed that the mode of what is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1089…word will convince us of this b my little children he said of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you he is formed through the spirit who reforms us to god…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1139…anything from outside substantially in itself writing to the galatians paul says my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you and if christ is formed in us by…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:127…what then was the blessed paul thinking when he wrote to some my little children of whom i am again in travail until christ be formed in you and furthermore to those elsewhere who were being…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1083B…s way, Paul, that all-wise man, will teach us when he says to the Galatians: "My little children, of whom I am in travail again until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. iv, 19). For He is formed in us through sancti…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:611…after the divine and heavenly baptism my little children of whom b i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you for christ is formed in you in no other way than through blameless…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1247B…⟧ both domestic and foreign, in the Church, in which Paul cries out to all: My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you. (Gal. IV, 19) VERS. 8. And his spirit was not trus…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:363…is what the blessed paul also said in writing to the galatians my little children of whom i am in travail again until christ be formed in you b after this he instructs the priests on…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:551…He utters the voice of a tender mother: "My little children, of whom I am again in labor until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. IV, 19). Now the Lord Christ Himself also offe…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1249…them free from that malady and one may hear him crying out my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you thus he instructed the teacher of the corinthians…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:147…is formed in us through the holy spirit for paul writes again my little children of whom i am in labor again until christ be formed in you for if we keep ourselves holy then he…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:617…of faith paul cries out little children whom i am bringing forth again until christ be formed in you if therefore anyone through fraudulent speech has ejected this birth from anyone's soul and has procured an…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:803…it and take it up again of such a kind paul says my little children of whom i am in labor again until christ be formed in you for if repentance shall raise its face there…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2399…jesus through the gospel i have begotten you and again my d children of whom i travail in birth again he calls blessings moreover the manifold largess and grace of the spirit for to one is…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2407…the form that is according to him in accordance with the saying my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you and again do not be conformed to this…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:759B…ed and transformed from vice unto virtue by their word, as the Apostle says: "My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. iv, 19). Scholion 91. He calls "cross" th…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1661…by their word from evil to virtue children as the apostle says my little children of whom i labor again until christ be formed in you c then after calling us and exhorting us to such…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1159…today and addresses you in our own ways little children he says of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you namely in the perfection c of morals do not be children…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:337…read painfully or not painfully as combefisius thinks or as paul said my little children of whom i travail in birth again the letter is somewhat obscure by which at least it is signified that copronymus…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:803…keep their proper order even when the teacher is absent c vers my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you ye have corrupted he says the image ye…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:727…regeneration which renews the old man to this effect paul also says my little children of whom i am again in labor until christ be formed in you by this regeneration indeed we are also adopted…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1161…were thus born through him his children my little children he says of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you and again for in christ jesus i have begotten you through…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:333…christ is formed in him according to that word of the apostle my little children of whom i am in labor again until christ be formed in you for unless christ be found formed in every…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1003…when the teacher is present but also when he is absent vers my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you he imitates a mother trembling for her children…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:379C…them back again, so they do not despair; just as he says to the Galatians: My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you (Gal. IV, 19). Paul, therefore, does not reject repe…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:713…partake of this being formed according to it as the apostle says my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you and being thus sealed we logically become b…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:639…who is the lord jesus christ as the most divine paul says my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you and as many of you as have been…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1039…sealed participate in this being formed according to it the apostle saying my little children of whom i travail in birth again until christ is formed in you and being thus sealed we logically become partakers…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:523…is said to have been clothed and baptized writing to the galatians my little children of whom i am again in travail until christ be formed in you and jesus christ…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:369…his soul on account of the grief over those who had fallen my little children of whom i am in labor again until christ be formed in you come therefore children hearken unto me what then…
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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:423…vexed by a demon book one h it was fitting for us to be present with you now my dearest stagirius and to share in your trials and by exhorting with words and assisting with deeds…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:613B…ng—possessed partly by righteous anger and partly by despondency (for he even disclosed this by saying, I would be present with you now, and change my voice [Gal. 4: 20])—he wrote the Epistle, defending himse…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:659…should have disfigured the face and form of things i would like to be present with you now and to change my voice consider for me one who is not self controlled consider the fervent one…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:489…the novatians who close the door of repentance ver i would like to be present with you now and to change my tone for i am perplexed about you inflamed by yearning i wish he says…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:803…and reformation namely by doctrine i beget you again through instruction vers i desire to be present with you now and to change my voice for what reason did he desire to be present if not…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1141…labor again until christ is formed in you but i could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone because i am at a loss about you d he wishes to show…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1003…and reforming them but they do not accept correction through repentance vers i desire to be present with you now and to change my voice for i stand in doubt of you i am not content…
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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:369…he says to them with a certain rebuke tell me you who desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:23…e praised for the fact that he did not omit more eloquent ones by which the question is clearly decided, such as: 1 Cor. ix, 9; 1 Cor. x, 1 et seqq.; Gal. iv, 21 et seqq.; Eph. v, 31; Col. ii, 16, 17; Heb. viii, 5; also c…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1577…the epistle to the galatians writing tell me he says you who desire to be under the law do you not read the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1077…as can be taken from the same epistle tell me you who desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1079A…ons, one by a bondwoman, and one by a freewoman; but he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh; but he who was of the freewoman, by promise" (Gal. iv, 21 seq.). I know also that the Psalms are…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1069A…om above from wise men, one of whom, inciting the hearer to tropology, said: 'Tell me, ye who read the law, do you not hear the law?'" which words are found in Gal. IV, 21. Therefore, Origen was accustomed to de…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:319C…show you these two covenants through works? Just as you have seen the sheep in the word, learn also in the deed. Tell me, you who desire to be under the law (Gal. 4:21). He well said, desire, for they were…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:661…constructs it differently mixing in history tell me he says you who desire to be under the law do you not hear the law well did he say you who desire for the matter rested not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:125B…f a slave woman, but of the free woman, with the freedom by which Christ has set us free. Stand fast therefore, and do not be held again by a yoke of slavery” (Gal. iv, 21–31). You understand, therefore, how cl…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:677…said christ our passover is sacrificed b he also writes to others tell me ye that desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:219…by faith in him for at one time he used to say tell me ye that desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two…
Socrates Scholasticus c. 380–c. 450PG 67:625…feast days and so writing to the galatians he uses these words tell me ye that desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law c and having discoursed a little on this…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:791…to the galatians without any delay openly says tell me you who desire to be under the law do you not read the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by a…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:489…bad defenders of the law and says ver tell me you who desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons the one by…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:951…sacrificed christ that is to say and again tell me you who desire to be under the law do you know or do you read the law for it is written abraham had two sons and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:803…worthlessness that you are being dragged away to circumcision and sabbaths vers tell me ye that desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1143…ought not to serve the law h iv tell me you who desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by a…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1147…what preceded for the explanation of that part tell me you who desire to be under the law do you not hear the law we said that paul was proving that the law itself that is…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:139…believed in christ as he also says elsewhere tell me you who desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for if they had known the law they would have known that…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1003…we are perplexed we are accustomed to be reduced to tears vers tell me ye that desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law since he has sufficiently softened and attracted them…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:719…would the apostle not have written to the galatians without judgment that tell me ye that desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law h the apostles and the elders and the…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 146:851…writing to the galatians he says these things tell me you who desire to be under the law do you not hear the law and having discoursed a little on this he then shows that the…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:289B…ell me," it says, "you who desire to be under the Law, do you not hear the Law, that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-woman, and one by the free woman?" (Gal. IV, 21-22). The heretics heard, "one by the slave…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:791A…the Galatians it says: "Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons," and the rest. (Gal. iv, 21, 22.) He also calls the prophecies "law…
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Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1747B…ck down the just man of old: The damner of Christ, the wicked brother was. Prefigured the two testaments. These are the Apostle's words to the Galatians [Gal. IV, 22]: "Abraham had two sons, one by a bondw…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:369…desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by the bondwoman and one by the free but he who was born of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:799…me you who read the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons up to the words which things are spoken by allegory and what follows abandoned the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1099…me you who read the law do you not understand the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by the maidservant and one by the free woman but he who was of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1577…desire to be under the law do you not read the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by the slave woman and one by the free woman and he leads forward…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1077…desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by the slave woman and one by the free woman but the one by…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1767…of abraham and sarah in this way as the apostle says for abraham had two sons the one by a bondwoman and the other by a freewoman then he interprets spiritually that by the women are…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:247C…very thing again: For Abraham had two sons; one by a handmaid, and one by a freewoman. Which things are said by an allegory: for these are the two covenants (Gal. IV, 22, 24). As therefore the women are differ…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:125…desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by the slave woman and one by the free woman but he who was…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:677…desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons the one by a bondmaid the other by a freewoman but he who was of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:219…desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons the one by a bondmaid the other by a freewoman but he who was of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:481…he writes to some as follows do you not know the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by the bondwoman and one by the freewoman but he who was of the…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:737…hangeth on a tree ibid vii from genesis eleventh time chapter xvi abraham had two sons the one by a bondmaid and one by a freewoman chapter iv viii from the prophet isaiah twenty first time…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:791…desire to be under the law do you not read the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by a slave woman and one by a free woman but the son of…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1031…synagogue of the jews is an ancilla by saying these things for abraham had two sons the one by a bondwoman and the other by a freewoman then explaining whom he wished to be understood as…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:457…of the ages have come and writing to the galatians he said it is written that abraham had two sons one by the bondwoman and one by the free but he who was of the bondwoman…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:489…desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons the one by the bondwoman the other by the freewoman but he who was of…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:893…me you who know the law and do not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons and the rest furthermore there is also the account of the lives of delinquents concerning…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:803…desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons the one by a bondmaid the other by a freewoman but he who was of…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1143…desire to be under the law do you not hear the law for it is written that abraham had two sons one by a bondwoman and one by a free woman but he who was of…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1003…is his custom to call the whole old testament the law vers for it is written that abraham had two sons the one by a bondmaid the other by a free woman above he said for…
James of Kokkinobaphos fl. 12th c.PG 127:555D…r, she brought forth her prayer, in which she strove to persevere for a long time, groaning from her heart, and, needing more, she practiced it over time. (Gal. iv, 22): "For it is written that Abraham had t…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:745D…written: "Christ our passover is sacrificed" (1 Cor. v, 7). To this pertains that to the Galatians: "Abraham had two sons," etc.; for these are two testaments (Gal. iv, 22); and that 1 Cor. x, 4: "They all drank…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:791…to be under the law do you not listen to the law for it is written that abraham had two sons and the rest gal iv he also calls the prophecies law as when it is…
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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1079…had two sons one by a bondwoman and one by a freewoman but he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh but he who was of the freewoman by promise gal iv…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1095…interpreted also that which concerns abraham when he said but he indeed who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh but he of the free woman by promise and as then he who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:661…as the free and noble born such is the power of faith but he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh but he of the free woman through promise what is according…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:125…sons one by the slave woman and one by the free woman but he who was of the slave woman was born according to the flesh b but he who was of the free woman through…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:677…two sons the one by a bondmaid the other by a freewoman but he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh but he of the freewoman was by promise which things are an…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:219…two sons the one by a bondmaid the other by a freewoman but he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh but he of the freewoman was by promise which things are an…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:481…had two sons one by the bondwoman and one by the freewoman but he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh but he who was of the freewoman through the promise which…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:457…had two sons one by the bondwoman and one by the free but he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh but he who was of the free by promise which things…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:489…two sons the one by the bondwoman the other by the freewoman but he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh but he of the freewoman through promise which things are symbolized…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:803…two sons the one by a bondmaid the other by a freewoman but he who was of the bondwoman according to…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:805…a the flesh was born but he of the freewoman was by promise because he said that faith unites you to abraham and it seemed incredible to his hearers…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1143…two sons one by a bondwoman and one by a free woman but he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh but he who was of the free woman through promise which…
James of Kokkinobaphos fl. 12th c.PG 127:555…had two sons one by a bondwoman and one by a freewoman but he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh but he who was of the freewoman through the promise joachim…
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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:95D…ace, but even in this demonstrates great contemplation for us, saying thus: "For these are two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing children into slavery" (Gal. 4:24). And it would be necessary to inquire…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:247…a handmaid and one by a freewoman which things are said by an allegory for these are the two covenants gal iv as therefore the women are different there but the husband is one so in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:677…born after the flesh but he of the freewoman was by promise which things are an allegory for these are the two testaments the one from the mount sinai which gendereth to bondage which is agar…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:219…born after the flesh but he of the freewoman was by promise which things are an allegory for these are the two covenants the one from the mount sinai which gendereth to bondage which is agar…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:481…who was of the freewoman through the promise which things are allegorized for these are the two covenants the one from mount sinai which brings forth to bondage which is agar for sinai is a mountain…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1031…be understood as the ancilla he added which things are said by an allegory for these are the two testaments the one from mount sina engendering unto bondage which is agar for sina is a mountain…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:457…who was of the free by promise which things are said by an allegory for these are the two testaments and what follows he wrote these things not to reject the history but to compare the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:489…history but teaches what was prefigured in the history for he adds for these are the two covenants the one from mount sinai which gives birth to bondage which is hagar ver for the hagar is…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:789…from the middle and the whole passage is then read as follows which things are an allegory for these are the two covenants the one from the mount sinai which gendereth to bondage which is hagar…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:805…also speaks of other things for this reason it is also called an allegory for these are the two covenants the two laws the legal and the evangelical one from mount sinai which gendereth to bondage…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1005…an allegory for those things were a type of the present things for these are the two covenants the one from mount sinai which brings forth children unto bondage which is agar for agar is mount…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:371C…f Sarah, as he said, "these are the two, one indeed bringing forth unto bondage, which is Agar; but the Jerusalem which is above is free, which is our mother" (Gal. IV, 24-26); it is manifest that the Jerusalem whi…
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Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:731…distorts the word by writing but our jerusalem is above for this is in bondage with her children and again the savior having said to peter get behind me satan you are an offense to me…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1383…the court and its seething purples. Mount Sinai and Oreb Mount Sinai, or Sina, is in Arabia, as the holy apostle Paul is our authority in Galatians 4:25, namely Petraea, where the melana ore (black mountain…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:677…one from the mount sinai which gendereth to bondage which is agar for this agar is mount sinai in arabia and answereth to jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children but jerusalem…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:219…one from the mount sinai which gendereth to bondage which is agar for this agar is mount sinai in arabia and answereth to jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children d but…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1031…for sina is a mountain in arabia which hath affinity to that jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children if therefore anyone sleeps with her in copulation of seed that is anyone…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:489…which gives birth to bondage which is hagar ver for the hagar is mount sinai in arabia and corresponds to jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children but the jerusalem above is…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:805…all who are born of the old covenant must necessarily be slaves and answereth to jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children not only he says was she a slave herself but…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1145…indeed from mount sinai begetting into bondage which is hagar for hagar is mount sinai in arabia and it corresponds to jerusalem but it is in bondage with her children but the jerusalem which is above…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1005…mount sinai which brings forth children unto bondage which is agar for agar is mount sinai in arabia and it corresponds to the jerusalem which now is and serves with her children these which the two…
26Gal 4:26
Polycarp of Smyrna c. 69–c. 156PG 5:1007…be built up into the faith which has been given to you which is the mother of us all with hope following and love going before towards god and christ and towards your neighbor for if…
Polycarp of Smyrna c. 69–c. 156PG 5:1017…be built up in the faith which has been given to you which is the mother of us all with hope following and love preceding which is in god and in christ and toward our neighbor…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1219…and the apostle also writing to the galatians likewise says but that jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of all of us not saying this from the conceit of an erratic aeon…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1641D…Jerusalem in chapter xii of this Epistle, verse 22, that is, of course, "which is the Jerusalem which is above, which is the mother of us all," as he writes in Gal. iv, 26, which St. John in the spirit saw "comi…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1381B…s per liquidum æthera Vates: neque in terris morabor Longius invidiaque major Urbes relinquam." (25) "My Jerusalem." That is, the celestial. For as Paul says, Gal. iv, 26: "The Jerusalem which is above is free,…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:389…god again the apostle teaches certain things about jerusalem that b the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and in another epistle but you have come to mount zion and to the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1099…into slavery which is hagar d and a little later but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother whoever wishes to take into his hands the epistle to the galatians will know…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:349…him in the ministry but that jerusalem which is above he says is free which is the mother of all of us therefore just as egypt that earthly province is called the house of bondage for…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1423…company of angels and in the epistle to the galatians but the jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of us all b perhaps these are symbols of the savior having loosed his…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1017C…y the contemplation of the final Adam, in whom all are said to be quickened.” In the same place he locates Jerusalem, and Mount Sion, according to the Apostle, Gal. IV, 26, and Heb. XII, 22, and John, Apocal. II…
Pamphilus of Caesarea c. 240-309PG 10:1543…meaning that one concerning which it was said by paul but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and elsewhere b you have approached mount sion and the city of the living…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:1449…city concerning which it has been said by paul c but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and you have come to mount zion and to the city of the living…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:1503…indeed that city of which it is spoken to paul but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and you have come unto mount sion and to the city of the living…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:939…the discourse says this earth is heavenly as the scripture says the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother c the prophet indicates in a way of allegory that this same land is…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:481…in those places as heavenly by the words he uses but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and you have come to mount sion and to the city of the living…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1149…jerusalem of which it is mentioned in paul who says but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother to such souls therefore scripture announces the coming of christ the son of god…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1197…who came forth or descended from the heavenly jerusalem in that the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother d toward this heavenly house of god toward sion the heavenly mountain of the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:401…at any rate the divine apostle taught when he said but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother he also names her the city of the living god the heavenly jerusalem in…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:419…the true city of god he himself makes clear saying but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother now the mountain worthy of god is heaven itself but because he did not…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:435…to come from the heavenly zion concerning which paul says but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and you have come to mount zion and to the city of the living…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:625…the firstborn who are written in the heavens and again but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother this would indeed be the true jerusalem and that which is properly proved to…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:713…heavenly jerusalem which he who said these things pointed out but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and you have come to mount sion and to the city of the living…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:767…a but jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and ye are come unto mount sion and unto the city of the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:879…in the hebrew tongue wherefore the apostle knowing this said but that jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother for salem is interpreted as peace but jerusalem as a vision of peace whose…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:937…likeness of the heavenly heights which also the apostle made plain saying but jerusalem which is above is free and ye are come unto mount sion and unto the city of the living god the heavenly…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1045…not mine but that of the same apostle who says but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and ye are come unto mount sion and unto the city of the living…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:435…the heavenly and angelic commonwealth regarding which the apostle says but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother b and you have approached mount sion and the city of the living god…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:731A…. And again, the Apostle having written to the Galatians in this way: But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is our mother of all (Gal. IV, 26), he has either not understood, or even…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:951D…D⟧ above; whereas in the Church of Christ, Paul clearly proclaims concerning it, saying, "But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all" (Gal. iv, 26); and, "Ye are come unto mount Sion, an…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:525…ion, and everything. How, I say? A Christian has no city on earth, but the Jerusalem above; for "the Jerusalem above," he says, "is free, which is our mother" (Gal. IV, 26). A Christian has no earthly profession…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:483…alem, the Lord; praise thy God, O Sion. Paul knows the heavenly Jerusalem, of which he says: But that Jerusalem which is above is free, which is our mother (Gal. 4:26); just as Sion also knows the Church, w…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:761…christians reborn in grace is free as the apostle says but the jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of us all how often then shall my brother sin against me and i…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:993…of freedom have not yet arrived at the free jerusalem for the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother regenerating us through the bath of regeneration but we are still standing on the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:677…to jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children but jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of us all being mystically instructed therefore in the spirit we conceive within…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1065…which also the all wise paul makes mention saying but the jerusalem above is free which is the mother of us all galat iv for it is the city of the living god and the nurse…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:219…jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children d but jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of us all and at another time also concerning the son who being…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:481…present jerusalem for she is in bondage with her children but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother but i beloved although i vehemently admire the power of this allegory and deservedly…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1743…i jeremiah is the most versatile polymath staton of all prophets i jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother iii b jesus christ our lord truly made man and truly existing as god…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1395…city above jerusalem concerning which the blessed paul says but the jerusalem above is free which is the mother of us all they ask therefore by virtue of their kinship with the temple that the grace…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1563…the firstborn who are written in the heavens and again but that jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and discoursing concerning the patriarch abraham in the epistle to the hebrews he further…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:69…jerusalem which is above concerning which the blessed paul says but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother therefore she says the sons of my mother have fought against me referring to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:117…pious to be the jerusalem above concerning which the blessed paul says but jerusalem which is above is free which is mother of us all the bride therefore having taken hold of the bridegroom promises not…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:167…but the one above of which the blessed paul says but the jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of all of us you are like her my neighbor for you have imitated…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1873…the heavens will be manifest and known as paul says but the jerusalem which is above is free which is our mother and you have approached mount sion and the city of the living god the…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1827…may attain the citadel or rather our own metropolis the jerusalem above which is the mother of us all the land of the living in which the light of life shines the unquenchable lamp the ever…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:789…agar corresponds to jerusalem for she serveth with her children but the jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of us all but afterwards this adulterine reading insinuated itself by this example te…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:805…and it was upon this mountain that the covenant was also given but jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of us all for it is written rejoice thou barren that bearest not…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1145…to jerusalem but it is in bondage with her children but the jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of us all for it is written rejoice thou barren that bearest not break…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:163…of adoption for this was given to christians as paul also says but jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of us all he says therefore although he fulfilled the legal righteousnesses yet…
Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:479C…o to the future age, nor possessed only of those things which are on earth and visible to the eyes; but through it, as the Jerusalem above, that free one ⟦(Gal. IV, 26)⟧, passing over ⟦(Hebr. XII, 23)⟧ not a…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:371C…ot give birth to him, so neither did nature give birth to us, but the grace of God. And again: "But the Jerusalem which is above is free, which is our mother" (Gal. IV, 26), which is the Church. "For you have co…
27Gal 4:27
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:557A…[who was] "not beloved" [Hos. ii, 23; Rom. ix, 25], and "the children of her who was desolate," [should be] "more than of her who has a husband" [Isa. liv, 1; Gal. iv, 27], to proclaim. For it was concerning th…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:731…of her who has a husband and to whom it is said rejoice thou barren that bearest not break forth and cry thou that travailest not and there is a city near the desert ephraim to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:621D…e; for Paul made use of the prophetic voice, saying: As it is written, that many are the children of the desolate one, rather than of her who has the husband (Gal. 4:27). Since then she had the Law as a husb…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:737…chapter iv viii from the prophet isaiah twenty first time chapter liv rejoice thou barren that bearest not break forth and cry thou that travailest not for many are the children of the desolate more than…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1767…also isaiah cries out d rejoice o barren that dost not bear break forth and cry thou that travailest not for many are the children of the desolate more than of her that hath a husband…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:805…which is above is free which is the mother of us all for it is written rejoice thou barren that bearest not break forth and cry thou that travailest not a agar is a figure of…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1145…which is above is free which is the mother of us all for it is written rejoice thou barren that bearest not break forth and cry thou that travailest not for many are the children of…
28Gal 4:28
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:125C…ough faith, and are called from the promise of God, to be children of Abraham. “For we,” he says, “are children of the promise according to Isaac” (Rom. ix, 8; Gal. iv, 28). For we have been set free in Christ,…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:491…multitude of her offspring her who had formerly borne many sons vers now we brethren as isaac was are children of promise for we were born not according to nature but according to grace for just…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:807…one nation whereas the barren one brought forth all the nations vers now we brethren as isaac was are the children of promise not only because the church was barren just as sarah was but as…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:131…re, but the whole was to be ascribed to the glorious achievement of grace. Therefore Paul also says: We, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise (Gal. IV, 28). For just as grace worked there, so he…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:371C…, therefore he added, "of the free woman." Others are [children of the handmaid]. And again: "So, brethren, we are children of Isaac according to the promise" (Gal. IV, 28). What is "of the promise"? As nature d…
29Gal 4:29
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1573D…hing from his father; and a witness is Paul, saying: "But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the spirit" (Gal. 4:29). So that Sarah was not moved simply by…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:491…born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the spirit even so it is now let not this trouble you that those who have believed are being persecuted by the unbelievers for…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:383…no part of the paternal goods paul agrees with their opinion saying as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the spirit etc therefore he not only played but…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:807…if we are children of the barren one we are free vers but as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the spirit even so it is now lest…
30Gal 4:30
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:599…isaac her son and she said to abraham cast out this handmaid and her son for the son of this handmaid shall not inherit with my son isaac and the matter seemed very grievous to abraham…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:751…the philosophers unless they be brought to manhood by christ for if the son of the bondwoman shall not be an heir with the son of the free woman at any rate he is indeed the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:979…to the lord and for what reason is it said concerning ishmael cast out the bondwoman and her son or concerning esau jacob have i loved but esau have i hated and for what reason if…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1115…to her noble born offspring cast out it says the slave woman and her son for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman but if this contemplation…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:423…a and he said to abraham cast out this bondwoman and her son for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son isaac the word appeared hard before abraham…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:427…we told you yesterday bearing this with difficulty she said to abraham cast out the bondwoman and her son for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son gen and when this…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:663…son of the slave woman for the son of the slave woman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman what then is this the consolation to have shown that those who are…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:121…comes forward weeping as is likely and saying cast out this maidservant and her son for the son of this maidservant shall not inherit with my son isaac d but it says the word seemed very…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:125…now but what does the scripture say cast out the slave woman and her son for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman we however brothers are…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:135…she indeed said to the divine abraham cast out this slave woman and her son for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit with my son isaac and the word c was not untroubling…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:737…hath an husband ibid c ix from genesis twelfth time chapter xxi cast out the bondwoman and her son for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman ibid…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1877…hostility toward one another for it says cast out the slave woman and her son for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with my son isaac they rightfully lament themselves as those who…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:491…type vers but what does the scripture say cast out the handmaid and her son for the son of the handmaid shall not be heir with the son of the free woman he called the words…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1241…, 76, 1347.— II, 1058, regarding the word prophet. 20, 10. I, 76. 20, 11, 12. ibid. 21, 10. I, 84. Omitting "this" (ταύτην), which Paul also omits in Galatians 4, 30. 21, 12. II, 618. 21, 28 seqq. I, 925. 21, 31. I, 288. 22,…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:807…that the pattern of this thing already existed of old vers but what saith the scripture cast out the bondwoman and her son for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1147…also now but what does the scripture say cast out the handmaid and her son for the son of the handmaid shall not be heir with the son of the free woman so then brethren we…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1007…say 'cast out the bondwoman s son for the bondwoman s son shall not be heir with the son of the free woman ' d lest someone say what then is it a consolation to the…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:819…synagogue from my house that she may not burn incense to me for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman since jews and gentiles alike shall possess…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:387…but when the lord said to abraham cast out the handmaid with her son for the son of the handmaid shall by no means be an heir with the son of the free woman abraham according…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:539…because god commanded abraham thus saying cast out the slave woman with her son for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman and ishmael was cast out…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:1159…in ishmael the son of the bondwoman as the scripture witnesses d cast out the bondwoman and her son for in isaac shall thy seed be called that he himself is that messiah and the great…
Makarios Melissenos fl. c. 1573-1584PG 156:923…because god had so commanded abraham saying cast out the maidservant with her son for the son of the maidservant shall not be heir with the son of the free woman and ishmael was cast out…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:395…the people and the synagogue he says cast out the slave woman and her son for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman i have abandoned my…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:417…is abdicated the synagogue and her people cast out the slave woman and her son for the son of the slave woman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman the jew is…
31Gal 4:31
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:727…of the free woman: stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not again entangled with the yoke of bondage (Gal. iv, 31; v, 1). REGULA XV. That one ought…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:663…when she knew him she conquered the synagogue of numerous offspring therefore brethren we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman he moves and turns all these things studying to show…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1011B…ce darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light" (Ephes. V, 8); and again: "We are not children of the slave woman, but of the free" (Gal. IV, 31); "Stand fast therefore in the liberty…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:473…been made at all cannot be god by nature h another h so then brethren we are not children of a bondwoman but of the freewoman by the freedom with which christ has liberated us…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:491…that even after the truth the type might be displayed d vers so then brethren we are not children of the handmaid but of the free woman what then do you command h chapter v h…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:807…the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman so then brethren we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free having first exhibited the type of the persecution he does…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1167…soul someone is overcome of them he also becomes a slave but we are not children of the bondwoman but of the freewoman d so that separated from sins we might enjoy freedom it is preferable…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1147…handmaid shall not be heir with the son of the free woman so then brethren we are not children of the handmaid but of the free woman stand fast therefore in the liberty by which christ…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1149…also so that she might not become a participant in the inheritance so then brethren we are not children of the bondwoman if therefore we are not children of the bondwoman b nor slaves why do…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1009…the law or rather in the book of the old testament a so then brethren we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free he moves all these things to show that what has…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:643…has been made in any way could not be god by nature so then brethren we are not children of the slave but of the free woman for freedom christ has set us free stand fast…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:371C…so also this one, when she was barren, brings forth in the last days. And that this is true, hear how Paul testifies: "But we are children of the free woman" (Gal. IV, 31). For since Sarah is a figure of the Ch…