1 Pedro 2
Augustine of Hippo · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
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The Lord will repay his faithful followers who are so lovingly, so cheerfully, so devotedly carrying out these works, to the effect that he includes them in the construction of his own building, into which they hasten to fit as living stones, fashioned by faith, made solidly firm by hope, cemented together by charity. — SERMONS 337
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Without the cornerstone which is Christ, I do not see how men can be built into a house of God, to contain God dwelling in them, without being born again, which cannot happen before they are born the first time. — LETTERS 187.31
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In ancient times only one high priest was anointed, but now all Christians are anointed. — SERMONS 198A
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God's people occupy the middle ground. They are to be compared neither with those who think that the only good is to enjoy earthly delights nor with those sublime inhabitants of heaven, whose sole delight is in the heavenly bread by which they were created. Between the people of heaven and those of earth, the apostle was suspended in the middle, heading toward heaven, though he was not yet there, but at the same time separated from others here below. — SERMONS 400.2
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Do not say to yourself: "What have I got to do with the emperor?" … The apostle intended that emperors should be served, and he wanted kings to be honored. — TRACTATES 6.26.1
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How is it proved that we love the fellowship? Because we do not split unity; because we keep love. — TRACTATES 2.3.2
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Christ taught you to suffer, and he did so by suffering himself. Words would not be enough unless example were added. And how, precisely did he teach us, brothers and sisters? He was hanging on the cross, and the Jews were raging … he was hanging there, yet at the same time he was healing them. — SERMONS 284.6
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In this sentence the apostle Peter appears to have realized that Christ suffered for those who follow in his footsteps and that Christ's passion profits none but those who follow in his footsteps. — SERMONS 304.2
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Note that the apostle holds this statement that Christ did no sin sufficient to prove that there was no sin in him. He who did not sin could not have had sin in him.… Certainly the adult man would have committed sin if there had been sin in the infant. Apart from him there is no one who has not committed sin after reaching his majority, and the reason for this is that there is no one who is without sin at the beginning of infancy. — AGAINST JULIAN 5.15.57