1 Хрⷭ҇тꙋ̀ ᲂу҆̀бо пострада́вшꙋ за ны̀ пл҃тїю, и҆ вы̀ въ тꙋ́ же мы́сль воѡрꙋжи́тесѧ: занѐ пострада́вый пло́тїю, преста̀ ѿ грѣха̀, 2 во є҆́же не ктомꙋ̀ человѣ́чєскимъ по́хотемъ, но во́ли бж҃їей про́чее во пло́ти жи́ти вре́мѧ. 3 Довлѣ́етъ бо ва́мъ мимоше́дшее вре́мѧ житїѧ̀, во́лю ꙗ҆зы́ческꙋю твори́вшымъ, хо́ждшымъ въ нечистота́хъ, въ по́хотехъ, (въ мꙋжело́жствѣ, въ скотоло́жствѣ, въ по́мыслѣхъ,) въ пїѧ́нствѣ, въ козлогласова́нїихъ, въ лихоима́нїи и҆ богоме́рзкихъ і҆дѡлослꙋже́нїихъ: 4 ѡ҆ не́мже дивѧ́тсѧ, не сходѧ́щымсѧ ва́мъ въ то́же блꙋда̀ разлїѧ́нїе, хꙋ́лѧще: 5 и҆̀же воздадѧ́тъ сло́во гото́вꙋ сꙋ́щемꙋ сꙋди́ти живы̑мъ и҆ мє́ртвымъ. 6 На се́ бо и҆ мє́ртвымъ бл҃говѣсти́сѧ, да сꙋ́дъ ᲂу҆́бѡ прїи́мꙋтъ по человѣ́кꙋ пло́тїю, поживꙋ́тъ же по бз҃ѣ дꙋ́хомъ. 7 Всѣ̑мъ же кончи́на прибли́жисѧ. Оу҆цѣломꙋ́дритесѧ ᲂу҆̀бо и҆ трезви́тесѧ въ моли́твахъ. 8 Пре́жде же всѣ́хъ дрꙋ́гъ ко дрꙋ́гꙋ любо́вь прилѣ́жнꙋ и҆мѣ́йте, занѐ любо́вь покрыва́етъ мно́жество грѣхѡ́въ. 9 Страннолю́бцы дрꙋ́гъ ко дрꙋ́гꙋ, без̾ ропта́нїи. 10 Кі́йждо ꙗ҆́коже прїѧ́тъ дарова́нїе, междꙋ̀ себє̀ си́мъ слꙋжа́ще, ꙗ҆́кѡ до́брїи строи́телїе разли́чныѧ блгⷣти бж҃їѧ. 11 А҆́ще кто̀ глаго́летъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ словеса̀ бж҃їѧ: а҆́ще кто̀ слꙋ́житъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿ крѣ́пости, ю҆́же подае́тъ бг҃ъ: да ѡ҆ все́мъ сла́витсѧ бг҃ъ і҆и҃съ хрⷭ҇то́мъ, є҆мꙋ́же є҆́сть сла́ва и҆ держа́ва во вѣ́ки вѣкѡ́въ. А҆ми́нь. 12 Возлю́бленнїи, не диви́тесѧ є҆́же въ ва́съ раждеже́нїю ко и҆скꙋше́нїю ва́мъ быва́емꙋ, ꙗ҆́кѡ чꙋ́ждꙋ ва́мъ слꙋча́ющꙋсѧ: 13 но поне́же приѡбща́етесѧ хрⷭ҇тѡ́вымъ страсте́мъ, ра́дꙋйтесѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да и҆ въ ꙗ҆вле́нїе сла́вы є҆гѡ̀ возра́дꙋетесѧ веселѧ́щесѧ. 14 А҆́ще ᲂу҆корѧ́еми быва́ете ѡ҆ и҆́мени хрⷭ҇то́вѣ, бл҃же́ни є҆стѐ ꙗ҆́кѡ сла́вы и҆ бж҃їй дх҃ъ на ва́съ почива́етъ: ѻ҆́нѣми ᲂу҆́бѡ хꙋ́литсѧ, а҆ ва́ми прославлѧ́етсѧ. 15 Да не кто̀ ᲂу҆̀бо ѿ ва́съ постра́ждетъ ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆бі́йца, и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́кѡ та́ть, и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́кѡ ѕлодѣ́й, и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́кѡ чꙋждопосѣти́тель: 16 а҆́ще ли же ꙗ҆́кѡ хрⷭ҇тїа́нинъ, да не стыди́тсѧ, да прославлѧ́етъ же бг҃а въ ча́сти се́й. 17 Ꙗ҆́кѡ вре́мѧ нача́ти сꙋ́дъ ѿ до́мꙋ бж҃їѧ: а҆́ще же пре́жде ѿ ва́съ, ка́ѧ кончи́на проти́вѧщымсѧ бж҃їю є҆ѵⷢ҇лїю; 18 И҆ а҆́ще првⷣникъ є҆два̀ сп҃се́тсѧ, нечести́вый и҆ грѣ́шный гдѣ̀ ꙗ҆ви́тсѧ; 19 Тѣ́мже и҆ стра́ждꙋщїи по во́ли бж҃їей, ꙗ҆́кѡ вѣ́рнꙋ зижди́телю да предадѧ́тъ дꙋ́шы своѧ̑ во бл҃готворе́нїи.
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Galatians 5:24; 1 Peter 3:18; Colossians 3:3–5; Romans 6:11; Galatians 2:20
- 2 Ephesians 4:22–24; 1 Peter 1:14; Ephesians 6:6; Romans 6:11; Titus 3:3–8
- 3 1 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 1 Peter 1:14; Ephesians 2:2–3
- 4 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Peter 2:12; Jude 10; Acts 18:6; Acts 13:45
- 5 James 5:9; 2 Timothy 4:1; Acts 10:42; Romans 14:10–12; John 5:22–23
- 6 Romans 8:2; 1 Peter 3:19; John 5:25–26; Romans 8:9–11; Ephesians 2:3–5
- 7 James 5:8–9; 1 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:5; Luke 21:34
- 8 Proverbs 10:12; Colossians 3:14; Proverbs 17:9; James 5:20; 1 Peter 1:22
- 9 Hebrews 13:2; Romans 12:13; Philippians 2:14; Hebrews 13:16; 1 Timothy 3:2
- 10 Romans 12:6–8; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2; Mark 10:45; Hebrews 6:10
- 11 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Peter 4:10; Ephesians 6:10; Ephesians 4:29; 1 Corinthians 12:4
- 12 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Peter 1:6–7; 1 Peter 5:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:2–4; Daniel 11:35
- 13 Romans 8:17; James 1:2–3; Romans 5:3; Philippians 3:10; 2 Corinthians 1:7
- 14 1 Peter 3:14; Luke 6:22; Matthew 5:11; 1 Peter 3:16; James 1:12
- 15 2 Thessalonians 3:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Peter 2:19–20; 1 Timothy 5:13; 1 Peter 3:17
- 16 1 Peter 3:17–18; Philippians 1:29; 1 Peter 4:19; James 1:2–4; Acts 5:41
- 17 Jeremiah 25:29; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Romans 2:9; Ezekiel 9:6; 1 Peter 2:8
- 18 Proverbs 11:31; Ezekiel 18:24; Luke 23:31; 2 Peter 2:5–6; Jude 15
- 19 Psalm 37:5; 2 Timothy 1:12; 1 Peter 3:17; Psalm 138:8; Psalm 146:5–6
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Love covers a multitude of sins. Love beareth all things, is long-suffering in all things.
Wherefore, forsaking the vanity of many, and their false doctrines, let us return to the word which has been handed down to us from the beginning; "watching unto prayer," and persevering in fasting; beseeching in our supplications the all-seeing God "not to lead us into temptation," as the Lord has said: "The spirit truly is willing, but the flesh is …
"Love moreover is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." And because it is through sin that we are alienated from the possession of true good, "Love covereth a multitude of sins." So then the Father is Himself the True Origin to the Son, who is the Truth, and the Son is the …
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Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer for His name's sake, let us glorify Him.
Before all, then, confession; then, love: for of charity what is said? "Charity covereth a multitude of sins." Now let us see whether he commendeth charity in regard of the sins which subsequently overtake us: because charity alone extinguisheth sins.
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