1 Ѿкꙋ́дꙋ бра̑ни и҆ сва̑ры въ ва́съ; не ѿсю́дꙋ ли, ѿ сласте́й ва́шихъ, вою́ющихъ во ᲂу҆́дѣхъ ва́шихъ; 2 Жела́ете, и҆ не и҆́мате: ᲂу҆бива́ете и҆ зави́дите, и҆ не мо́жете ᲂу҆лꙋчи́ти: сварѧ́етесѧ и҆ бо́рете, и҆ не и҆́мате, занѐ не про́сите: 3 про́сите, и҆ не прїе́млете, занѐ ѕлѣ̀ про́сите, да въ сласте́хъ ва́шихъ и҆ждиве́те. 4 Прелюбодѣ́є и҆ прелюбодѣ̑йцы, не вѣ́сте ли, ꙗ҆́кѡ любы̀ мі́ра сегѡ̀ вражда̀ бг҃ꙋ є҆́сть, и҆́же бо восхо́щетъ дрꙋ́гъ бы́ти мі́рꙋ, вра́гъ бж҃їй быва́етъ. 5 И҆лѝ мнитѐ, ꙗ҆́кѡ всꙋ́е писа́нїе глаго́летъ: къ за́висти жела́етъ дꙋ́хъ, и҆́же всели́сѧ въ ны̀; 6 Бо́льшꙋю же дае́тъ блгⷣть: тѣ́мже глаго́летъ: гдⷭ҇ь гѡ́рдымъ проти́витсѧ, смирє́ннымъ же дае́тъ блгⷣть. 7 Повини́тесѧ ᲂу҆̀бо бг҃ꙋ, проти́витесѧ же дїа́волꙋ, и҆ бѣжи́тъ ѿ ва́съ. 8 Прибли́житесѧ бг҃ꙋ, и҆ прибли́житсѧ ва́мъ: ѡ҆чи́стите рꙋ́цѣ, грѣ̑шницы, и҆спра́вите сердца̀ ва̑ша, двоедꙋ́шнїи: 9 постражди́те и҆ слези́те и҆ пла́читесѧ: смѣ́хъ ва́шъ въ пла́чь да ѡ҆брати́тсѧ, и҆ ра́дость въ сѣ́тованїе: 10 смири́тесѧ пред̾ гдⷭ҇емъ, и҆ вознесе́тъ вы̀. 11 Не ѡ҆клевета́йте дрꙋ́гъ дрꙋ́га, бра́тїе: ѡ҆клевета́ѧй бо бра́та, и҆лѝ ѡ҆сꙋжда́ѧй бра́та своего̀, ѡ҆клевета́етъ зако́нъ и҆ ѡ҆сꙋжда́етъ зако́нъ: а҆́ще же зако́нъ ѡ҆сꙋжда́еши, нѣ́си творе́цъ зако́на, но сꙋдїѧ̀. 12 Є҆ди́нъ є҆́сть законополо́жникъ и҆ сꙋдїѧ̀, могі́й спастѝ и҆ погꙋби́ти: ты́ же кто̀ є҆сѝ ѡ҆сꙋжда́ѧй дрꙋ́га; 13 Слы́шите нн҃ѣ, глаго́лющїи: дне́сь и҆лѝ ᲂу҆́трѣ по́йдемъ во ѡ҆́нъ гра́дъ, и҆ сотвори́мъ тꙋ̀ лѣ́то є҆ди́но, и҆ кꙋ́плю дѣ́емъ и҆ приѡбрѣ́тенїе: 14 и҆̀же не вѣ́сте, что̀ ᲂу҆́трѣ слꙋчи́тсѧ: ка́ѧ бо жи́знь ва́ша, па́ра бо є҆́сть, ꙗ҆́же вма́лѣ ꙗ҆влѧ́етсѧ, пото́мъ же и҆счеза́етъ. 15 Вмѣ́стѡ є҆́же бы глаго́лати ва́мъ: а҆́ще гдⷭ҇ь восхо́щетъ, и҆ жи́ви бꙋ́демъ, и҆ сотвори́мъ сїѐ и҆лѝ ѻ҆́но: 16 нн҃ѣ же хва́литесѧ въ горды́нехъ ва́шихъ: всѧ́ка хвала̀ такова̀ ѕла̀ є҆́сть. 17 Вѣ́дꙋщемꙋ ᲂу҆̀бо добро̀ твори́ти, и҆ не творѧ́щемꙋ, грѣ́хъ є҆мꙋ̀ є҆́сть.
James · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- 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 (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Peter 2:11; Galatians 5:17; Romans 7:23; James 1:14; Romans 8:7
- 2 John 16:24; Matthew 7:7–8; James 1:5; Luke 11:9–13; John 4:10
- 3 1 John 5:14; 1 John 3:22; James 1:6–7; James 4:1; Proverbs 15:8
- 4 1 John 2:15–16; Romans 8:7; Matthew 6:24; John 15:19; Galatians 1:10
- 5 2 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Numbers 11:29; Titus 3:3; Psalm 37:1
- 6 Matthew 23:12; Proverbs 3:34; 1 Peter 5:5; Psalm 138:6; Proverbs 18:12
- 7 1 Peter 5:8–9; Ephesians 4:27; Ephesians 6:11–12; 1 Peter 5:6; Luke 4:2–13
- 8 Psalm 145:18; Hebrews 10:22; Malachi 3:7; Zechariah 1:3; Isaiah 55:6–7
- 9 Matthew 5:4; 2 Corinthians 7:10–11; Luke 6:25; Proverbs 14:13; James 5:1–2
- 10 Psalm 147:6; Matthew 23:12; 1 Peter 5:6; Luke 14:11; James 4:6–7
- 11 1 Peter 2:1; James 5:9; Romans 2:1; Luke 6:37; Psalm 140:11
- 12 Romans 14:4; Romans 2:1; Matthew 10:28; Isaiah 33:22; James 5:9
- 13 Proverbs 27:1; Luke 12:17–20; Genesis 11:3–4; Ecclesiastes 2:1; Isaiah 24:2
- 14 1 Peter 1:24; Psalm 39:5; 1 John 2:17; Psalm 102:3; Job 7:6–7
- 15 Proverbs 19:21; Hebrews 6:3; Lamentations 3:37; Acts 18:21; Romans 1:10
- 16 Proverbs 27:1; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Psalm 52:7; Proverbs 25:14; Isaiah 47:10
- 17 John 9:41; John 13:17; John 15:22; 2 Peter 2:21; Luke 12:47–48
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“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).
"For God," saith [the Scripture], "resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble." Let us cleave, then, to those to whom grace has been given by God.
And man, being a part of Thy creation, desires to praise Thee, man, who bears about with him his mortality, the witness of his sin, even the witness that Thou "resistest the proud," --yet man, this part of Thy creation, desires to praise Thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
"God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." Again, I will ask you another thing also.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… man, very skilful in medicine, and much renowned therein, who had with his own proconsular hand put the Agonistic garland upon my distempered head, not, though, as a physician; for this disease Thou alone healest, who resistest the proud, and givest grace to the humble. But didst Thou fail me even by that old man, or forbear from healing my …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
But I pressed towards Thee, and was repelled by Thee that I might taste of death, for Thou "resistest the proud." But what prouder than for me, with a marvellous madness, to assert myself to be that by nature which Thou art?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)