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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.
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1 Что̀ ᲂу҆̀бо рече́мъ а҆враа́ма ѻ҆тца̀ на́шего ѡ҆брѣстѝ по пло́ти;
1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
1 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν Ἀβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν εὑρηκέναι κατὰ σάρκα;
2 А҆́ще бо а҆враа́мъ ѿ дѣ́лъ ѡ҆правда́сѧ, и҆́мать похвалꙋ̀, но не ᲂу҆ бг҃а.
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.
2 εἰ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἔχει καύχημα, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.
3 Что́ бо писа́нїе глаго́летъ; вѣ́рова же а҆враа́мъ бг҃ови, и҆ вмѣни́сѧ є҆мꙋ̀ въ пра́вдꙋ.
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
3 τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; ἐπίστευσε δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
4 Дѣ́лающемꙋ же мзда̀ не вмѣнѧ́етсѧ по блгⷣти, но по до́лгꙋ:
4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
4 τῷ δὲ ἐργαζομένῳ ὁ μισθὸς οὐ λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ ὀφείλημα·
5 а҆ не дѣ́лающемꙋ, вѣ́рꙋющемꙋ же во ѡ҆правда́ющаго нечести́ва, вмѣнѧ́етсѧ вѣ́ра є҆гѡ̀ въ пра́вдꙋ.
5 But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
5 τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ, πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἀσεβῆ λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην,
6 Ꙗ҆́коже и҆ дв҃дъ глаго́летъ бл҃же́нство человѣ́ка, є҆мꙋ́же вмѣнѧ́етъ бг҃ъ пра́вдꙋ, без̾ дѣ́лъ зако́на:
6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
6 καθάπερ καὶ Δαυῒδ λέγει τὸν μακαρισμὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ᾧ ὁ Θεὸς λογίζεται δικαιοσύνην χωρὶς ἔργων·
7 бл҃же́ни, и҆́хже ѿпꙋсти́шасѧ беззакѡ́нїѧ и҆ и҆́хже прикры́шасѧ грѣсѝ:
7 “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
7 μακάριοι ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι καὶ ὧν ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι·
8 бл҃же́нъ мꙋ́жъ, є҆мꙋ́же не вмѣни́тъ гдⷭ҇ь грѣха̀.
8 Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
8 μακάριος ἀνὴρ ᾧ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται Κύριος ἁμαρτίαν.
9 Бл҃же́нство ᲂу҆̀бо сїѐ на ѡ҆брѣ́занїе ли, и҆лѝ на неѡбрѣ́занїе; Глаго́лемъ бо, ꙗ҆́кѡ вмѣни́сѧ а҆враа́мꙋ вѣ́ра въ пра́вдꙋ.
9 Is this blessing then pronounced only on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
9 ὁ μακαρισμὸς οὖν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὴν περιτομὴν ἢ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκροβυστίαν; λέγομεν γὰρ ὅτι ἐλογίσθη τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἡ πίστις εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
10 Ка́кѡ ᲂу҆̀бо вмѣни́сѧ є҆мꙋ̀; во ѡ҆брѣ́занїи ли сꙋ́щꙋ, и҆лѝ въ неѡбрѣ́занїи; Не во ѡ҆брѣ́занїи, но въ неѡбрѣ́занїи.
10 How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
10 πῶς οὖν ἐλογίσθη; ἐν περιτομῇ ὄντι ἢ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ; οὐκ ἐν περιτομῇ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ·
11 И҆ зна́менїе прїѧ́тъ ѡ҆брѣ́занїѧ, печа́ть пра́вды вѣ́ры, ꙗ҆́же въ неѡбрѣ́занїи: ꙗ҆́кѡ бы́ти є҆мꙋ̀ ѻ҆тцꙋ̀ всѣ́хъ вѣ́рꙋющихъ въ неѡбрѣ́занїи, во є҆́же вмѣни́тисѧ и҆ тѣ̑мъ въ пра́вдꙋ,
11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
11 καὶ σημεῖον ἔλαβε περιτομῆς, σφραγῖδα τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐν τῇ ἀκροβυστίᾳ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πατέρα πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων δι᾽ ἀκροβυστίας, εἰς τὸ λογισθῆναι καὶ αὐτοῖς τὴν δικαιοσύνην,
12 и҆ ѻ҆тцꙋ̀ ѡ҆брѣ́занїѧ, не сꙋ́щымъ то́чїю ѿ ѡ҆брѣ́занїѧ, но и҆ ходѧ́щымъ въ стопа́хъ вѣ́ры, ꙗ҆́же (бѣ̀) въ неѡбрѣ́занїи ѻ҆тца̀ на́шегѡ а҆враа́ма.
12 He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
12 καὶ πατέρα περιτομῆς τοῖς οὐκ ἐκ περιτομῆς μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς στοιχοῦσι τοῖς ἴχνεσι τῆς ἐν [τῇ] ἀκροβυστίᾳ πίστεως τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ.
13 Не зако́номъ бо ѡ҆бѣтова́нїе а҆враа́мꙋ, и҆лѝ сѣ́мени є҆гѡ̀, є҆́же бы́ти є҆мꙋ̀ наслѣ́дникꙋ мі́рови, но пра́вдою вѣ́ры.
13 For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he would be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
13 οὐ γὰρ διὰ νόμου ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ, τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης πίστεως.
14 А҆́ще бо сꙋ́щїи ѿ зако́на наслѣ̑дницы, и҆спраздни́сѧ вѣ́ра, и҆ разори́сѧ ѡ҆бѣтова́нїе:
14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
14 εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἐκ νόμου κληρονόμοι, κεκένωται ἡ πίστις καὶ κατήργηται ἡ ἐπαγγελία·
15 зако́нъ бо гнѣ́въ содѣ́ловаетъ: и҆дѣ́же бо нѣ́сть зако́на, (тꙋ̀) ни престꙋпле́нїѧ.
15 For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
15 ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται· οὗ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστι νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις.
16 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди ѿ вѣ́ры, да по блгⷣти, во є҆́же бы́ти и҆звѣ́стнꙋ ѡ҆бѣтова́нїю всемꙋ̀ сѣ́мени, не то́чїю сꙋ́щемꙋ ѿ зако́на, но и҆ сꙋ́щемꙋ ѿ вѣ́ры а҆враа́мовы, и҆́же є҆́сть ѻ҆те́цъ всѣ̑мъ на́мъ,
16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
16 Διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ πίστεως, ἵνα κατὰ χάριν, εἰς τὸ εἶναι βεβαίαν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν παντὶ τῷ σπέρματι, οὐ τῷ ἐκ [τοῦ] νόμου μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ ἐκ πίστεως Ἀβραάμ, ὅς ἐστι πατὴρ πάντων ἡμῶν,
17 ꙗ҆́коже є҆́сть пи́сано: ꙗ҆́кѡ ѻ҆тца̀ мнѡ́гимъ ꙗ҆зы́кѡмъ положи́хъ тѧ̀, прѧ́мѡ бг҃ꙋ, є҆мꙋ́же вѣ́рова, животворѧ́щемꙋ мє́ртвыѧ и҆ нарица́ющꙋ не сꙋ̑щаѧ ꙗ҆́кѡ сꙋ̑щаѧ.
17 As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
17 καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε, κατέναντι οὗ ἐπίστευσε Θεοῦ τοῦ ζωοποιοῦντος τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ καλοῦντος τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα·
18 И҆́же па́че ᲂу҆пова́нїѧ во ᲂу҆пова́нїе вѣ́рова, во є҆́же бы́ти є҆мꙋ̀ ѻ҆тцꙋ̀ мнѡ́гимъ ꙗ҆зы́кѡмъ, по рече́нномꙋ: та́кѡ бꙋ́детъ сѣ́мѧ твоѐ.
18 Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”
18 ὃς παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν, εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον· οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου·
19 И҆ не и҆знемо́гъ вѣ́рою, ни ᲂу҆смотрѝ своеѧ̀ пло́ти ᲂу҆жѐ ᲂу҆мерщвле́нныѧ, столѣ́тенъ нѣ́гдѣ сы́й, и҆ ме́ртвости ложе́снъ са́рриныхъ:
19 Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
19 καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει οὐ κατενόησε τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα ἤδη νενεκρωμένον, ἑκατονταέτης που ὑπάρχων, καὶ τὴν νέκρωσιν μήτρας Σάρρας·
20 во ѡ҆бѣтова́нїи же бж҃їи не ᲂу҆сꙋмнѣ́сѧ невѣ́рованїемъ, но возмо́же вѣ́рою, да́въ сла́вꙋ бг҃ови
20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
20 εἰς δὲ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐ διεκρίθη τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐνεδυναμώθη τῇ πίστει, δοὺς δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ
21 и҆ и҆звѣ́стенъ бы́въ, ꙗ҆́кѡ, є҆́же ѡ҆бѣща̀, си́ленъ є҆́сть и҆ сотвори́ти.
21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
21 καὶ πληροφορηθεὶς ὅτι ὃ ἐπήγγελται δυνατός ἐστι καὶ ποιῆσαι.
22 Тѣ́мже и҆ вмѣни́сѧ є҆мꙋ̀ въ пра́вдꙋ.
22 Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
22 διὸ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
23 Не пи́сано же бы́сть за того̀ є҆ди́наго то́чїю, ꙗ҆́кѡ вмѣни́сѧ є҆мꙋ̀,
23 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,
23 Οὐκ ἐγράφη δὲ δι᾽ αὐτὸν μόνον ὅτι ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ,
24 но и҆ за ны̀, и҆̀мже хо́щетъ вмѣни́тисѧ, вѣ́рꙋющымъ въ воскр҃си́вшаго і҆и҃са хрⷭ҇та̀ гдⷭ҇а на́шего и҆з̾ ме́ртвыхъ,
24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
24 ἀλλὰ καὶ δι᾽ ἡμᾶς οἷς μέλλει λογίζεσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν ἐγείραντα Ἰησοῦν τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν ἐκ νεκρῶν,
25 и҆́же пре́данъ бы́сть за прегрѣшє́нїѧ на̑ша и҆ воста̀ за ѡ҆правда́нїе на́ше.
25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
25 ὃς παρεδόθη διὰ τὰ παραπτώματα ἡμῶν καὶ ἠγέρθη διὰ τὴν δικαίωσιν ἡμῶν.
Cross references (25)
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- 1 Isaiah 51:2; Romans 4:16; 2 Corinthians 11:22; John 8:56; Acts 13:26
- 2 1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 11:30; Philippians 3:9; Ephesians 2:9; Galatians 3:22
- 3 Genesis 15:6; James 2:23; Galatians 3:6–8; Romans 4:9; Romans 4:22–25
- 4 Romans 11:6; Romans 9:32; Romans 11:35; Matthew 20:1–16
- 5 Philippians 3:9; Romans 3:22; Titus 3:3–7; Romans 10:9–10; Galatians 3:8–14
- 6 Philippians 3:9; 2 Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 2:8–10; Galatians 3:8–9; 1 Corinthians 1:30
- 7 Psalm 32:1–2; Psalm 130:3–4; Luke 7:47–50; Psalm 85:2; Micah 7:18–20
- 8 Psalm 32:2; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Corinthians 5:19–20; 1 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 53:10–12
- 9 Galatians 3:14; Colossians 3:11; Ephesians 3:8; Romans 4:3; Galatians 3:26–28
- 10 Galatians 6:15; Galatians 5:6; 1 Corinthians 7:18–19; Genesis 15:16; Genesis 15:5–6
- 11 Romans 3:22; Luke 19:9; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Corinthians 1:22; Galatians 6:16
- 12 Proverbs 2:20; Song of Songs 1:8; John 8:39–40; Galatians 4:22–31; 2 Corinthians 12:18
- 13 Galatians 3:29; Genesis 28:14; Romans 9:8; Genesis 22:17–18; Psalm 2:8
- 14 Galatians 3:18–24; Hebrews 7:19; Philippians 3:9; Romans 3:31; Isaiah 55:11
- 15 Romans 5:13; Galatians 3:10; Romans 3:19–20; 1 Corinthians 15:56; Romans 7:7–25
- 16 Romans 3:24–26; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 9:8; Galatians 3:22; Titus 3:7
- 17 1 Corinthians 1:28; Genesis 17:4–5; John 5:21; Romans 8:29–30; John 6:63
- 18 Romans 8:24; Genesis 15:5–6; Romans 5:5; Acts 27:25; Proverbs 13:12
- 19 Hebrews 11:11–19; Genesis 17:17; Romans 4:20–21; Matthew 14:31; Mark 9:23–24
- 20 Luke 1:45; 1 Corinthians 16:13; Daniel 10:19; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Timothy 2:1
- 21 Luke 1:37; Jeremiah 32:27; Jeremiah 32:17; Hebrews 11:19; Luke 1:45
- 22 Romans 4:3; Romans 4:6
- 23 1 Corinthians 10:11; Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:6; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; 1 Corinthians 9:9–10
- 24 Acts 2:24; 1 Peter 1:21; Acts 13:30; Romans 10:9–10; Ephesians 1:18–20
- 25 1 John 4:9–10; Isaiah 53:5–6; 1 Peter 3:18; Galatians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 5:21
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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).
He had said (5 mss. eipen), that the world had become guilty before God, and that all had sinned, and that boasting was excluded, and that it was impossible to be saved otherwise than by faith.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness." On account of his faith and hospitality, a son was given him in his old age; and in the exercise of obedience, he offered him as a sacrifice to God on one of the mountains which He showed him.
"Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness." In the first place, [he believed] that He was the maker of heaven and earth, the only God; and in the next place, that He would make his seed as the stars of heaven.
Here, indeed, is set down that sentence which the apostle quotes in order to commend the grace of God, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness;" lest the circumcision should glory, and be unwilling to receive the uncircumcised nations to the faith of Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
God promises the old man a child, and Abraham without being weakened in faith, though he considered his own body now as good as dead, heeded not the weakness of his body, but the power of Him who promised, because he counted Him faithful who had promised, and so beyond all expectation gained the child from bodies as it …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)