§57Εἰσὶν οὖν κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον οἱ ἐν τῇ ἄκρᾳ ἀποκαταστάσει πρωτόκτιστοι· »θρόνοι« δ᾿ ἂν εἶεν, καίτοι δυνάμεις ὄντες, οἱ πρωτόκτιστοι διὰ τὸ ἀναπαύεσθαι ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν θεόν, ὡς καὶ ἐν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν.
Therefore, according to the apostle, those in the extreme restoration are the first-created; and the "thrones" would be, although they are powers, the first-created, because God rests in them, just as also in those who believe.
ἕκαστος γὰρ κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν προκοπὴν οἰκείαν ἔχει τὴν περὶ θεοῦ γνῶσιν, ἐφ ᾗ γνώσει ἀναπαύεται ὁ θεός, ἀιδίων γενομένων διὰ τῆς γνώσεως τῶν ἐγνωκότων.
For each one, according to his own progress, has his own proper knowledge of God, on which knowledge God rests, those who have known Him becoming eternal through knowledge.
καὶ μή τι τὸ »ἐν τῷ ἡλίῳ ἔθετο τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ« οὕτως ἐξακούεται· ἐν τῷ ἡλίῳ ἔθετο, τουτέστιν ἐν [τῷ θεῷ,] τῷ ἢλ ἤγουν θεῷ, ὡς ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ »ἠλὶ ἠλὶ« ἀντὶ τοῦ »θεέ μου, θεέ μου«.
And can it be that "In the sun He set His tabernacle" is understood thus: He set it in the sun, that is, in [God], "El" or God, as in the Gospel "Eli, Eli" instead of "My God, my God"?
καὶ τὸ »ὑπεράνω πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας καὶ δυνάμεως καὶ παντὸς ὀνόματος ὀνομαζομένου« οἱ τελειωθέντες εἰσὶν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ἀγγέλων, ἀρχαγγέλων εἰς τὴν πρωτόκτιστον τῶν ἀγγέλων φύσιν.
And "far above all principality, and authority, and power, and every name that is named" are those from among men, angels, and archangels who have been perfected into the first-created nature of the angels.
οἱ γὰρ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων εἰς ἀγγέλους μεταστάντες χίλια ἔτη μαθητεύονται ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων, εἰς τελειότητα ἀποκαθιστάμενοι· εἶτα οἱ μὲν διδάξαντες μετατίθενται εἰς ἀρχαγγελικὴν ἐξουσίαν, οἱ μαθόντες δὲ τοὺς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων αὖθις μεθισταμένους εἰς ἀγγέλους μαθητεύουσιν, ἔπειτα οὕτως περιόδοις ῥηταῖς ἀποκαθίστανται τῇ οἰκείᾳ τοῦ σώματος ἀγγελοθεσίᾳ.
For those who have migrated from men into angels are discipled by the angels for a thousand years, being restored to perfection; then those who taught are transferred to archangelic authority, while those who learned disciple those who in turn migrate from men into angels; then, in this way, through stated periods, they are restored to their proper angelic establishment of the body.
§58»Ὁ νόμος τοῦ θεοῦ ἄμωμος, ἐπιστρέφων ψυχάς. « »νόμος καὶ λόγος« αὐτὸς ὁ σωτὴρ λέγεται, ὡς Πέτρος ἐν Κηρύγματι καὶ ὁ προφήτης· »ἐκ γὰρ Σιὼν ἐξελεύσεται νόμος, καὶ λόγος κυρίου ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ. « §59»Ἡ μαρτυρία κυρίου πιστή, σοφίζουσα νήπια«, ἡ διαθήκη κυρίου ἀληθής, σοφίζουσα νηπίους, τοὺς ἀκάκους τούς τε ἀποστόλους, ἔπειτα καὶ ἡμᾶς.
"The law of God is blameless, converting souls." The Savior Himself is called "law and word," as Peter says in the Preaching, and the prophet: "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." "The testimony of the Lord is faithful, making wise the simple." The covenant of the Lord is true, making wise the simple, the innocent, and the apostles, and then us also.
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ αὐτοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μαρτυρία, καθ᾿ ἣν παθὼν ἀνέστη, ἀληθὴς γενομένη κατὰ τὸ ἔργον αὐτό, εἰς βεβαίωσιν πίστεως ἤγαγεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν.
But also His own testimony of the Lord, according to which He suffered and rose again, having become true in the very deed, led the church to the confirmation of faith.
§60»Ὁ φόβος κυρίου ἁγνός, διαμένων εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος. « τοὺς ἐκ φόβου εἰς πίστιν ἐπιστραφέντας καὶ δικαιοσύνην εἰς αἰῶνα παραμένειν λέγει.
"The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever and ever." He says that those who have been converted from fear to faith and righteousness remain forever.
»τὰ κρίματα κυρίου ἀληθινά«, βέβαια καὶ ἀμετακίνητα, κατ᾿ ἀξίαν ἀπονεμητικὰ καὶ »εἰς τὴν ἑνότητα τῆς πίστεως« ἀποκαθιστάντα τοὺς δικαίους. τοῦτο γὰρ σημαίνει τὸ »δεδικαιωμένα ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό«.
"The judgments of the Lord are true," secure and immovable, distributing according to worth, and restoring the righteous "into the unity of the faith." For this is what "justified together" means.
τὰ τοιαῦτα »ἐπιθυμητὰ ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον«. §61»Καὶ γὰρ ὁ δοῦλός σου φυλάσσει αὐτά· « οὐχ ὅτι δοῦλος οἷον Δαβίδ, ἀλλὰ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ σῳζόμενος, δοῦλος θεοῦ δι᾿ ὑπακοὴν ἐντολῆς κεκλημένος.
Such things are "more to be desired than gold and precious stone." "Moreover, by them is Your servant warned [keeps them];" not that he is a servant like David, but all the people who are saved, called the servant of God through obedience to the commandment.
§62»Ἐκ τῶν κρυφίων μου καθάρισόν με· « τῶν ἐννοιῶν τῶν παρὰ τὸν ὀρθὸν λόγον, τῶν ἐγκαταλειμμάτων.
"Cleanse me from my secret faults;" from thoughts contrary to right reason, from abandonments.
ταῦτα γὰρ »ἀλλότρια« λέγει δικαίου.
For these he calls "alien" to a righteous man.
§63»Ἐὰν μή μου κατακυριεύσωσι, τότε ἄμωμος ἔσομαι. « ἐπ᾿ ἴσης τῷ· ἐὰν μή μου κατακυριεύσωσιν οἱ διώκοντές με ὥσπερ τὸν κύριον, οὐκ ἔσομαι ἄμωμος· οὐ γὰρ μάρτυς γίνεταί τις, ἐὰν μὴ διωχθῇ, οὐδὲ δίκαιος φαίνεται, ἐὰν μὴ ἀδικηθεὶς μὴ ἀνταδικήσῃ, οὐδὲ μὴν ἀνεξίκακος, | * * * * §64»Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν βασιλέα«, τουτέστι τὸν εἰς βασιλείαν κεχρισμένον λαόν· οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὸν Δαβίδ· διὸ καὶ ἐπάγει· »καὶ ἐπάκουσον ἡμῶν ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλεσώμεθά σε. « §65Τὸ ἀναβῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν τὸ καλὸν ὑπὸ τῆς γραφῆς λέγεται τὸ νικῆσαι τὴν καλὴν βουλήν.
"If they do not have dominion over me, then shall I be blameless." Equivalent to: if those who persecute me do not have dominion over me, as they did over the Lord, I shall not be blameless; for one does not become a witness unless he is persecuted, nor is one shown to be righteous unless, being wronged, he does not wrong in return, nor indeed patient of evil, | * * * * "Lord, save the king," that is, the people anointed for the kingdom; for not only David; wherefore he also adds: "and hear us in the day when we call upon You." To ascend into the heart, the good thing, is said by the Scripture to be the victory of the good counsel.