Exposition on Philippians 4.1–4.22
Latin text: Souter, TS 9.2 (Latin text: A. Souter (Texts and Studies 9.2, 1926); OCR of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam scan, read by Tesseract).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 4
4.1Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:410–411
Itaque, fratres mei carissimi et desideratissimi. [Qua perfections.] Gaudium [meum] et corona mea. Per uos [enim] in praesenti laetificor [et] in futuro coronabor. [&ic state in domino , carissimi .] In sola Christi fide, [ut superius conprehendi,] spem ponentes et in conuersatione caelesti.
"Therefore, my dearest and most longed-for brothers." "My joy and my crown." Through you I am gladdened in the present and shall be crowned in the future. Placing your hope in faith in Christ alone and in the heavenly way of life.
Phil 4:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Philippians are Paul's joy and crown; their hope rests in faith in Christ alone.
- Souter brackets "By what perfection", "my", "for", "and", the lemma "So stand in the Lord, dearly beloved", and "as I said above"; omitted. The last comment refers to the bracketed lemma.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): toque, fratres → Itaque, fratres.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.1 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:410–411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.2Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:411
Euhodiam rogo et Syntychen deprecor id ipsum sapere in domino . [Quod dixi, id est, unum : mecum] hae mulieres scientes erant legis, qua[s] similiter ut istos eadem sentire commonet et hortatur.
"I beseech Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord." These women were knowledgeable in the law, and he warns and exhorts them, like the others, to think the same.
Phil 4:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul urges two learned women to agree in the Lord.
- Souter brackets "What I said, that is, one: with me"; omitted.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.2 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.3Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:411–412
Etiam [rogo] et te, [carissime,] Germane compar. € Germanus ’ dictus est nomine, qui ei compar erat officio. Adiuua Mas quae mecum laborauerunt in euangelio. Non uiros, sed feminas, quae non in ecclesia, sed in domo erant docentes. Cum Clemente et ceteris adiutoribus meis . [Clemens ex-philosopho, magnae doctrinae uir, qui Romae episcopus fuit.] Quorum nomina sunt in libro uitae . Ne moleste ferant sua nomina in [hac] epistula non comprehensa, scripta esse dicit in caelis. huius libri et[iam] Moses et Dauid meminit, et dominus in euangelio.
"Yes, and you, true companion." He was called "Germanus" by name, who was his companion in office. "Help those women who laboured with me in the gospel." Not men, but women, who taught not in the church but at home. "With Clement and the rest of my fellow workers." "Whose names are in the book of life." So that they may not be upset that their names are not included in this letter, he says they are written in heaven. Both Moses and David mention this book, and the Lord in the gospel.
Phil 4:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 32:32 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 69:28 (68:29 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 10:20 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul asks his companion to help the women who taught at home, and assures all his helpers their names are in the book of life.
- Pelagius takes Germane ("true") as a proper name. Moses: Exod 32:32; David: Ps 69:28 (68:29 LXX); the Lord: Luke 10:20. Souter brackets "I ask", "dearest", "this", "also", and the comment "Clement, a former philosopher, a man of great learning, who was bishop of Rome"; omitted.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.3 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:411–412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.4Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:412
Gaudete in domino semper. [Quia saeculi gaudium non habetis.] Iterum dico, gaudete. Repetit, ut magis ac magis gaudium confirmetur. Modestia uestra nota sit omnibus hominibus . Iudaeis et
"Rejoice in the Lord always." "Again I say, rejoice." He repeats it so that joy may be confirmed more and more. "Let your modesty be known to all men." To Jews and
Phil 4:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul repeats his call to rejoice and asks that their gentleness be known to all.
- The comment runs on into the next section. Souter brackets the comment "Because you do not have the joy of the age"; omitted.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.4 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.5Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:412
gentibus omnibusque qui uos persequuntur et tribulant. Dominus prope est. [‘ Scit quid opus sit uobis ante quam petatis ab eo.’ Siue:] [Ideo] de ingruentibus malis sollicitudinem gerere non debetis, cum dominum uobis proximum esse optime noueritis, secundum illut: 4 iuxta est dominus his qui tribulato sunt corde.’
Gentiles and all who persecute and afflict you. "The Lord is near." Therefore you ought not to be anxious about the evils that press upon you, since you know very well that the Lord is near you, according to that saying: "The Lord is near to those who are of a troubled heart."
Phil 4:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:18 (33:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Believers need not be anxious under persecution, because the Lord is near.
- The quotation is Ps 34:18 (33:19 LXX). Souter brackets "'He knows what you need before you ask him.' Or:" (Matt 6:8) and "Therefore"; omitted.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.5 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.6Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:412
Nihil solliciti sitis. 4 Nolite cogitare quid manducetis [a]ut quid induamini: haec enim gentes inquirunt.’ Sed in omni oratione et obsecratione cum gratiarum aciione postulationes uestrae innotescant aput deum . Non cum murmuratione atque tristitia, ut possit oratio uestra digna esse auribus saluatoris, si pro omnibus quae patimini gratias referatis, sicut apostoli iaciebant.
"Be anxious about nothing." "Do not think about what you will eat or what you will put on: for the Gentiles seek these things." "But in all prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Not with grumbling and sadness, so that your prayer may be worthy of the Saviour's ears, if you give thanks for all that you suffer, as the apostles did.
Phil 4:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 6:31 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 6:32 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Believers should pray with thanksgiving, not anxiety or complaint.
- The quotation is Matt 6:31–32.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.6 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.7Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:412–413
Et pax dei , quae superat omnem mentem , custodial corda uestra et corpora uestra in Christo Iesu . Qua malos sustinet[e] et ingratos. et Christi pax, qua pro suis persecutoribus exorabat, si recogitetur, omnem mentem furiosam exsuperat et inclinat. [haec ergo pax corda et intellegentias uestras in exemplo Christi custodial]
"And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and your bodies in Christ Jesus." By which you bear with the wicked and ungrateful. And the peace of Christ, by which he prayed for his persecutors, if it is recalled, overcomes and subdues every furious mind.
Phil 4:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 23:34 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ's peace, which prayed for his persecutors, overcomes every rage.
- The lemma reads "bodies" where the Vulgate has "minds". Christ's prayer: Luke 23:34. Souter brackets the last sentence ("Let this peace therefore guard your hearts and understandings after Christ's example"); omitted.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.7 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:412–413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.8Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:413
De cetero,fratres. Ad extremum, ut omnia breuiter comprehendam. Quaecumque sunt uera. [Permanentia.] Quaecumque pudica , quaecumque iusta, quaecumque casta , quaecumque amabilia , quaecumque bonae opinionis. Quia omnia natura humana nouit diligere et laudare quod bonum est. Si qua uirtus , si qua laus [disdplinae], haec cogitate ,
"Finally, brothers." At the end, to sum up everything briefly. "Whatever things are true." "Whatever are modest, whatever are just, whatever are chaste, whatever are lovely, whatever are of good report." Because human nature knows how to love and praise everything that is good. "If there is any virtue, if any praise, think on these things,"
Phil 4:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Human nature knows how to love the good, and believers must dwell on every virtue.
- Pelagius's statement about human nature is translated exactly. Souter brackets "Abiding" and "of discipline"; omitted.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.8 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.9Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:413–414
quae [et] dididstis et accepistis et audistis et uidistis in me, [Uirtus] tolerantiae siue laus conuersationis et reliqua bona, quae et didicistis uerbo et accepistis [sanctorum] exemplo [et audistis auribus et uidistis oculis]: haec tantum cogitate. Haec agile. [Non enim sola sine actu sufficit cogitatio. haec posteriora ilia explanant superiors.] Et deus pads [et dilec tionis] erit uobiscum. Tunc erit deus uobiscum, si haec non [tantum] modo cogitetis, sed etiam faciatis.
"which you have learned and received and heard and seen in me." The virtue of endurance or the praise of conduct and the other good things, which you learned by word and received by example: these alone think on. "These do." "And the God of peace will be with you." God will be with you then, if you not only think these things but also do them.
Phil 4:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Believers must not only think on virtues but practise them, and then God will be with them.
- Souter brackets "Virtue", "of the saints", "and heard with your ears and saw with your eyes", "For thought alone without action is not enough; these latter words explain the former", "and of love", and "only"; omitted.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.9 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:413–414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.10Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414
Gauisus sum autem in domino magnifice, qu[on]ia[m ] tandem aliquando rejloruistis , [ut\ pro me sentiatis, in quo et sentiebatis ; occupaii autem eratis. Iterum [flore] boni operis florere coepistis, qui mei [in]memores, occupatione, non uoluntate, [arefacti] fueratis effeeti.
"I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at length you have flourished again in thinking of me, as you were thinking; but you were occupied." You have begun again to flower in good work, who had become forgetful of me through occupation, not through will.
Phil 4:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul rejoices that the Philippians' care for him has revived.
- Souter brackets "that", "with the flower", "un-", and "withered"; the sense of the comment with "unmindful" is translated.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.10 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.11Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414
Non [quasi] propter penuriam dico . Non propter meam inopiam, sed propter uestrum fructum dico me esse gauisum. Ego enim didici in quibus suffidens sum [esse], A Christo omnia aequanimiter ferre sum doctus.
"I do not speak because of want." I say that I rejoiced not because of my need but because of your fruit. "For I have learned to be content in whatever state I am." I have been taught by Christ to bear all things with an even mind.
Phil 4:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul rejoices for their fruit, not his need, since he is content in all things.
- Souter brackets "as if" and "to be"; omitted.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.11 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.12Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414
Sdo et humiliari; scio et abundare: in omni et in omnibus imbutus sum et saturari [et] esurire , et abundare et paenuriam pati. Ut nec abundantia extollar ne[c] frangar inopia.
"I know how to be humbled; I know how to abound: in everything and in all things I have been instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need." So that I am neither lifted up by abundance nor broken by need.
Phil 4:12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul is neither elated by plenty nor broken by want.
- Souter brackets "and"; omitted.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.12 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.13Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414
Omnia possum in eo qui me confirmat, Dans intellegentiam, uel sua doctrina confirmans.
"I can do all things in him who strengthens me." By giving understanding, or strengthening me by his teaching.
Phil 4:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ strengthens Paul by understanding and teaching.
- Pelagius's explanation of the strengthening (understanding, teaching) is translated exactly.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.13 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.14Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414
Uerum tamen bene fecistis , communicantes tribulations meae. Non enim debuit mea [a]equanimitas uestram impedire mercedem.
"Nevertheless you did well in sharing in my tribulation." For my contentment ought not to hinder your reward.
Phil 4:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's contentment does not lessen the reward of their generosity.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line number and OCR slips): TJerum tamen bene fedstis , communi- 1 5 cantes → Uerum tamen bene fecistis , communicantes.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.14 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.15Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414–415
Sdtis autem et uos, Philip- \j)]enses, quod in prindpio euangelii, quando exiui a Macedonia , [n]ulla mihi ecclesia communicauit. Quando profectus sum, scitis quia uos solos, a quibus sumptus acciperemus, elegimus, fideliores uos omnibus iudicantes. In ratione dati et accepti , nisi uos soli . Illi dati, ego accepti. Siue: Dantes carnalia et spiritalia accipientes.
"And you Philippians also know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me." When I set out, you know that I chose you alone from whom to receive support, judging you more faithful than all. "In the account of giving and receiving, except you only." They of giving, I of receiving. Or: giving fleshly things and receiving spiritual ones.
Phil 4:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Philippians alone supported Paul from the beginning.
- Leaked apparatus was removed from the text.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (apparatus): 1 tanfcum(-oN)cKW. BH2G modo] solum V sed]uerumV facietisR [n]ulla → [n]ulla.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.15 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:414–415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.16Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:415
Quia et \in\ Thessalonice[n ] semel et bis in usum mihi misistis. Non solum Corinthum.
"For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again for my need." Not only at Corinth.
Phil 4:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Philippians supported Paul repeatedly.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.16 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.17Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:415
Non quod quaero datum , sed requiro fructum abundantem in uerbo uestro. Abundans fructus orationis est, cum sanctis etiam absentibus ministratur.
"Not that I seek the gift, but I seek fruit abounding in your account." The fruit of prayer is abundant when saints are ministered to even in their absence.
Phil 4:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul values the spiritual fruit of their giving, not the gift.
- The lemma reads "in your word" (uerbo), translated "account"; Pelagius's comment speaks of "prayer" (orationis), perhaps for operationis.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.17 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from Souter's Latin text (Texts and Studies 9.2, 1926); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.
4.18Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:415–416
Habeo autem omnia et abundo; repletus sum accipiens ab Epafrodito quae a uobis missa sunt. Prouocat eos laudando et gratias referendo. Odorem [ bonae ] suauitatis. [Odor suauitatis] non in re oblata, sed in mentis deuotione consistit, sicut sacrificium [Noe] grate deus scribitur odoratus, cum ipse dicat se nec carnibus nec sanguine animalium delectari. Hostiam acceptam, placentem deo . Notandum quod elemosyna hostia appelletur et sicut a sanctis oblata accepta est, ita eorum qui in peccatis durauerint, reprobatur.
"But I have all things and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you." He spurs them on by praise and thanks. "An odour of sweetness." The odour of sweetness consists not in the thing offered but in the devotion of the mind, as God is written to have smelled the sacrifice of Noah with pleasure, though he himself says that he does not delight in the flesh or blood of animals. "An acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God." Note that almsgiving is called a sacrifice, and as it is accepted when offered by the saints, so it is rejected from those who have persisted in sins.
Phil 4:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 8:21 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 50:13 (49:13 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Philippians' gift is a sacrifice pleasing to God, as alms are when offered by the holy.
- Noah: Gen 8:21; God not delighting in the blood of animals: Ps 50:13 (49:13 LXX); Isa 1:11. Souter brackets "good", "Odour of sweetness", and "Noah"; omitted. A running head was removed from the text.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (running head): PEIiAGI EXPOSITIO AD PHILIPPENSES [iv tg-i 3 oblata → oblata.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.18 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:415–416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from Souter's Latin text (Texts and Studies 9.2, 1926); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.
4.19Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:416
Deus autem meus impleat omne desidenum uestrum secundum diwUias sms in gloria in Christo Iesu. Quia [a]ut perfecti aba desiderate non poterant nisi [qui] qu[a]e [sunt] secundum diuitias dei, non saeculi, [et quae] ad gloriam pertinent [Christi].
"And may my God fulfil all your desire according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus." Because the perfect could not desire anything except what is according to the riches of God, not of the age, and pertains to glory.
Phil 4:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Phil 4:20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The perfect desire only God's riches, which he will supply.
- The comment is garbled in the text and translated by sense. Souter brackets "who", "are", "and which", and "of Christ"; omitted. The lemma reads "desire" (desiderium) where the Vulgate has "need".
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.19 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.21Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:416
Salutate omnem sanctum in Christo Iesu. [Salutanl uos qui mecum sunt fratres .] Erant ergo [h]om[i]nes sancti, quos solos [et omnes] praecipit salutan, sicut et in omnibus epistulis facit, et procul dubio uerum dixisse credendus est. et si uere sancti erant, peccatores utique non erant, et qui non peccatores, sed sancti [erant], tarn poterant esse quod erant, quam poterant non esse quod non erant. igitur sanctos homines esse hac ratione possibile est.
"Greet every saint in Christ Jesus." There were, then, holy men, whom alone he commands to be greeted, as he does in all his letters, and without doubt he is to be believed to have spoken truly. And if they were truly holy, they were certainly not sinners; and those who were not sinners but holy were able to be what they were just as they were able not to be what they were not. Therefore it is possible, on this reasoning, for human beings to be holy.
Phil 4:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul greets the saints, which shows that some people were truly holy and not sinners, so holiness is possible.
- Pelagius's argument that the existence of holy men, not sinners, shows that it is possible for human beings to be holy is translated exactly. Souter brackets the lemma of 4:21b ("The brothers who are with me greet you") and "and all"; omitted.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip and words run together): uerum dbrissecredendusest → uerum dixisse credendus est.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.21 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.22Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:416
Salutant uos omnes sancti, maxima autem qui de Caesaris domu sunt. Qui sunt nuper de Caesaris domo conuersi. [23 Gratia domini nostri Iesu Christi cum spiritu vostro, amen.] EXPLICIT AD PHILIPPENSES
"All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household." Those who have recently been converted from Caesar's household. Here ends the letter to the Philippians.
Phil 4:22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul sends greetings from the saints, especially converts in Caesar's household.
- Souter brackets the lemma of 4:23 ("The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen"); omitted. "Here ends ..." translates the closing rubric.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Phil. 4.22 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-philippenses/4-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from Souter's Latin text (Texts and Studies 9.2, 1926); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.