# Sentences of Sextus - Author: Anonymous - Latin title: *Sexti sententiae* - Date: 2nd-early 3rd cent. (approximate) - Source: Johannes Gildemeister, ed., Sexti sententiarum recensiones Latinam Graecam Syriacas coniunctim exhibuit (Bonn: Adolph Marcus, 1873), Latin text of Rufinus - Note: The Latin of Rufinus is the only complete text in hand. The Greek original survives only in quotations (e.g. in Origen, Porphyry's Letter to Marcella, Maximus the Confessor) and is not staged here; where Gildemeister prints a Greek parallel it was removed from the Latin text. Staged from an uncorrected OCR: check against the printed page. - Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator - Editions and translations: Henry Chadwick, The Sentences of Sextus (Cambridge, 1959) (cited only; copyrighted); Anton Elter, Gnomica homoeomata (Bonn, 1892-1904) (Greek fragments, cited only) - Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/ - Passages: 451 ## Sentences of Sextus 1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-1 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful man is a chosen man. ### Latin text Fidelis homo electus homo est. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful man is a chosen man. ### Translation notes - The Sentences of Sextus are a second-century Christian collection of maxims, many of them adapted from Greek (largely Pythagorean) sayings; this is the Latin translation made by Rufinus about 400, translated here from the edition of A. Elter (1891–92) as read from an uncorrected OCR (clear slips of the scan, such as c read as e, are translated by sense). There is no public-domain English translation on hand, so the translation was re-read against the Latin. Numbering follows the edition. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 1 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-1). ## Sentences of Sextus 2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-2 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A chosen man is a man of God. ### Latin text Eleetus homo homo dei est. ### English translation (Claude) A chosen man is a man of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 2 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-2). ## Sentences of Sextus 3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-3 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man of God is he who is worthy of God. ### Latin text Homo dei est, qui deo dignus est. ### English translation (Claude) A man of God is he who is worthy of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 3 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-3). ## Sentences of Sextus 4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-4 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He is worthy of God who does what is worthy of God. ### Latin text Deo dignus est, qui dignum deo agit. ### English translation (Claude) He is worthy of God who does what is worthy of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 4 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-4). ## Sentences of Sextus 5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-5 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Striving to be faithful, do nothing that is unworthy of God. ### Latin text Studens fidelis esse nihil, .quod deo indignum est, agas. ### English translation (Claude) Striving to be faithful, do nothing that is unworthy of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 5 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-5). ## Sentences of Sextus 6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-6 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who doubts in faith is unfaithful. ### Latin text Dubius in fide infidelis. ### English translation (Claude) One who doubts in faith is unfaithful. ### Scripture references - Jas 1:6: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 6 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-6). ## Sentences of Sextus 7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-7 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An unfaithful man is dead in a living body. ### Latin text Infidelis homo mortuus in corpore uiuenti. ### English translation (Claude) An unfaithful man is dead in a living body. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 5:6: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 7 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-7). ## Sentences of Sextus 8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-8 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He is truly faithful who does not sin. ### Latin text Uere fidelis est qui non peceat. ### English translation (Claude) He is truly faithful who does not sin. ### Scripture references - 1 John 3:6: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 8 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-8). ## Sentences of Sextus 9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-9 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Act carefully even in the least things. ### Latin text Etiam in minimis eaute age. ### English translation (Claude) Act carefully even in the least things. ### Scripture references - Luke 16:10: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 9 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-9). ## Sentences of Sextus 10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-10 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is no small thing in a man's life to neglect the small things. ### Latin text Non est minimum in uita hominis neglegere minima. ### English translation (Claude) It is no small thing in a man's life to neglect the small things. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 10 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-10). ## Sentences of Sextus 11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-11 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider every sin to be impiety. ### Latin text Omne peecatum inpietatem puta. ### English translation (Claude) Consider every sin to be impiety. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 11 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-11). ## Sentences of Sextus 12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-12 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not the hand or the eye or any such member that sins, but the evil use of the hand or the eye. ### Latin text Non manus aut oculus peccat aut aliquod huiusmodi menibrum, sed male uti manu uel oculo. ### English translation (Claude) It is not the hand or the eye or any such member that sins, but the evil use of the hand or the eye. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 12 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-12). ## Sentences of Sextus 13 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-13 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Every member of the body that urges you to act against chastity is to be cast away; for it is better to live without one member than to be punished with it. ### Latin text Omne membrum eorporis, quod suadet te contra pudicitiam agere, abieiendum. melius est enim sine uno membro uiuere quam cum eo puniri. ### English translation (Claude) Every member of the body that urges you to act against chastity is to be cast away; for it is better to live without one member than to be punished with it. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:29: allusion, high confidence - Matt 5:30: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 13 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-13). ## Sentences of Sextus 14 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-14 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Believe that both the honours and the punishments in the judgment remain immortal for you. ### Latin text Inmortales tibi erede manere in iudicio et honores et poenas. ### English translation (Claude) Believe that both the honours and the punishments in the judgment remain immortal for you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 14 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-14). ## Sentences of Sextus 15 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-15 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever of this world you have, even if someone takes it from you, do not be indignant. ### Latin text Quiequid saeeuli habes, etiam auferat tibi quis, non indigneris. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever of this world you have, even if someone takes it from you, do not be indignant. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:40: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 15 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-15). ## Sentences of Sextus 16 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-16 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not show yourself blameworthy to the world. ### Latin text Te ipsum reprehensibilem mundo non praebeas. ### English translation (Claude) Do not show yourself blameworthy to the world. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 16 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-16). ## Sentences of Sextus 17 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-17 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Yield everything to one who takes it from you, except your freedom. ### Latin text Omnia auferenti abs te cede praeter libertatem. ### English translation (Claude) Yield everything to one who takes it from you, except your freedom. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:40: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 17 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-17). ## Sentences of Sextus 18 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-18 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man who despises money is like God. ### Latin text Sapiens vir et contemptor pecuniae similis deo est. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man who despises money is like God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 18 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-18). ## Sentences of Sextus 19 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-19 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Use the things of this world only for necessary purposes. ### Latin text Rebus saeeuli in eausis tantum necessariis utere. ### English translation (Claude) Use the things of this world only for necessary purposes. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 7:31: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 19 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-19). ## Sentences of Sextus 20 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-20 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The things of the world to the world, and the things of God to God. ### Latin text Quae saeeuli sunt, saeculo, et quae dei sunt, deo. ### English translation (Claude) The things of the world to the world, and the things of God to God. ### Scripture references - Matt 22:21: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 20 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-20). ## Sentences of Sextus 21 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-21 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be sure that you have received your soul from God as a faithful deposit. ### Latin text Certus esto, quia animam tuam depositum fidele aeceperis a deo. ### English translation (Claude) Be sure that you have received your soul from God as a faithful deposit. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 6:20: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 21 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-21). ## Sentences of Sextus 22 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-22 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you speak about God, know that you are judged by God. ### Latin text Cum loqueris de deo, seito, quia iudiceris a deo. ### English translation (Claude) When you speak about God, know that you are judged by God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 22 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-22). ## Sentences of Sextus 23 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-23 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider it the best purification to harm no one. ### Latin text Optimam purificationem putato nocere nemini. ### English translation (Claude) Consider it the best purification to harm no one. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 23 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-23). ## Sentences of Sextus 24 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-24 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul is purified in the word of God through wisdom. ### Latin text Anima purifieatur in uerbo dei per sapientiam. ### English translation (Claude) The soul is purified in the word of God through wisdom. ### Scripture references - John 15:3: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 24 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-24). ## Sentences of Sextus 25 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-25 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Never think that the substance of God is without feeling. ### Latin text Numquam putes dei substantiam insensibile esse. ### English translation (Claude) Never think that the substance of God is without feeling. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 25 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-25). ## Sentences of Sextus 26 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-26 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God is like a mind that moves of itself; and in this way he also subsists. ### Latin text Deus sieut mens est, quae sponte mouetur, secundum hoc et subsistit. ### English translation (Claude) God is like a mind that moves of itself; and in this way he also subsists. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 26 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-26). ## Sentences of Sextus 27 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-27 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will not find the greatness of God, even if you could fly with wings. ### Latin text Magnitudinem dei non inuenies, etiamsi pennis volare possis. ### English translation (Claude) You will not find the greatness of God, even if you could fly with wings. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 27 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-27). ## Sentences of Sextus 28 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-28 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not seek the name of God, for you will not find it, because … ### Latin text Nomen dei non quaeras, quia nec inuenies, quia. ### English translation (Claude) Do not seek the name of God, for you will not find it, because … ### Translation notes - The Latin sentence breaks off in the edition after "because" (quia), marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 28 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-28). ## Sentences of Sextus 29 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-29 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Seek, then, nothing in God that is not permitted. ### Latin text Nihil ergo in deo quod non lieet quaeras. ### English translation (Claude) Seek, then, nothing in God that is not permitted. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 29 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-29). ## Sentences of Sextus 30 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-30 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God is wise light, incapable of its contrary. ### Latin text Deus sapiens lux est incapax eontraril. ### English translation (Claude) God is wise light, incapable of its contrary. ### Scripture references - 1 John 1:5: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 30 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-30). ## Sentences of Sextus 31 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-31 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever God has made, he made for the sake of men. ### Latin text Quaecumque autem fecit deus, pro hominibus ea fecit. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever God has made, he made for the sake of men. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 31 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-31). ## Sentences of Sextus 32 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-32 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An angel is God's minister to man; for he does not minister to no one: so precious is man with God. ### Latin text Angelus minister est dei ad hominem; non enim ministrat ad nullum; tam pretiosus est homo apud deum. ### English translation (Claude) An angel is God's minister to man; for he does not minister to no one: so precious is man with God. ### Scripture references - Heb 1:14: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 32 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-32). ## Sentences of Sextus 33 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-33 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God is the first benefactor; second is the man who becomes a partaker of his kindness. ### Latin text Primus benefieus deus; secundus est is qui benefieii eius fit particeps homo. ### English translation (Claude) God is the first benefactor; second is the man who becomes a partaker of his kindness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 33 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-33). ## Sentences of Sextus 34 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-34 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Live, then, as one who is second after God and chosen by him. ### Latin text Uiue igitur tamquam qui sis post deum secundus et electus ab eo. ### English translation (Claude) Live, then, as one who is second after God and chosen by him. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 34 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-34). ## Sentences of Sextus 35 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-35 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You have in you something like God; therefore use yourself as a temple of God, because of that in you which is like God. ### Latin text Habes in te aliquid simili dei et ideo utere te ipso velut templo dei propter illud, quod. in te simile dei. ### English translation (Claude) You have in you something like God; therefore use yourself as a temple of God, because of that in you which is like God. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 3:16: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 35 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-35). ## Sentences of Sextus 36 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-36 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God has without doubt granted men the freedom of their own choice, so that, living purely and without sin, they may become like God. ### Latin text Libertatem arbitrii sui permisit hominibus deus sine dubio, ut pure et sine peccato uiuentes similes fiant deo. ### English translation (Claude) God has without doubt granted men the freedom of their own choice, so that, living purely and without sin, they may become like God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 36 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-36). ## Sentences of Sextus 37 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-37 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the world revere your life. ### Latin text Reuereatur uitam tuam mundus. ### English translation (Claude) Let the world revere your life. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 37 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-37). ## Sentences of Sextus 38 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-38 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Admit nothing that would brand a mark on you. ### Latin text Nihil admittas, quod tibi inurat notam. ### English translation (Claude) Admit nothing that would brand a mark on you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 38 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-38). ## Sentences of Sextus 39 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-39 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When those who live wickedly have gone out of the body, an evil demon will torment them until he exacts from them even the last [penny]. ### Latin text Male uiuentes cum e corpore excesserint eruciabit malus daemon usque quo exigat ab eis etiam nouis-. ### English translation (Claude) When those who live wickedly have gone out of the body, an evil demon will torment them until he exacts from them even the last [penny]. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:26: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - The Latin breaks off in the OCR (nouis-); "the last [penny]" follows the sense of Matt 5:26. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 39 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-39). ## Sentences of Sextus 40 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-40 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Blessed is the man whose soul no one reproaches as it goes on its way to God. ### Latin text Beatus vir, euius animam nemo reprehendit ad deum pergentem. ### English translation (Claude) Blessed is the man whose soul no one reproaches as it goes on its way to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 40 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-40). ## Sentences of Sextus 41 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-41 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever you honour above all things will rule over you. ### Latin text Quiequid supra omnia honoraueris, hoe tibi domimabitur. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever you honour above all things will rule over you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 41 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-41). ## Sentences of Sextus 42 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-42 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour God, then, above all things, so that he himself may rule over you. ### Latin text Deum ergo honora super omnia, ut ipse tibi dominetur. ### English translation (Claude) Honour God, then, above all things, so that he himself may rule over you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 42 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-42). ## Sentences of Sextus 43 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-43 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: But if God has dominion over you, then at last you will have dominion over all things. ### Latin text Si autem dominatum tui gerit deus, ita demum tu dominaberis omnibus. ### English translation (Claude) But if God has dominion over you, then at last you will have dominion over all things. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 43 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-43). ## Sentences of Sextus 44 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-44 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The highest honour to God is to know him and to imitate him. ### Latin text Honor summus deo scire eum et imitari. ### English translation (Claude) The highest honour to God is to know him and to imitate him. ### Scripture references - Eph 5:1: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 44 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-44). ## Sentences of Sextus 45 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-45 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing indeed is like God in all respects; yet imitation by an inferior, as far as is possible, is pleasing to him. ### Latin text Simile quidem deo per omnia-nihil est, grata tamen ei est inferioris, prout possibile est, imitatio. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing indeed is like God in all respects; yet imitation by an inferior, as far as is possible, is pleasing to him. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 45 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-45). ## Sentences of Sextus 46 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-46 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The mind of the pious man is a holy temple for God, and a pure heart without sin is the best altar for him. ### Latin text Templum sanctum est deo mens pii et altare optimum est ei cor mundum et sine peeeato. ### English translation (Claude) The mind of the pious man is a holy temple for God, and a pure heart without sin is the best altar for him. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 3:16: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 46 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-46). ## Sentences of Sextus 47 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-47 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The only sacrifice to God, and an acceptable one, is to do good to men for God's sake. ### Latin text Hostia deo sola et aeceptabilis bene faeere hominibus pro deo. ### English translation (Claude) The only sacrifice to God, and an acceptable one, is to do good to men for God's sake. ### Scripture references - Heb 13:16: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 47 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-47). ## Sentences of Sextus 48 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-48 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man renders thanks to God who, as far as is possible, lives according to God. ### Latin text Deo gratiam praestat homo, qui in quantum possibile est uiuit secundum deum. ### English translation (Claude) A man renders thanks to God who, as far as is possible, lives according to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 48 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-48). ## Sentences of Sextus 49 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-49 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God needs nothing; but the faithful man needs God alone. ### Latin text Deus quidem nullius eget, fidelis autem dei solius. ### English translation (Claude) God needs nothing; but the faithful man needs God alone. ### Scripture references - Acts 17:25: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 49 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-49). ## Sentences of Sextus 50 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-50 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who needs few things, and those necessary, imitates the one who needs nothing. ### Latin text Aemulatur ergo illum, qui nullius eget, is qui paueis in rebus necessariis indiget. ### English translation (Claude) He who needs few things, and those necessary, imitates the one who needs nothing. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 50 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-50). ## Sentences of Sextus 51 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-51 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Strive enough to be great before God, but before men to escape envy. ### Latin text Satis age magnus quidem esse apud deum, apud homines uero inuidiam effugere. ### English translation (Claude) Strive enough to be great before God, but before men to escape envy. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 51 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-51). ## Sentences of Sextus 52 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-52 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you are kind to the needy, you will be great before God. ### Latin text Si benignus es apud indigentes, magnus eris apud deum. ### English translation (Claude) If you are kind to the needy, you will be great before God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 52 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-52). ## Sentences of Sextus 53 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-53 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man: while he lives, his reputation among men is small; but when he has died, his glory is proclaimed. ### Latin text Sapiens uir, cuius uiuentis quidem parva est apud homines opinio, defuneti vero gloria praedicatur. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man: while he lives, his reputation among men is small; but when he has died, his glory is proclaimed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 53 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-53). ## Sentences of Sextus 54 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-54 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Count every hour in which you do not think of God as lost to you. ### Latin text Omne tempus in quo non de deo cogitas, hoc te computa perdidisse. ### English translation (Claude) Count every hour in which you do not think of God as lost to you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 54 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-54). ## Sentences of Sextus 55 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-55 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your body walk on the earth, but let your soul always be with God. ### Latin text Corpus quidem tuum ineedat in terra, anima autem semper sit apud deum. ### English translation (Claude) Let your body walk on the earth, but let your soul always be with God. ### Scripture references - Phil 3:20: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 55 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-55). ## Sentences of Sextus 56 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-56 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Understand what things are good, so that you may do good. ### Latin text Intellege quae sint bona, ut bene agas. ### English translation (Claude) Understand what things are good, so that you may do good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 56 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-56). ## Sentences of Sextus 57 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-57 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man's thought does not escape God; therefore let your thought be pure from all evil. ### Latin text Cogitatio hominis deum non latet et ideo cogitatio tua pura sit ab omni malo. ### English translation (Claude) A man's thought does not escape God; therefore let your thought be pure from all evil. ### Scripture references - Heb 4:13: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 57 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-57). ## Sentences of Sextus 58 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-58 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be worthy of him who has deigned to call you son, and do all things as a son of God. ### Latin text Dignus esto eo, qui dignatus est te filium dicere, et age omnia quasi filius dei. ### English translation (Claude) Be worthy of him who has deigned to call you son, and do all things as a son of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 58 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-58). ## Sentences of Sextus 59 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-59 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You who call God Father, remember this in your actions. ### Latin text Qui deum patrem voeas, hoc in aetibus tuis memor esto. ### English translation (Claude) You who call God Father, remember this in your actions. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 1:17: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 59 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-59). ## Sentences of Sextus 60 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-60 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A chaste man without sin will receive from God power to be a son of God. ### Latin text Uir eastus et sine peccato potestatem accipiet a deo esse filius dei. ### English translation (Claude) A chaste man without sin will receive from God power to be a son of God. ### Scripture references - John 1:12: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 60 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-60). ## Sentences of Sextus 61 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-61 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A good mind is a choir of God. ### Latin text Bona mens chorus est dei. ### English translation (Claude) A good mind is a choir of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 61 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-61). ## Sentences of Sextus 62 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-62 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An evil mind is a choir of evil demons. ### Latin text Mala mens chorus est daemonum malorum. ### English translation (Claude) An evil mind is a choir of evil demons. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 62 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-62). ## Sentences of Sextus 63 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-63 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you restrain an unjust man from acting unjustly, this is to punish according to God. ### Latin text Iniustum si inhibeas agere iniuste, hoc est seeundum deum punire. ### English translation (Claude) If you restrain an unjust man from acting unjustly, this is to punish according to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 63 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-63). ## Sentences of Sextus 64 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-64 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Strive not to seem righteous, but to be righteous; for it is certain that he who wants to seem is not truly so. ### Latin text Satis age non uideri, sed esse iustus. certum est enim uere non esse eum qui uideri vult. ### English translation (Claude) Strive not to seem righteous, but to be righteous; for it is certain that he who wants to seem is not truly so. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:1: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 64 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-64). ## Sentences of Sextus 65 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-65 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour what is just for this very reason, that it is just. ### Latin text Honora quod iustum est propter hoc ipsum, quia iustum est. ### English translation (Claude) Honour what is just for this very reason, that it is just. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 65 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-65). ## Sentences of Sextus 66 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-66 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will never escape God's notice when you act unjustly, nor even when you think it. ### Latin text Nequaquam latebis deum agens iniuste, sed nee cogitans quidem. ### English translation (Claude) You will never escape God's notice when you act unjustly, nor even when you think it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 66 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-66). ## Sentences of Sextus 67 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-67 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man will be chaste for God. ### Latin text Uir sapiens castus erit deo. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man will be chaste for God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 67 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-67). ## Sentences of Sextus 68 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-68 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Flee all filthiness. ### Latin text Omnem spurcitiam fuge. ### English translation (Claude) Flee all filthiness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 68 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-68). ## Sentences of Sextus 69 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-69 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be eager always to speak of good things. ### Latin text Semper de bonis loqui stude. ### English translation (Claude) Be eager always to speak of good things. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 69 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-69). ## Sentences of Sextus 70 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-70 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Conquer lust. ### Latin text Libidinem uince. ### English translation (Claude) Conquer lust. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 70 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-70). ## Sentences of Sextus 71 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-71 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Restrain the body in all things, for from luxuries and pleasures you will not escape filthiness. ### Latin text Contine eorpus in omnibus, quia ex delieiis et uoluptatibus non effugies spurcitiam. ### English translation (Claude) Restrain the body in all things, for from luxuries and pleasures you will not escape filthiness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 71 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-71). ## Sentences of Sextus 72 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-72 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God does not hear the lover of pleasure. ### Latin text Uoluptuosum deus non exaudit. ### English translation (Claude) God does not hear the lover of pleasure. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 72 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-72). ## Sentences of Sextus 73 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-73 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The end of luxuries is corruption. ### Latin text Delieiarum finis corruptio. ### English translation (Claude) The end of luxuries is corruption. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 73 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-73). ## Sentences of Sextus 74 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-74 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let word, or reason, go before your actions. ### Latin text Uerbum uel ratio praecedat actus tuos. ### English translation (Claude) Let word, or reason, go before your actions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 74 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-74). ## Sentences of Sextus 75 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-75 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is ruinous to be a slave to vices: as many vices as the soul has, so many masters too. ### Latin text Pernieiosum est seruire uitiis. quanta uitia habet anima, tot et dominos. ### English translation (Claude) It is ruinous to be a slave to vices: as many vices as the soul has, so many masters too. ### Scripture references - Rom 6:16: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 75 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-75). ## Sentences of Sextus 76 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-76 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Love of money shows love of the things of the flesh. ### Latin text Amor peeuniae amorem carnalium indieat. ### English translation (Claude) Love of money shows love of the things of the flesh. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 6:10: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 76 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-76). ## Sentences of Sextus 77 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-77 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Acquire a firm possession for the soul: virtue. ### Latin text Adquire possessionem firmam animae, virtutem. ### English translation (Claude) Acquire a firm possession for the soul: virtue. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 77 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-77). ## Sentences of Sextus 78 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-78 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Renounce the things of the body while you still can and as far as you can. ### Latin text Renuntia rebus eorporis, dum adhue potes et quantum potes. ### English translation (Claude) Renounce the things of the body while you still can and as far as you can. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 78 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-78). ## Sentences of Sextus 79 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-79 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Call only that your own which is good. ### Latin text Hoe solum tibi proprium dicito, quod bonum est. ### English translation (Claude) Call only that your own which is good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 79 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-79). ## Sentences of Sextus 80 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-80 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Such as you wish to be when you pray to God, be always such. ### Latin text Qualis uis esse, cum oras deum, semper talis esto. ### English translation (Claude) Such as you wish to be when you pray to God, be always such. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 80 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-80). ## Sentences of Sextus 81 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-81 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you have cast away all the best things as plunder, then, as one purified, ask of God what you wish. ### Latin text Cum optima quaeque abieceris praedam, tunc velut purifieatus pete quod vis a deo. ### English translation (Claude) When you have cast away all the best things as plunder, then, as one purified, ask of God what you wish. ### Translation notes - The sense of the Latin ("cum optima quaeque abieceris praedam") is obscure; translated literally. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 81 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-81). ## Sentences of Sextus 82 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-82 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Such as you wish to be before God, be such now already, when you distribute the things of the world; and despise them, as one who knows that you are next after God. ### Latin text Qualis uis esse apud deum, iam nune esto talis, eum distribuis ea quae mundi sunt; et ea desplee tamquam qui te scias esse post deum. ### English translation (Claude) Such as you wish to be before God, be such now already, when you distribute the things of the world; and despise them, as one who knows that you are next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 82 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-82). ## Sentences of Sextus 83 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-83 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An evil-speaking tongue is the sign of an evil mind. ### Latin text Lingua maleloquax indicium mentis est malae. ### English translation (Claude) An evil-speaking tongue is the sign of an evil mind. ### Scripture references - Matt 12:34: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 83 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-83). ## Sentences of Sextus 84 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-84 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Accustom your tongue to speak well, and above all when the talk is about God. ### Latin text Insuesee linguam tuam bene proloqui, et maxime eum de deo sermo fit. ### English translation (Claude) Accustom your tongue to speak well, and above all when the talk is about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 84 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-84). ## Sentences of Sextus 85 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-85 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: No one, indeed, can do evil to God; but he who blasphemes is impious, for he has done the only thing he could. ### Latin text Male quidem faeere deo nemo potest; inpius autem est qui blasphemat; hoe enim solum quod potuit fecit. ### English translation (Claude) No one, indeed, can do evil to God; but he who blasphemes is impious, for he has done the only thing he could. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 85 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-85). ## Sentences of Sextus 86 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-86 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The foundation of piety is self-control, and the summit of piety is friendship with God. ### Latin text Fundamentum pietatis continentia, eulmen autem pietatis amicitia ad deum. ### English translation (Claude) The foundation of piety is self-control, and the summit of piety is friendship with God. ### Scripture references - Jas 2:23: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 86 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-86). ## Sentences of Sextus 87 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-87 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Hold the pious man as yourself. ### Latin text Pium hominem habeto tamquam te ipsum. ### English translation (Claude) Hold the pious man as yourself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 87 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-87). ## Sentences of Sextus 88 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-88 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wish that not what you want may happen to you, but what is expedient. ### Latin text Opta tibi euenire non quod uis sed quod expedit. ### English translation (Claude) Wish that not what you want may happen to you, but what is expedient. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 88 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-88). ## Sentences of Sextus 89 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-89 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Such as you wish your neighbour to be to you, be such yourself to your neighbours. ### Latin text Qualem uis esse tibi proximum tuum, talis et tu esto proximis tuis. ### English translation (Claude) Such as you wish your neighbour to be to you, be such yourself to your neighbours. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:12: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 89 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-89). ## Sentences of Sextus 90 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-90 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not do what you blame. ### Latin text Quod culpas facere noli. ### English translation (Claude) Do not do what you blame. ### Scripture references - Rom 2:1: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 90 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-90). ## Sentences of Sextus 91 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-91 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Agree with no one who urges you to ask for what is not good. ### Latin text Nulli suadenti adquieseas petere quod non est bonum. ### English translation (Claude) Agree with no one who urges you to ask for what is not good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 91 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-91). ## Sentences of Sextus 92 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-92 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What God gives you no one can take away. ### Latin text Quae tibi deus dat, auferre nullus potest. ### English translation (Claude) What God gives you no one can take away. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 92 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-92). ## Sentences of Sextus 93 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-93 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Deliberate before you act, and before you act examine what kind of thing it is that you are about to do. ### Latin text Delibera priusquam agas, et antequam agas peruide quale sit quod facturus es. ### English translation (Claude) Deliberate before you act, and before you act examine what kind of thing it is that you are about to do. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 93 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-93). ## Sentences of Sextus 94 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-94 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If there is anything you do not want God to know, neither do it nor think it. ### Latin text Si quid non uis seire deum, hoe ne agas nec cogites. ### English translation (Claude) If there is anything you do not want God to know, neither do it nor think it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 94 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-94). ## Sentences of Sextus 95 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-95 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Before you do whatever you do, think of God, so that his light may go before your actions. ### Latin text Priusquam agas quodeumque agis, cogita deum, ut lux eius praecedat actus tuos. ### English translation (Claude) Before you do whatever you do, think of God, so that his light may go before your actions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 95 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-95). ## Sentences of Sextus 96 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-96 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To afflict a man is great impiety against God. ### Latin text Grandis inpietas in deum hominem affligere. ### English translation (Claude) To afflict a man is great impiety against God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 96 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-96). ## Sentences of Sextus 97 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-97 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul is enlightened by the remembrance of God. ### Latin text Anima inluminatur recordatione dei. ### English translation (Claude) The soul is enlightened by the remembrance of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 97 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-97). ## Sentences of Sextus 98 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-98 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be eager to be content with moderate things. ### Latin text Contentus esse medioeribus stude. ### English translation (Claude) Be eager to be content with moderate things. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 6:8: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 98 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-98). ## Sentences of Sextus 99 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-99 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not desire everything. ### Latin text Noli omnia concupiscere. ### English translation (Claude) Do not desire everything. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 99 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-99). ## Sentences of Sextus 100 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-100 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Seek out opportunities for good things, even with toil. ### Latin text Oecasiones bonorum perquire etiam eum labore. ### English translation (Claude) Seek out opportunities for good things, even with toil. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 100 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-100). ## Sentences of Sextus 101 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-101 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not love the things that belong to the body. ### Latin text Noli diligere ea, quae eorporis sunt. ### English translation (Claude) Do not love the things that belong to the body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 101 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-101). ## Sentences of Sextus 102 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-102 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A shameful act makes a man unclean. ### Latin text Inmundum hominem facit actus turpis. ### English translation (Claude) A shameful act makes a man unclean. ### Scripture references - Matt 15:20: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 102 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-102). ## Sentences of Sextus 103 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-103 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul of the foolish man is purged when his inner hidden thought is rebuked. ### Latin text Purgatur anima insipientis, eum arguitur intrinsecus latens sensus eius. ### English translation (Claude) The soul of the foolish man is purged when his inner hidden thought is rebuked. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 103 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-103). ## Sentences of Sextus 104 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-104 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God is the guide of men in good actions. ### Latin text Deus in bonis actibus hominibus dux est. ### English translation (Claude) God is the guide of men in good actions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 104 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-104). ## Sentences of Sextus 105 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-105 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider no one an enemy. ### Latin text Neminem inimicum deputes. ### English translation (Claude) Consider no one an enemy. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 105 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-105). ## Sentences of Sextus 106 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-106 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Love everyone who is of the same nature as you; but love God even more than your soul. ### Latin text Dilige omnem, qui eiusdem teeum maturae est, deum uero etiam plus quam animam tuam dilige. ### English translation (Claude) Love everyone who is of the same nature as you; but love God even more than your soul. ### Scripture references - Matt 22:37: echo, medium confidence - Matt 22:39: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 106 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-106). ## Sentences of Sextus 107 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-107 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is very evil for sinners to come together in one when they sin. ### Latin text Pessimum est peccatoribus in unum conuenire, eum peccant. ### English translation (Claude) It is very evil for sinners to come together in one when they sin. ### Scripture references - Ps 1:1: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 107 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-107). ## Sentences of Sextus 108 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-108 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Much food hinders chastity, and lack of self-control in food makes a man unclean. ### Latin text Multi eibi inpediunt castitatem et incontinentia eiborum inmundum facit hominem. ### English translation (Claude) Much food hinders chastity, and lack of self-control in food makes a man unclean. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 108 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-108). ## Sentences of Sextus 109 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-109 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The use of all living things for food is indifferent, but abstaining is more reasonable. ### Latin text Animantium omnium usus quidem in cibis indifferens, abstinere vero rationabilius est. ### English translation (Claude) The use of all living things for food is indifferent, but abstaining is more reasonable. ### Translation notes - The preference for abstaining from meat reflects the Pythagorean background of many of the maxims. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 109 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-109). ## Sentences of Sextus 110 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-110 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not the foods that are taken in through the mouth that defile a man, but the things that come forth from evil actions. ### Latin text Non cibi, qui per os inferuntur, polluunt hominem, sed ea quae ex malis actibus proferuntur. ### English translation (Claude) It is not the foods that are taken in through the mouth that defile a man, but the things that come forth from evil actions. ### Scripture references - Matt 15:11: allusion, high confidence - Mark 7:15: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 110 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-110). ## Sentences of Sextus 111 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-111 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever you take, overcome by desire, defiles you. ### Latin text Quiequid cupiditate vietus acceperis polluit te. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever you take, overcome by desire, defiles you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 111 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-111). ## Sentences of Sextus 112 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-112 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not strive to please the multitude. ### Latin text Multitudini placere ne satis agas. ### English translation (Claude) Do not strive to please the multitude. ### Scripture references - Gal 1:10: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 112 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-112). ## Sentences of Sextus 113 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-113 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: In every good thing you do, consider God the author. ### Latin text In omni quod bene agis auctorem esse deputa deum. ### English translation (Claude) In every good thing you do, consider God the author. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 113 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-113). ## Sentences of Sextus 114 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-114 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God is the author of no evil. ### Latin text Mali nullius auctor est deus. ### English translation (Claude) God is the author of no evil. ### Scripture references - Jas 1:13: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 114 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-114). ## Sentences of Sextus 115 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-115 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not possess more than the use of the body requires. ### Latin text Non amplius possideas, quam usus corporis poseit. ### English translation (Claude) Do not possess more than the use of the body requires. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 115 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-115). ## Sentences of Sextus 116 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-116 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Gold does not rescue the soul from evils. ### Latin text Aurum animam non eripit de malis. ### English translation (Claude) Gold does not rescue the soul from evils. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 116 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-116). ## Sentences of Sextus 117 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-117 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is certain that one who is set among the luxuries of the body does not know the things prepared by God. ### Latin text In delieiis positus eorporis certum est, quia ignoras illa, quae praeparata sunt a deo. ### English translation (Claude) It is certain that one who is set among the luxuries of the body does not know the things prepared by God. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 2:9: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 117 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-117). ## Sentences of Sextus 118 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-118 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Possess those things which no one can take away from you. ### Latin text Ea posside, quae nullus possit auferre a te. ### English translation (Claude) Possess those things which no one can take away from you. ### Scripture references - Luke 10:42: echo, low confidence - Matt 6:20: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 118 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-118). ## Sentences of Sextus 119 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-119 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Bear what is necessary as it is necessary. ### Latin text Fer quod necesse est, sieut necesse est. ### English translation (Claude) Bear what is necessary as it is necessary. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 119 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-119). ## Sentences of Sextus 120 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-120 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be eager to be great-souled. ### Latin text Magnanimus esse stude. ### English translation (Claude) Be eager to be great-souled. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 120 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-120). ## Sentences of Sextus 121 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-121 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not keep those things for which you would rightly be praised if you despised them; obtain those in which you will reasonably be magnificent. ### Latin text Ea, quae si eontemnas recte laudaris, ne retineas; in quibus probabiliter magnifieus eris, haec optine. ### English translation (Claude) Do not keep those things for which you would rightly be praised if you despised them; obtain those in which you will reasonably be magnificent. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 121 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-121). ## Sentences of Sextus 122 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-122 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Ask from God those things which it is worthy for God to grant. ### Latin text Haee posce de deo, quae dignum est praestare deum. ### English translation (Claude) Ask from God those things which it is worthy for God to grant. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 122 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-122). ## Sentences of Sextus 123 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-123 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the reason that is in you be itself the law of your life. ### Latin text Ratio, quae in te est, uitae tuae ipsa sit lex. ### English translation (Claude) Let the reason that is in you be itself the law of your life. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 123 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-123). ## Sentences of Sextus 124 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-124 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Ask from God those things which … ### Latin text Ea pete de deo, quae. ### English translation (Claude) Ask from God those things which … ### Translation notes - The sentence breaks off in the edition, marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 124 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-124). ## Sentences of Sextus 125 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-125 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wish that those things for which toil must come first may come to you after the toil. ### Latin text In quibus praecedere debet labor, haee tibi opta euenire post laborem. ### English translation (Claude) Wish that those things for which toil must come first may come to you after the toil. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 125 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-125). ## Sentences of Sextus 126 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-126 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The prayers or vows of a lazy man are empty words. ### Latin text Oratio uel vota pigri sermo uanus. ### English translation (Claude) The prayers or vows of a lazy man are empty words. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 126 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-126). ## Sentences of Sextus 127 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-127 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The things which we need even after laying aside the body ought not to be despised. ### Latin text Non oportet contemni ea, quibus etiam post depositionem eorporis indigemus. ### English translation (Claude) The things which we need even after laying aside the body ought not to be despised. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 127 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-127). ## Sentences of Sextus 128 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-128 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not ask of God that which, when you have it, you will not keep for ever. ### Latin text Non petas a deo id, quod cum habueris non perpetuo optinebis. ### English translation (Claude) Do not ask of God that which, when you have it, you will not keep for ever. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 128 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-128). ## Sentences of Sextus 129 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-129 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Accustom your soul to think something great of itself, next after God. ### Latin text Insuesee animam magnum aliquid de se sentire post deum. ### English translation (Claude) Accustom your soul to think something great of itself, next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 129 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-129). ## Sentences of Sextus 130 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-130 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Count nothing precious that a wicked man can take away from you. ### Latin text Nihil pretiosum ducas, quod potest a te auferre homo malus. ### English translation (Claude) Count nothing precious that a wicked man can take away from you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 130 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-130). ## Sentences of Sextus 131 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-131 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider that alone good which is worthy of God. ### Latin text Hoe solum bonum putato, quod deo dignum est. ### English translation (Claude) Consider that alone good which is worthy of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 131 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-131). ## Sentences of Sextus 132 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-132 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What is worthy of God is also worthy of a good man. ### Latin text Quod deo dignum est, hoe et viro bono. ### English translation (Claude) What is worthy of God is also worthy of a good man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 132 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-132). ## Sentences of Sextus 133 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-133 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever does not fit the blessedness of God, let it not fit the man of God either. ### Latin text Quiequid non conuenit ad beatitudinem dei, nec conueniat homini dei. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever does not fit the blessedness of God, let it not fit the man of God either. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 133 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-133). ## Sentences of Sextus 134 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-134 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You ought to will the things that God also wills. ### Latin text Haee debes uelle, quae uult et deus. ### English translation (Claude) You ought to will the things that God also wills. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:10: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 134 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-134). ## Sentences of Sextus 135 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-135 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He is a son of God who counts precious only those things which God also counts precious. ### Latin text Filius dei est, qui haec sola pretiosa dueit, quae et deus. ### English translation (Claude) He is a son of God who counts precious only those things which God also counts precious. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 135 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-135). ## Sentences of Sextus 136 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-136 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As long as the flesh is in its desires, the soul does not know God. ### Latin text Donee in desideriis est egaro, anima ignorat deum:. ### English translation (Claude) As long as the flesh is in its desires, the soul does not know God. ### Scripture references - Gal 5:17: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 136 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-136). ## Sentences of Sextus 137 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-137 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The desire of possessing is the origin of avarice. ### Latin text Cupiditas possidendi origo est auaritiae. ### English translation (Claude) The desire of possessing is the origin of avarice. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 137 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-137). ## Sentences of Sextus 138 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-138 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When someone loves himself more, injustice is born from that. ### Latin text Cum semet ipsum quis amplius diligit, inde iniustitia nascitur. ### English translation (Claude) When someone loves himself more, injustice is born from that. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 138 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-138). ## Sentences of Sextus 139 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-139 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: By nature the body is little troublesome to the soul, but luxury makes the body unbearable. ### Latin text Naturaliter parum quid corpus molestum est animae, luxuria vero facit corpus intolerabile. ### English translation (Claude) By nature the body is little troublesome to the soul, but luxury makes the body unbearable. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 139 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-139). ## Sentences of Sextus 140 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-140 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Everything that a man has beyond what is necessary is his enemy. ### Latin text Omne quod plus est homini, quam necesse sit, inimicum est ei. ### English translation (Claude) Everything that a man has beyond what is necessary is his enemy. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 140 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-140). ## Sentences of Sextus 141 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-141 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who loves what is not expedient will not love what is expedient. ### Latin text Qui amat quod non expedit non amabit quod expedit. ### English translation (Claude) He who loves what is not expedient will not love what is expedient. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 141 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-141). ## Sentences of Sextus 142 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-142 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To one who is devoted to things that are not good, the things that are good will remain hidden. ### Latin text Qui studium habet erga ea, quae non sunt bona, latebunt ei, quae bona sunt. ### English translation (Claude) To one who is devoted to things that are not good, the things that are good will remain hidden. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 142 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-142). ## Sentences of Sextus 143 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-143 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man is known by few words. ### Latin text Sapiens paueis verbis innotescit. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man is known by few words. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 143 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-143). ## Sentences of Sextus 144 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-144 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The mind of the wise man is always with God. ### Latin text sapientis mens semper apud deum est. ### English translation (Claude) The mind of the wise man is always with God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 144 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-144). ## Sentences of Sextus 145 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-145 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God dwells in the mind of the wise man. ### Latin text Sapientis mentem deus inhabitat. ### English translation (Claude) God dwells in the mind of the wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 145 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-145). ## Sentences of Sextus 146 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-146 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Every desire is insatiable, and therefore always in need. ### Latin text Inexplebilis est omnis cupiditas, propterea et semper indiget. ### English translation (Claude) Every desire is insatiable, and therefore always in need. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 146 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-146). ## Sentences of Sextus 147 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-147 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The wise man is always like himself. ### Latin text Sapiens semper sibi similis est. ### English translation (Claude) The wise man is always like himself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 147 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-147). ## Sentences of Sextus 148 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-148 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The knowledge and imitation of God alone suffice for blessedness. ### Latin text Suffieit ad beatitudinem agmnitio dei solius et imitatio. ### English translation (Claude) The knowledge and imitation of God alone suffice for blessedness. ### Scripture references - John 17:3: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 148 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-148). ## Sentences of Sextus 149 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-149 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who flatters the wicked makes them worse. ### Latin text Malis qui adulatur peiores faeit. ### English translation (Claude) He who flatters the wicked makes them worse. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 149 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-149). ## Sentences of Sextus 150 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-150 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wickedness becomes unbearable when it is praised. ### Latin text Intolerabilis fit malitia eum laudatur. ### English translation (Claude) Wickedness becomes unbearable when it is praised. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 150 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-150). ## Sentences of Sextus 151 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-151 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your tongue follow your understanding. ### Latin text Lingua tua sensum tuum sequatur. ### English translation (Claude) Let your tongue follow your understanding. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 151 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-151). ## Sentences of Sextus 152 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-152 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to throw a stone at random than to utter an idle word about God. ### Latin text Melius est lapidem frustra iactare quam uanum uerbum de deo proferre. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to throw a stone at random than to utter an idle word about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 152 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-152). ## Sentences of Sextus 153 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-153 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Deliberate before you speak, so that you may not say what is not expedient. ### Latin text Delibera antequam dieas, ne quae non expedit dieas. ### English translation (Claude) Deliberate before you speak, so that you may not say what is not expedient. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 153 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-153). ## Sentences of Sextus 154 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-154 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Words without understanding are a disgrace. ### Latin text Uerba sine sensu obprobria. ### English translation (Claude) Words without understanding are a disgrace. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 154 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-154). ## Sentences of Sextus 155 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-155 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Talkativeness will not escape sin. ### Latin text Uerbositas non effugiet peccatum. ### English translation (Claude) Talkativeness will not escape sin. ### Scripture references - Prov 10:19: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 155 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-155). ## Sentences of Sextus 156 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-156 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The wise man will be brief in his speech. ### Latin text Breuis erit in sermonibus sapiens. ### English translation (Claude) The wise man will be brief in his speech. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 156 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-156). ## Sentences of Sextus 157 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-157 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A long tale is a sign of ignorance. ### Latin text Indicium inperitiae longa narratio. ### English translation (Claude) A long tale is a sign of ignorance. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 157 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-157). ## Sentences of Sextus 158 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-158 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Love the truth. ### Latin text Ueritatem ama. ### English translation (Claude) Love the truth. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 158 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-158). ## Sentences of Sextus 159 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-159 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Use falsehood as you would poison. ### Latin text Mendacio tamquam ueneno utere. ### English translation (Claude) Use falsehood as you would poison. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 159 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-159). ## Sentences of Sextus 160 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-160 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Before all things, seek the right time for your words. ### Latin text Ante omnia tempus uerbis tuis requirito. ### English translation (Claude) Before all things, seek the right time for your words. ### Scripture references - Eccl 3:7: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 160 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-160). ## Sentences of Sextus 161 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-161 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Speak then, when it is not expedient to be silent. ### Latin text Tune loquere, quando taeere non expedit. ### English translation (Claude) Speak then, when it is not expedient to be silent. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 161 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-161). ## Sentences of Sextus 162 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-162 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: About what you do not know, be silent; but about what you are sure of, speak at the right time. ### Latin text De quibus ignoras tace, de quibus autem certus es loquere opportune. ### English translation (Claude) About what you do not know, be silent; but about what you are sure of, speak at the right time. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 162 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-162). ## Sentences of Sextus 163 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-163 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Speech out of season is the sign of a malicious mind. ### Latin text Sermo extra tempus indicium malitiosae mentis. ### English translation (Claude) Speech out of season is the sign of a malicious mind. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 163 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-163). ## Sentences of Sextus 164 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-164 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: In an assembly do not strive to be the first to speak. ### Latin text In conuentu ne satis agas primus dieere. ### English translation (Claude) In an assembly do not strive to be the first to speak. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 164 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-164). ## Sentences of Sextus 165 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-165 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to be defeated when speaking the truth than to win by lying. ### Latin text Melius uinci uera dicentem, quam uincere mentientem. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to be defeated when speaking the truth than to win by lying. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 165 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-165). ## Sentences of Sextus 166 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-166 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let faith go before all your actions. ### Latin text Fides omnes aetus tuos praecedat. ### English translation (Claude) Let faith go before all your actions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 166 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-166). ## Sentences of Sextus 167 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-167 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wisdom leads the soul to God. ### Latin text Sapientia animam perdueit ad deum. ### English translation (Claude) Wisdom leads the soul to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 167 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-167). ## Sentences of Sextus 168 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-168 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing is so native to wisdom as truth. ### Latin text Nihil autem tam uernaculum sapientiae, quam ueritas. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing is so native to wisdom as truth. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 168 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-168). ## Sentences of Sextus 169 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-169 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A soul that loves falsehood can never be made good. ### Latin text Numquam potest bona effici anima mendacium diligens. ### English translation (Claude) A soul that loves falsehood can never be made good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 169 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-169). ## Sentences of Sextus 170 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-170 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Faith is foreign to a crooked and very evil disposition. ### Latin text Pravo et pessimo ingenio fides aliena est. ### English translation (Claude) Faith is foreign to a crooked and very evil disposition. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 170 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-170). ## Sentences of Sextus 171 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-171 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful man loves to hear what he ought more than to say what he ought not. ### Latin text Fidelis homo audire,quae oportet amat magis quam dicere quae non oportet. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful man loves to hear what he ought more than to say what he ought not. ### Scripture references - Jas 1:19: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 171 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-171). ## Sentences of Sextus 172 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-172 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A lustful man is useless for everything. ### Latin text Uir libidinosus ad omnia inutilis. ### English translation (Claude) A lustful man is useless for everything. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 172 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-172). ## Sentences of Sextus 173 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-173 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The blameless man, then, uses words about God. ### Latin text Inreprehensibilis autem in uerbis utitur de deo. ### English translation (Claude) The blameless man, then, uses words about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 173 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-173). ## Sentences of Sextus 174 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-174 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The sins of the learners are the disgrace of the teachers. ### Latin text Peccata discentium obprobria sunt doctorum. ### English translation (Claude) The sins of the learners are the disgrace of the teachers. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 174 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-174). ## Sentences of Sextus 175 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-175 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: They are dead before God through whom the name of God is cursed. ### Latin text Mortui sunt apud deum, per quos nomen dei maledicitur. ### English translation (Claude) They are dead before God through whom the name of God is cursed. ### Scripture references - Rom 2:24: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 175 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-175). ## Sentences of Sextus 176 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-176 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man is a benefactor, next after God. ### Latin text Sapiens homo beneficus post deum. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man is a benefactor, next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 176 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-176). ## Sentences of Sextus 177 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-177 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your words guard the life of your hearers. ### Latin text Sermones tui uitam custodiant auditoribus. ### English translation (Claude) Let your words guard the life of your hearers. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 177 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-177). ## Sentences of Sextus 178 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-178 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What ought not to be done, do not even come under suspicion of doing. ### Latin text Quod fieri non debet, nee in suspitionem venias quasi faeias. ### English translation (Claude) What ought not to be done, do not even come under suspicion of doing. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 178 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-178). ## Sentences of Sextus 179 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-179 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you do not want to suffer, do not do either. ### Latin text Ea quae pati non uis neque facias. ### English translation (Claude) What you do not want to suffer, do not do either. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:12: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 179 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-179). ## Sentences of Sextus 180 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-180 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What is shameful for you to do, it is most shameful to command another to do. ### Latin text Quae tibi faeere turpe est, haee et alii inperare facienda turpissimum. ### English translation (Claude) What is shameful for you to do, it is most shameful to command another to do. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 180 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-180). ## Sentences of Sextus 181 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-181 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be clean of sins even in your thoughts. ### Latin text Etiam in cogitationibus mundus esto a peecatis. ### English translation (Claude) Be clean of sins even in your thoughts. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 181 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-181). ## Sentences of Sextus 182 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-182 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you are set over men, remember that God is also set over you. ### Latin text Cum praees hominibus, memento, quia et tibi praeest deus. ### English translation (Claude) When you are set over men, remember that God is also set over you. ### Scripture references - Eph 6:9: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 182 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-182). ## Sentences of Sextus 183 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-183 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: And when you judge men, know that you yourself are also judged by God. ### Latin text Et iudieans homines scito, quia et ipse iudiceris a deo. ### English translation (Claude) And when you judge men, know that you yourself are also judged by God. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:2: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 183 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-183). ## Sentences of Sextus 184 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-184 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The danger of the one who judges is greater than that of the one who is judged. ### Latin text Maius est perieulum iudieantis, quam eius qui iudieatur. ### English translation (Claude) The danger of the one who judges is greater than that of the one who is judged. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 184 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-184). ## Sentences of Sextus 185 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-185 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Every wound is lighter than the wound of the tongue. ### Latin text Leuius est omne uulnus quam linguae uulnus. ### English translation (Claude) Every wound is lighter than the wound of the tongue. ### Scripture references - Jas 3:8: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 185 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-185). ## Sentences of Sextus 186 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-186 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is possible to deceive a man with a word, but not God. ### Latin text Possibile est uerbo fallere hominem, non tamen deum. ### English translation (Claude) It is possible to deceive a man with a word, but not God. ### Scripture references - Gal 6:7: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 186 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-186). ## Sentences of Sextus 187 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-187 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not think it an evil if, while you know the truth, you are defeated in argument. ### Latin text Non putes malum, si eum ueritatem scias uinearis in uerbo. ### English translation (Claude) Do not think it an evil if, while you know the truth, you are defeated in argument. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 187 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-187). ## Sentences of Sextus 188 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-188 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The love of boasting makes one think ill of the faith. ### Latin text Male sentire de fide amor iactantiae facit. ### English translation (Claude) The love of boasting makes one think ill of the faith. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 188 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-188). ## Sentences of Sextus 189 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-189 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Strive to be faithful rather than to seem so. ### Latin text Fidelis esse magis quam uideri stude. ### English translation (Claude) Strive to be faithful rather than to seem so. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 189 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-189). ## Sentences of Sextus 190 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-190 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Revere a wise man as the image of the living God. ### Latin text Cole sapientem uirum sieut imaginem dei uiuentis. ### English translation (Claude) Revere a wise man as the image of the living God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 190 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-190). ## Sentences of Sextus 191 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-191 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man, even if he is naked, should be held wise by you. ### Latin text Sapiens vir, etiamsi nudus sit, sapiens habeatur apud te. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man, even if he is naked, should be held wise by you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 191 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-191). ## Sentences of Sextus 192 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-192 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour no one because he has much money. ### Latin text Neminem propterea honores, quia habet multas pecunias. ### English translation (Claude) Honour no one because he has much money. ### Scripture references - Jas 2:2: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 192 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-192). ## Sentences of Sextus 193 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-193 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is hard for a rich man to be saved. ### Latin text Diffieile est diuitem saluari. ### English translation (Claude) It is hard for a rich man to be saved. ### Scripture references - Matt 19:23: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 193 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-193). ## Sentences of Sextus 194 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-194 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To disparage a wise man and to disparage God are equal. ### Latin text Derogare uirum sapientem et deum aequale. ### English translation (Claude) To disparage a wise man and to disparage God are equal. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 194 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-194). ## Sentences of Sextus 195 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-195 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you speak a word about God, consider that you have received from God the souls of your hearers as a deposit. ### Latin text Uerbum de deo loquens depositum te putato aecepisse a deo animas auditorum. ### English translation (Claude) When you speak a word about God, consider that you have received from God the souls of your hearers as a deposit. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 195 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-195). ## Sentences of Sextus 196 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-196 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not think that one who does not believe wholeheartedly lives well. ### Latin text Ne putes bene uiuere, qui non integre credit. ### English translation (Claude) Do not think that one who does not believe wholeheartedly lives well. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 196 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-196). ## Sentences of Sextus 197 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-197 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider that you say only what is good. ### Latin text Quod bonum est, hoe solum te dieere puta. ### English translation (Claude) Consider that you say only what is good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 197 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-197). ## Sentences of Sextus 198 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-198 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do great things without promising great things. ### Latin text Age magna non magna pollicens. ### English translation (Claude) Do great things without promising great things. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 198 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-198). ## Sentences of Sextus 199 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-199 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will never be wise if you think yourself wise before you are. ### Latin text Numquam eris sapiens, si te putaueris ne antequam sis. ### English translation (Claude) You will never be wise if you think yourself wise before you are. ### Scripture references - Prov 26:12: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - The Latin is slightly garbled ("si te putaueris ne antequam sis"); translated by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 199 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-199). ## Sentences of Sextus 200 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-200 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: In great tribulations it is shown who is faithful. ### Latin text In tribulationibus magnis qui sit fidelis ostenditur. ### English translation (Claude) In great tribulations it is shown who is faithful. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 200 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-200). ## Sentences of Sextus 201 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-201 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider the end of life to be living according to God. ### Latin text Finem uitae aestima uiuere seeundum deum. ### English translation (Claude) Consider the end of life to be living according to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 201 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-201). ## Sentences of Sextus 202 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-202 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Think nothing evil that is not also shameful. ### Latin text Nihil putes malum quod non sit et turpe. ### English translation (Claude) Think nothing evil that is not also shameful. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 202 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-202). ## Sentences of Sextus 203 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-203 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The end of evil is injury, and the end of injury is destruction. ### Latin text Mali finis iniuria, iniuriae autem perditio. ### English translation (Claude) The end of evil is injury, and the end of injury is destruction. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 203 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-203). ## Sentences of Sextus 204 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-204 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Passion does not rise into the heart of a faithful man. ### Latin text Non ascendit passio in eor hominis fidelis. ### English translation (Claude) Passion does not rise into the heart of a faithful man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 204 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-204). ## Sentences of Sextus 205 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-205 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Every passion of the soul is the enemy of its reason. ### Latin text Omnis passio animi rationi eius inimica est. ### English translation (Claude) Every passion of the soul is the enemy of its reason. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 205 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-205). ## Sentences of Sextus 206 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-206 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever you do while the soul is in passion, you will regret. ### Latin text Quiequid feceris, dum in passione est anima, poenitebis. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever you do while the soul is in passion, you will regret. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 206 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-206). ## Sentences of Sextus 207 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-207 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Passions are the beginnings of diseases. ### Latin text Passiones aegritudinum initia. ### English translation (Claude) Passions are the beginnings of diseases. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 207 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-207). ## Sentences of Sextus 208 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-208 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wickedness is the disease of the soul, and injustice and impiety are the death of the soul. ### Latin text Malitia aegritudo est animae, animae autem mors iniustitia et inpietas. ### English translation (Claude) Wickedness is the disease of the soul, and injustice and impiety are the death of the soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 208 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-208). ## Sentences of Sextus 209 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-209 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not consider yourself faithful until you are free of the passions of the soul. ### Latin text Non te putato fidelem, eum passionibus animae carueris. ### English translation (Claude) Do not consider yourself faithful until you are free of the passions of the soul. ### Translation notes - The Latin says "when you have been free of the passions"; translated by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 209 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-209). ## Sentences of Sextus 210 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-210 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Treat all men as if you were the common provider of all, next after God. ### Latin text Omnibus hominibus ita utere quasi communis prouisor omnium post deum. ### English translation (Claude) Treat all men as if you were the common provider of all, next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 210 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-210). ## Sentences of Sextus 211 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-211 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who treats men badly treats himself badly. ### Latin text Qui hominibus male utitur, se ipso male utitur. ### English translation (Claude) He who treats men badly treats himself badly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 211 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-211). ## Sentences of Sextus 212 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-212 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who is faithful wishes no evil. ### Latin text Nihil mali uult, qui fidelis est. ### English translation (Claude) He who is faithful wishes no evil. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 212 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-212). ## Sentences of Sextus 213 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-213 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Pray that you may be able to do good to your enemies. ### Latin text Opta, ut bene possis faeere inimicis. ### English translation (Claude) Pray that you may be able to do good to your enemies. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:44: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 213 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-213). ## Sentences of Sextus 214 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-214 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To wicked men a wise man seems foolish. ### Latin text Malis hominibus ineptus uidetur uir sapiens. ### English translation (Claude) To wicked men a wise man seems foolish. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 1:23: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 214 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-214). ## Sentences of Sextus 215 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-215 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Without God you cannot live for God. ### Latin text Sine deo non potes deo uiuere. ### English translation (Claude) Without God you cannot live for God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 215 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-215). ## Sentences of Sextus 216 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-216 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Bear all things for the sake of living according to God. ### Latin text Omnia suffer pro eo, ut secundum deum uiuas. ### English translation (Claude) Bear all things for the sake of living according to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 216 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-216). ## Sentences of Sextus 217 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-217 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God does not hear the prayer of a man who does not hear the needy. ### Latin text Orationem non exaudit deus hominis, qui egenum non exaudit. ### English translation (Claude) God does not hear the prayer of a man who does not hear the needy. ### Scripture references - Prov 21:13: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 217 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-217). ## Sentences of Sextus 218 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-218 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man is a gift from God to a wise man. ### Latin text Sapiens sapienti donum a deo. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man is a gift from God to a wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 218 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-218). ## Sentences of Sextus 219 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-219 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: In honouring a wise man you will honour yourself. ### Latin text Honorans sapientem honorabis te ipsum. ### English translation (Claude) In honouring a wise man you will honour yourself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 219 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-219). ## Sentences of Sextus 220 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-220 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Know that you are faithful. ### Latin text Fidelem te esse nosee. ### English translation (Claude) Know that you are faithful. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 220 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-220). ## Sentences of Sextus 221 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-221 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When someone calls you a son of God, remember whose son he calls you. ### Latin text Cum filium te dei quis dicit, memento cuius te filium dicat. ### English translation (Claude) When someone calls you a son of God, remember whose son he calls you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 221 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-221). ## Sentences of Sextus 222 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-222 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Calling upon God as Father, remember this in your actions. ### Latin text Deum patrem invocans in aetibus tuis hoe memorare. ### English translation (Claude) Calling upon God as Father, remember this in your actions. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 1:17: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 222 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-222). ## Sentences of Sextus 223 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-223 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your words always be full of piety. ### Latin text Uerba tua pietate semper plena sint. ### English translation (Claude) Let your words always be full of piety. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 223 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-223). ## Sentences of Sextus 224 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-224 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: In your actions set God before your eyes. ### Latin text In actibus tuis ante oculos pone deum. ### English translation (Claude) In your actions set God before your eyes. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 224 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-224). ## Sentences of Sextus 225 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-225 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is a sin to call upon God as Father and to do anything dishonourable. ### Latin text Nefas est deum patrem inuocare et inhonestum aliquid agere. ### English translation (Claude) It is a sin to call upon God as Father and to do anything dishonourable. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 225 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-225). ## Sentences of Sextus 226 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-226 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who does not love the wise man does not love himself either. ### Latin text Qui non diligit sapientem nec se ipsum. ### English translation (Claude) He who does not love the wise man does not love himself either. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 226 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-226). ## Sentences of Sextus 227 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-227 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let nothing be considered the philosopher's own possession. ### Latin text Nulla propria possessio putetur philosophi. ### English translation (Claude) Let nothing be considered the philosopher's own possession. ### Scripture references - Acts 4:32: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 227 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-227). ## Sentences of Sextus 228 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-228 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Those whose God is common and the same Father are impious unless their possessions too are common. ### Latin text Quorum communis est deus idemque pater, horum nisi et possessio communis est, inpii sunt. ### English translation (Claude) Those whose God is common and the same Father are impious unless their possessions too are common. ### Scripture references - Acts 4:32: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 228 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-228). ## Sentences of Sextus 229 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-229 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He is ungrateful to God who does not esteem the philosopher highly. ### Latin text Deo ingratus est qui non magni ducit philosophum. ### English translation (Claude) He is ungrateful to God who does not esteem the philosopher highly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 229 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-229). ## Sentences of Sextus 230 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-230 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You are permitted to refuse marriage, so that you may live cleaving to God without ceasing. Know that marrying and begetting children are both very hard; but if, knowing it to be very hard, like a battle, you nevertheless do not wish to fight, then marry a wife and beget children. ### Latin text Coniugium tibi refutare concessum est, idcirco ut uiuas indesinenter adhaerens deo. nubere et filios procreare pessimum seias utrumque; sin autem tamquam proelium seiens esse pessimum, tamen pugnare non uis, et uxorem nube et filios procrea. ### English translation (Claude) You are permitted to refuse marriage, so that you may live cleaving to God without ceasing. Know that marrying and begetting children are both very hard; but if, knowing it to be very hard, like a battle, you nevertheless do not wish to fight, then marry a wife and beget children. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 7:32: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Cor 7:35: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The sense of the last clause is uncertain; the Latin may be corrupt ("tamen pugnare non uis"). The counsel is translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 230 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-230). ## Sentences of Sextus 231 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-231 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Every unchaste man is an adulterer even with his own wife. ### Latin text Adulter etiam propriae uxoris omnis inpudicus. ### English translation (Claude) Every unchaste man is an adulterer even with his own wife. ### Translation notes - "Adulterer" renders adulter; the maxim condemns unchastity within marriage itself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 231 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-231). ## Sentences of Sextus 232 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-232 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do nothing for the sake of lust alone. ### Latin text Nihil propter solam libidinem facias. ### English translation (Claude) Do nothing for the sake of lust alone. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 232 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-232). ## Sentences of Sextus 233 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-233 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Know that you are an adulterer even if you have thought of adultery; and let the same reckoning hold for you about every sin. ### Latin text Scito te adulterum esse etiam si cogitasti de adulterio. sed et de omni peecato eadem tibi sit ratio. ### English translation (Claude) Know that you are an adulterer even if you have thought of adultery; and let the same reckoning hold for you about every sin. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:28: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 233 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-233). ## Sentences of Sextus 234 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-234 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Having professed yourself faithful, you have promised at the same time not to sin against God. ### Latin text Fidelem te professus spopondisti pariter non peeeare deo. ### English translation (Claude) Having professed yourself faithful, you have promised at the same time not to sin against God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 234 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-234). ## Sentences of Sextus 235 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-235 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let chastity be counted the adornment of a faithful woman. ### Latin text Fideli mulieri ornatui ducatur pudicitia. ### English translation (Claude) Let chastity be counted the adornment of a faithful woman. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 3:3: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Tim 2:9: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 235 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-235). ## Sentences of Sextus 236 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-236 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man who puts away his wife declares that he cannot even govern a woman. ### Latin text Uir, qui uxorem dimittit, profitetur se nee mulierem regere. ### English translation (Claude) A man who puts away his wife declares that he cannot even govern a woman. ### Translation notes - "Puts away" renders dimittit; translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 236 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-236). ## Sentences of Sextus 237 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-237 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A chaste woman is the glory of her husband. ### Latin text Mulier pudiea gloria viri est. ### English translation (Claude) A chaste woman is the glory of her husband. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 11:7: echo, medium confidence - Prov 12:4: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 237 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-237). ## Sentences of Sextus 238 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-238 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you show reverence to your wife, you have her reverent. ### Latin text Reverentiam habens uxori habes eam reverentem. ### English translation (Claude) If you show reverence to your wife, you have her reverent. ### Scripture references - Eph 5:33: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 238 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-238). ## Sentences of Sextus 239 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-239 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the marriage of the faithful be a contest of self-control. ### Latin text Fidelium eoniugium certamen habeat continentiae. ### English translation (Claude) Let the marriage of the faithful be a contest of self-control. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 7:5: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 239 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-239). ## Sentences of Sextus 240 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-240 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As you restrain the belly, so also the sexual impulses. ### Latin text Prout continueris ventrem, ita et uenerios motus. ### English translation (Claude) As you restrain the belly, so also the sexual impulses. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 240 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-240). ## Sentences of Sextus 241 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-241 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Avoid the praises of the unfaithful. ### Latin text Deuita infidelium laudes. ### English translation (Claude) Avoid the praises of the unfaithful. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 241 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-241). ## Sentences of Sextus 242 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-242 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you receive freely from God, give freely. ### Latin text Quae gratis aecipis a deo, praesta gratis. ### English translation (Claude) What you receive freely from God, give freely. ### Scripture references - Matt 10:8: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 242 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-242). ## Sentences of Sextus 243 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-243 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will not find a multitude of the faithful, for everything that is good is rare. ### Latin text Multitudinem fidelium non inuenies, rarum enim est omne, quod bonum est. ### English translation (Claude) You will not find a multitude of the faithful, for everything that is good is rare. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:14: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 243 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-243). ## Sentences of Sextus 244 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-244 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour the wise man, next after God. ### Latin text Sapientem honora post deum. ### English translation (Claude) Honour the wise man, next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 244 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-244). ## Sentences of Sextus 245 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-245 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you are rebuked so that you may become wise, be grateful to those who rebuke you. ### Latin text Cum argueris, ut sapiens fias, habe gratiam arguentibus. ### English translation (Claude) When you are rebuked so that you may become wise, be grateful to those who rebuke you. ### Scripture references - Prov 9:8: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 245 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-245). ## Sentences of Sextus 246 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-246 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who does not obey a wise man does not obey God either. ### Latin text Qui sapienti non obtemperat nec deo obtemperat. ### English translation (Claude) He who does not obey a wise man does not obey God either. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 246 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-246). ## Sentences of Sextus 247 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-247 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you want to be faithful, strive above all not to sin; and if it should perhaps happen, at least let the same thing not be repeated. ### Latin text Fidelis uolens esse praecipue quidem nitere, ne peeces; quod etsi forte acciderit, saltim ne iteretur id ipsum. ### English translation (Claude) If you want to be faithful, strive above all not to sin; and if it should perhaps happen, at least let the same thing not be repeated. ### Scripture references - 1 John 2:1: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 247 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-247). ## Sentences of Sextus 248 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-248 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not learn a teaching that is not worthy of God. ### Latin text Doctrinam, quae non est deo digna, ne discas. ### English translation (Claude) Do not learn a teaching that is not worthy of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 248 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-248). ## Sentences of Sextus 249 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-249 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To want to know many things is to be considered curiosity of the soul. ### Latin text Multa uelle seire curiositas animi putanda est. ### English translation (Claude) To want to know many things is to be considered curiosity of the soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 249 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-249). ## Sentences of Sextus 250 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-250 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who knows what is worthy of God is wise. ### Latin text Qui cognoscit, quae deo digna sunt, ille sapiens. ### English translation (Claude) He who knows what is worthy of God is wise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 250 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-250). ## Sentences of Sextus 251 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-251 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The teaching by which you can advance in the love of God, seek that above all, and as a necessity. ### Latin text Doctrinam, ex qua proficere potes in amore dei, illam specialiter et necessario expete. ### English translation (Claude) The teaching by which you can advance in the love of God, seek that above all, and as a necessity. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 251 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-251). ## Sentences of Sextus 252 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-252 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man is sparing, so as not to lose time. ### Latin text Sapiens uir parcit ne perdat tempus. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man is sparing, so as not to lose time. ### Scripture references - Eph 5:16: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 252 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-252). ## Sentences of Sextus 253 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-253 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Have confidence with modesty. ### Latin text Fiduciam cum verecundia habeto. ### English translation (Claude) Have confidence with modesty. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 253 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-253). ## Sentences of Sextus 254 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-254 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: … your children living wickedly, more than dying. ### Latin text ixi ut te liberi male uiuentes magis quam morientes. ### English translation (Claude) … your children living wickedly, more than dying. ### Translation notes - The Latin is garbled in the OCR ("ixi ut te liberi male uiuentes magis quam morientes"); the sense seems to be that children who live wickedly should grieve one more than children who die. Uncertain. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 254 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-254). ## Sentences of Sextus 255 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-255 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To live is not in our power, but to live rightly is in our power. ### Latin text Uiuere quidem non. est in nobis, recte autem uiuere in nobis est. ### English translation (Claude) To live is not in our power, but to live rightly is in our power. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 255 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-255). ## Sentences of Sextus 256 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-256 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Unfaithful children are not children. ### Latin text Filii infideles nee filii. ### English translation (Claude) Unfaithful children are not children. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 256 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-256). ## Sentences of Sextus 257 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-257 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful man does not take ungratefully the rejection of … . ### Latin text Fidelis uir non ingrate fert abiectionem We rorum. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful man does not take ungratefully the rejection of … . ### Translation notes - One word is garbled in the OCR and marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 257 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-257). ## Sentences of Sextus 258 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-258 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not judge him to be a philosopher whom you do not trust about everything. ### Latin text Non iudices esse philosophum, eui non de omnibus eredis. ### English translation (Claude) Do not judge him to be a philosopher whom you do not trust about everything. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 258 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-258). ## Sentences of Sextus 259 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-259 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not accept accusations against a philosopher. ### Latin text Criminationes adversus philosophum noli recipere. ### English translation (Claude) Do not accept accusations against a philosopher. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 5:19: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 259 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-259). ## Sentences of Sextus 260 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-260 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Strive to do good to every man alike. ### Latin text Stude communiter omni homini bene facere. ### English translation (Claude) Strive to do good to every man alike. ### Scripture references - Gal 6:10: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 260 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-260). ## Sentences of Sextus 261 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-261 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let it be abhorrent to you to punish anything, even justly. ### Latin text Exeerabile sit tibi etiam iuste aliquid punire. ### English translation (Claude) Let it be abhorrent to you to punish anything, even justly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 261 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-261). ## Sentences of Sextus 262 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-262 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you wish to live with gladness of soul, do not do many things; for in many actions you are harmed. ### Latin text Si uis eum laetitia animi uiuere, noli multa agere; in multis enim aetibus noceris. ### English translation (Claude) If you wish to live with gladness of soul, do not do many things; for in many actions you are harmed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 262 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-262). ## Sentences of Sextus 263 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-263 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not take up what you did not lay down, but let your own things suffice you. ### Latin text Quod non posuisti, non tollas, sed suffieiant tibi quae tua sunt. ### English translation (Claude) Do not take up what you did not lay down, but let your own things suffice you. ### Scripture references - Luke 19:21: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 263 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-263). ## Sentences of Sextus 264 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-264 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Leaving what you possess, follow the word of God; for you will be free from all things when you serve God. ### Latin text Derelinquens quae possides sequere uerbum dei; liber enim eris ab omnibus, eum deo servis. ### English translation (Claude) Leaving what you possess, follow the word of God; for you will be free from all things when you serve God. ### Scripture references - Matt 19:21: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 264 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-264). ## Sentences of Sextus 265 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-265 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Cease. ### Latin text Cessa. ### English translation (Claude) Cease. ### Translation notes - The maxim is a single word in the edition; its Greek original is fuller. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 265 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-265). ## Sentences of Sextus 266 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-266 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Share with every man. ### Latin text Omni homini inperti. ### English translation (Claude) Share with every man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 266 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-266). ## Sentences of Sextus 267 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-267 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To fast for the sake of refreshing a poor man is also good. ### Latin text Pro reficiendo paupere etiam ieiunare bonum est. ### English translation (Claude) To fast for the sake of refreshing a poor man is also good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 267 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-267). ## Sentences of Sextus 268 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-268 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let every drink be pleasant to you. ### Latin text Omne poculum suaue tibi sit. ### English translation (Claude) Let every drink be pleasant to you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 268 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-268). ## Sentences of Sextus 269 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-269 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Flee drunkenness as madness. ### Latin text Temulentiam quasi insaniam fuge. ### English translation (Claude) Flee drunkenness as madness. ### Scripture references - Eph 5:18: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 269 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-269). ## Sentences of Sextus 270 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-270 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man who is conquered by his belly is like a beast. ### Latin text Homo qui a uentre uincitur similis est beluae. ### English translation (Claude) A man who is conquered by his belly is like a beast. ### Scripture references - Phil 3:19: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 270 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-270). ## Sentences of Sextus 271 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-271 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing good arises from the flesh. ### Latin text Ex carne nil oritur bonum. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing good arises from the flesh. ### Scripture references - Rom 7:18: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 271 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-271). ## Sentences of Sextus 272 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-272 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The pleasures of the most shameful lust pass quickly, but the disgraces remain for ever. ### Latin text Turpissimae libidinis ea quidem, quae suauia sunt, eito transeunt, probra vero perpetua manent. ### English translation (Claude) The pleasures of the most shameful lust pass quickly, but the disgraces remain for ever. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 272 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-272). ## Sentences of Sextus 273 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-273 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Men are accustomed to cut off some of their members for the health of the rest; how much better to do it for … ### Latin text Solent homines abscidere aliqua membrorum suorum pro sanitate reliquorum; quanto id praestantius pro. ### English translation (Claude) Men are accustomed to cut off some of their members for the health of the rest; how much better to do it for … ### Scripture references - Matt 5:30: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - The sentence breaks off in the edition, marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 273 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-273). ## Sentences of Sextus 274 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-274 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider it a great punishment when you have obtained your desires; for the possession of what is desired never quiets desire. ### Latin text Grandem poenam putato cum desideriis optinueris, numquam enim compescit desiderium possessio desideratorum. ### English translation (Claude) Consider it a great punishment when you have obtained your desires; for the possession of what is desired never quiets desire. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 274 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-274). ## Sentences of Sextus 275 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-275 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An act in which freedom is taken away is not wise. ### Latin text Non est sapiens faetum, in quo libertas aufertur. ### English translation (Claude) An act in which freedom is taken away is not wise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 275 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-275). ## Sentences of Sextus 276 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-276 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Treat necessary desire as necessary. ### Latin text Libidinem necessariam tamquam necessariam duecito. ### English translation (Claude) Treat necessary desire as necessary. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 276 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-276). ## Sentences of Sextus 277 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-277 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: All men wish to have good things, but they obtain them who have given themselves over entirely to the word of God from within. ### Latin text Bona quidem habere omnes optant, optinent autem hi qui semetipsos exintro uerbo dei maneiparunt. ### English translation (Claude) All men wish to have good things, but they obtain them who have given themselves over entirely to the word of God from within. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 277 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-277). ## Sentences of Sextus 278 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-278 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be, as a philosopher, honourable and not a detractor. ### Latin text Philosophus et honestus esto et non obtreetator. ### English translation (Claude) Be, as a philosopher, honourable and not a detractor. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 278 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-278). ## Sentences of Sextus 279 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-279 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your criticism be rare and timely. ### Latin text Rara sit obtrectatio tua et opportuna. ### English translation (Claude) Let your criticism be rare and timely. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 279 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-279). ## Sentences of Sextus 280 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-280 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Excessive laughter is the sign of a careless soul; do not, then, allow yourself to break out further than a smile. ### Latin text Nimius risus indieium est animae neglegentis ; non ergo tibi ipsi indulgeas plus diffundi quam subridere. ### English translation (Claude) Excessive laughter is the sign of a careless soul; do not, then, allow yourself to break out further than a smile. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 280 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-280). ## Sentences of Sextus 281 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-281 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Use eagerness rather than slackness. ### Latin text Alaecritate magis utere, quam resolutione. ### English translation (Claude) Use eagerness rather than slackness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 281 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-281). ## Sentences of Sextus 282 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-282 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the life of the chaste be for you an example of honour. ### Latin text Castorum uita sit tibi ad honestatis exemplum. ### English translation (Claude) Let the life of the chaste be for you an example of honour. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 282 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-282). ## Sentences of Sextus 283 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-283 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is best not to sin; but for one who sins, it is better to acknowledge it than to be unaware of it. ### Latin text Optimum quidem est non peccare, peccantem vero agnoscere, quam ignorare melius est. ### English translation (Claude) It is best not to sin; but for one who sins, it is better to acknowledge it than to be unaware of it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 283 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-283). ## Sentences of Sextus 284 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-284 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A boaster is not a philosopher. ### Latin text Iactans non est philosophus. ### English translation (Claude) A boaster is not a philosopher. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 284 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-284). ## Sentences of Sextus 285 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-285 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Know that it is great wisdom by which you can bear the ignorance of the uneducated. ### Latin text Magnam seito esse sapientiam, per quam ferre potes ineruditorum inperitiam. ### English translation (Claude) Know that it is great wisdom by which you can bear the ignorance of the uneducated. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 285 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-285). ## Sentences of Sextus 286 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-286 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider it shameful to be praised by your own mouth. ### Latin text Turpe ducito proprio ore laudari. ### English translation (Claude) Consider it shameful to be praised by your own mouth. ### Scripture references - Prov 27:2: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 286 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-286). ## Sentences of Sextus 287 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-287 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The souls of the wise are insatiable in the love of God. ### Latin text Sapientum animae insatiabiles in amore dei. ### English translation (Claude) The souls of the wise are insatiable in the love of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 287 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-287). ## Sentences of Sextus 288 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-288 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Take your beginning from God in doing whatever you do. ### Latin text Exordium a deo sume in agendo, quae agis. ### English translation (Claude) Take your beginning from God in doing whatever you do. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 288 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-288). ## Sentences of Sextus 289 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-289 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Have God in your mind more often than you breathe. ### Latin text Ore prius deum habeto in mente quam respiras. ### English translation (Claude) Have God in your mind more often than you breathe. ### Scripture references - 1 Thess 5:17: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 289 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-289). ## Sentences of Sextus 290 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-290 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The things which you ought to learn and so do, do not try to do … . ### Latin text Ea, quae oportet-discere et ita facere, ne coneris faeere, de. ### English translation (Claude) The things which you ought to learn and so do, do not try to do … . ### Translation notes - The sentence breaks off in the edition ("de."), marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 290 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-290). ## Sentences of Sextus 291 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-291 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not love the flesh. ### Latin text Carnem noli amare. ### English translation (Claude) Do not love the flesh. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 291 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-291). ## Sentences of Sextus 292 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-292 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Love a good soul, next after God. ### Latin text Animam bonam dilige post deum. ### English translation (Claude) Love a good soul, next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 292 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-292). ## Sentences of Sextus 293 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-293 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It belongs to the wise man to bear the indignation of those of his household. ### Latin text Domestieorum indignationes ferre sapientis est. ### English translation (Claude) It belongs to the wise man to bear the indignation of those of his household. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 293 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-293). ## Sentences of Sextus 294 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-294 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The riches of the wise are self-control. ### Latin text Sapientium diuitiae continentia. ### English translation (Claude) The riches of the wise are self-control. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 294 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-294). ## Sentences of Sextus 295 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-295 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you have handed over something of your own to another and no longer have it yourself, do not judge it good. ### Latin text Si quid proprium ali tradideris, at ipse non habebis, non iudiees bonum. ### English translation (Claude) If you have handed over something of your own to another and no longer have it yourself, do not judge it good. ### Translation notes - The sense of the maxim is obscure in the Latin; translated literally. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 295 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-295). ## Sentences of Sextus 296 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-296 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing is good that cannot be common. ### Latin text Nihil bonum, quod non potest esse commune. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing is good that cannot be common. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 296 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-296). ## Sentences of Sextus 297 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-297 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not consider one sin lighter than another. ### Latin text Non dueas aliud alio peeeatum leuius. ### English translation (Claude) Do not consider one sin lighter than another. ### Scripture references - Jas 2:10: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 297 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-297). ## Sentences of Sextus 298 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-298 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As you wish to be praised in good actions, so in faults accept it patiently if you are blamed. ### Latin text Sicut in bonis aetibus laudari uis, ita in delictis patienter aecipe, si culperis. ### English translation (Claude) As you wish to be praised in good actions, so in faults accept it patiently if you are blamed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 298 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-298). ## Sentences of Sextus 299 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-299 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Those whose praises you despise, do not value their disparagement highly either. ### Latin text Quorum laudes contemnis, nec derogationes magni pendas. ### English translation (Claude) Those whose praises you despise, do not value their disparagement highly either. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 299 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-299). ## Sentences of Sextus 300 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-300 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To bury a treasure is inhumane, but to carry off a treasure found is not the part of a philosopher. ### Latin text Thesaurum defodere quidem inhumanum est, inuentum autem auferre non est philosophi. ### English translation (Claude) To bury a treasure is inhumane, but to carry off a treasure found is not the part of a philosopher. ### Scripture references - Matt 25:25: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 300 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-300). ## Sentences of Sextus 301 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-301 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you labour as much for the soul as you labour for the body, you will be wise. ### Latin text Quantum laboras pro eorpore, si tantum pro anima labores, sapiens eris. ### English translation (Claude) If you labour as much for the soul as you labour for the body, you will be wise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 301 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-301). ## Sentences of Sextus 302 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-302 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who does harm is not wise. ### Latin text Sapiens non est qui nocet. ### English translation (Claude) He who does harm is not wise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 302 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-302). ## Sentences of Sextus 303 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-303 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: In all that you do, call upon God as witness. ### Latin text Omnia. quae agis, deum inuoca testem. ### English translation (Claude) In all that you do, call upon God as witness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 303 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-303). ## Sentences of Sextus 304 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-304 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God confirms the good actions of men. ### Latin text Deus bonos aetus hominum confirmat. ### English translation (Claude) God confirms the good actions of men. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 304 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-304). ## Sentences of Sextus 305 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-305 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An evil demon is the guide of evil actions. ### Latin text Malorum aetuum malus daemon dux est. ### English translation (Claude) An evil demon is the guide of evil actions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 305 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-305). ## Sentences of Sextus 306 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-306 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The wise man cannot be compelled to do what he does not want, any more than God can. ### Latin text Non poterit sapiens eompelli facere quod non uult, sieut nee deus. ### English translation (Claude) The wise man cannot be compelled to do what he does not want, any more than God can. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 306 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-306). ## Sentences of Sextus 307 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-307 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man commends God to men. ### Latin text Sapiens uir deum hominibus commendat. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man commends God to men. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 307 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-307). ## Sentences of Sextus 308 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-308 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Among all his works God glories most over the wise man. ### Latin text Deus inter opera sua onmia plus super sapientem gloriatur. ### English translation (Claude) Among all his works God glories most over the wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 308 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-308). ## Sentences of Sextus 309 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-309 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing is so true after God as the wise man, after the truth. ### Latin text Nihil tale uerum post deum, sicut sapiens post uerum. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing is so true after God as the wise man, after the truth. ### Translation notes - The Latin is garbled in the OCR ("Nihil tale uerum post deum, sicut sapiens post uerum"); translated literally, sense uncertain. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 309 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-309). ## Sentences of Sextus 310 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-310 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man is a partaker of the kingdom of God. ### Latin text Particeps regni dei est uir sapiens. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man is a partaker of the kingdom of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 310 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-310). ## Sentences of Sextus 311 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-311 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever God possesses, the wise man possesses too. ### Latin text Quaeceunque deus possidet, haec et sapiens. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever God possesses, the wise man possesses too. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 3:21: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 311 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-311). ## Sentences of Sextus 312 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-312 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An evil man does not want there to be providence. ### Latin text Malus uir non uult esse prouidentiam. ### English translation (Claude) An evil man does not want there to be providence. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 312 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-312). ## Sentences of Sextus 313 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-313 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An evil soul flees from God. ### Latin text Anima mala deum fugit. ### English translation (Claude) An evil soul flees from God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 313 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-313). ## Sentences of Sextus 314 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-314 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Everything that is evil is hostile to God. ### Latin text Omne, quod malum est, deo inimicum est. ### English translation (Claude) Everything that is evil is hostile to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 314 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-314). ## Sentences of Sextus 315 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-315 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider that which is wise in you to be the man. ### Latin text Quod sapit in te, hoe dueito esse hominem. ### English translation (Claude) Consider that which is wise in you to be the man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 315 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-315). ## Sentences of Sextus 316 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-316 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Where that which is wise in you is, there also is your good. ### Latin text Ubi est quod sapit in te, ibi est et bonum tuum. ### English translation (Claude) Where that which is wise in you is, there also is your good. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:21: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 316 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-316). ## Sentences of Sextus 317 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-317 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not seek the good in the flesh. ### Latin text Bonum in carne non quaeras. ### English translation (Claude) Do not seek the good in the flesh. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 317 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-317). ## Sentences of Sextus 318 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-318 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What does not harm the soul does not harm the man either. ### Latin text Quod animae non. nocet, nec homini. ### English translation (Claude) What does not harm the soul does not harm the man either. ### Scripture references - Matt 10:28: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 318 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-318). ## Sentences of Sextus 319 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-319 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour a philosopher as a minister of God, next after God. ### Latin text Philosophum hominem tamquam dei ministrum honora post deum. ### English translation (Claude) Honour a philosopher as a minister of God, next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 319 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-319). ## Sentences of Sextus 320 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-320 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To bear the tabernacle of the body with difficulty is proud; but to be able to lay it down in peace when one must is blessed. ### Latin text Tabernaeulum eorporis grauiter quidem ferre superbum est, deponere autem posse eum oportuerit in pace beatum est. ### English translation (Claude) To bear the tabernacle of the body with difficulty is proud; but to be able to lay it down in peace when one must is blessed. ### Scripture references - 2 Cor 5:1: echo, medium confidence - 2 Pet 1:14: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 320 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-320). ## Sentences of Sextus 321 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-321 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not yourself become the cause of your death; but if someone wants to strip you of the body, do not be indignant. ### Latin text Mortis quidem ipse tibi eausa non fias; si quis autem te exuere uult eorpore, ne indigneris. ### English translation (Claude) Do not yourself become the cause of your death; but if someone wants to strip you of the body, do not be indignant. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 321 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-321). ## Sentences of Sextus 322 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-322 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If someone unjustly drives a wise man out of the body, in his wickedness he does him a kindness, for he is released as from bonds. ### Latin text Sapientem de corpore iniuste si quis extrudat, in iniquitate sua beneficium ei praestat, absoluitur enim tanquam de uineulis. ### English translation (Claude) If someone unjustly drives a wise man out of the body, in his wickedness he does him a kindness, for he is released as from bonds. ### Scripture references - Phil 1:23: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 322 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-322). ## Sentences of Sextus 323 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-323 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Fear of death saddens a man because of the ignorance of the soul. ### Latin text Hominem metus mortis contristat pro inperitia animae. ### English translation (Claude) Fear of death saddens a man because of the ignorance of the soul. ### Scripture references - Heb 2:15: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 323 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-323). ## Sentences of Sextus 324 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-324 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It would have been best for the iron by which men are killed not to have been made; but, since it has been made, let it be as not made with you. ### Latin text Ferrum, quo homines interimuntur, optimum quidem fuerat non fieri, faetum tamen apud te non sit factum. ### English translation (Claude) It would have been best for the iron by which men are killed not to have been made; but, since it has been made, let it be as not made with you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 324 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-324). ## Sentences of Sextus 325 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-325 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: No pretence will remain hidden for long, and above all in faith. ### Latin text Nulla simulatio multo tempore latebit et maxime in fide. ### English translation (Claude) No pretence will remain hidden for long, and above all in faith. ### Scripture references - Luke 12:2: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 325 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-325). ## Sentences of Sextus 326 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-326 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As your character is, so let your life be; for religious character makes a blessed life. ### Latin text Prout sunt mores tui, talis sit et uita tua; mores enim religiosi faeiunt uitam beatam. ### English translation (Claude) As your character is, so let your life be; for religious character makes a blessed life. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 326 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-326). ## Sentences of Sextus 327 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-327 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who devises evils against another, anticipating … ### Latin text Qui eogitat aduersum alium mala, praeueniens. ### English translation (Claude) He who devises evils against another, anticipating … ### Translation notes - The sentence breaks off in the edition, marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 327 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-327). ## Sentences of Sextus 328 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-328 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let not an ungrateful man hinder you from doing good. ### Latin text Non te inpediat a bene faeiendo homo ingratus. ### English translation (Claude) Let not an ungrateful man hinder you from doing good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 328 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-328). ## Sentences of Sextus 329 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-329 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Count nothing that is asked for worth more than the one who receives it. ### Latin text Nihil eorum quod petitur maioris pretii dignum dueas pro eo, qui accipit. ### English translation (Claude) Count nothing that is asked for worth more than the one who receives it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 329 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-329). ## Sentences of Sextus 330 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-330 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He uses his means best who gives gladly to the needy. ### Latin text Optime utitur facultatibus is, qui indigentibus libenter tribuit. ### English translation (Claude) He uses his means best who gives gladly to the needy. ### Scripture references - 2 Cor 9:7: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 330 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-330). ## Sentences of Sextus 331 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-331 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Persuade a brother who wants to depart from the faith not to do it; and if he is incurable, guard yourself the more. ### Latin text Fratrem uolentem a fide discedere persuade, ne faeiat, et si insanabilis est, magis conserua. ### English translation (Claude) Persuade a brother who wants to depart from the faith not to do it; and if he is incurable, guard yourself the more. ### Scripture references - Jas 5:19: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - "Guard yourself the more" renders magis conserua by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 331 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-331). ## Sentences of Sextus 332 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-332 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Try to surpass all men in faith. ### Latin text In fide omnes homines conare uincere. ### English translation (Claude) Try to surpass all men in faith. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 332 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-332). ## Sentences of Sextus 333 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-333 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will not have understanding until you understand that you do not have it. ### Latin text Intelleetum non prius habebis, quam intellexeris te non habere. ### English translation (Claude) You will not have understanding until you understand that you do not have it. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 8:2: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 333 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-333). ## Sentences of Sextus 334 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-334 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Strive to keep to sufficiency. ### Latin text Suffieientiam seruare stude. ### English translation (Claude) Strive to keep to sufficiency. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 6:6: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 334 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-334). ## Sentences of Sextus 335 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-335 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The members of the body are a burden to those who do not use them. ### Latin text Membra corporis sareina sunt his, qui eis non utuntur. ### English translation (Claude) The members of the body are a burden to those who do not use them. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 335 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-335). ## Sentences of Sextus 336 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-336 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to serve others than to be served by others. ### Latin text Ministrare aliis melius est, quam ministrari ab aliis. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to serve others than to be served by others. ### Scripture references - Mark 10:45: echo, low confidence - Acts 20:35: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 336 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-336). ## Sentences of Sextus 337 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-337 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let him whom God does not send out of the body not take it hard. ### Latin text Quem deus non emittit ex corpore, non grauiter ferat. ### English translation (Claude) Let him whom God does not send out of the body not take it hard. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 337 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-337). ## Sentences of Sextus 338 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-338 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Flee not only from holding, but even from hearing, an opinion that forbids mercy. ### Latin text Sententiam, quae misericordiam uetat, non solum tenere, sed audire refugite. ### English translation (Claude) Flee not only from holding, but even from hearing, an opinion that forbids mercy. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 338 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-338). ## Sentences of Sextus 339 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-339 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who gives something and reckons it up has given an insult rather than a kindness. ### Latin text Qui dat aliquid et inputat, contumeliam magis quam beneficium dedit. ### English translation (Claude) He who gives something and reckons it up has given an insult rather than a kindness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 339 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-339). ## Sentences of Sextus 340 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-340 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who protects orphans will be the father of many children according to God. ### Latin text Qui tuetur pupillos, erit multorum filiorum secundum deum pater. ### English translation (Claude) He who protects orphans will be the father of many children according to God. ### Scripture references - Jas 1:27: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 340 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-340). ## Sentences of Sextus 341 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-341 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever you do for the sake of glory, that will be the reward of your deed. ### Latin text Quicquid egeris causa gloriae, haee erit mereces - faeti tui. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever you do for the sake of glory, that will be the reward of your deed. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:2: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 341 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-341). ## Sentences of Sextus 342 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-342 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you give anything in such a way that it becomes known to men, you have given it not to a man but to your own desire. ### Latin text Si quid dederis ita ut hominibus innotescat, non homini, sed propriae libidini praestitisti. ### English translation (Claude) If you give anything in such a way that it becomes known to men, you have given it not to a man but to your own desire. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:3: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 342 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-342). ## Sentences of Sextus 343 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-343 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not provoke the anger of the multitude against you. ### Latin text lraeundiam multitudinis ne prouoces in te. ### English translation (Claude) Do not provoke the anger of the multitude against you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 343 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-343). ## Sentences of Sextus 344 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-344 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Learn what ought to be done, so that you may become blessed. ### Latin text Disce, quod oportet fieri, ut beatus fias. ### English translation (Claude) Learn what ought to be done, so that you may become blessed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 344 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-344). ## Sentences of Sextus 345 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-345 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to die of hunger than to stain the soul through lack of self-control in the belly. ### Latin text Melius est fame mori, quam per incontinentiam uentris animam maeulare. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to die of hunger than to stain the soul through lack of self-control in the belly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 345 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-345). ## Sentences of Sextus 346 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-346 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider your body to be the garment of the soul; keep it, therefore, clean. ### Latin text Uestimentum putato esse animae corpus tuum, mundum igitur id serua. ### English translation (Claude) Consider your body to be the garment of the soul; keep it, therefore, clean. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 346 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-346). ## Sentences of Sextus 347 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-347 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: According to the pursuits the soul followed while dwelling in the body, such witnesses will it have at the judgment. ### Latin text Qualia gesserit studia anima corpus inhabitans, tales habebit testes in iudicio. ### English translation (Claude) According to the pursuits the soul followed while dwelling in the body, such witnesses will it have at the judgment. ### Scripture references - 2 Cor 5:10: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 347 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-347). ## Sentences of Sextus 348 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-348 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Unclean demons claim an unclean soul for themselves. ### Latin text Inmundam animam inmundi daemones sibi uindicant. ### English translation (Claude) Unclean demons claim an unclean soul for themselves. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 348 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-348). ## Sentences of Sextus 349 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-349 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Evil demons do not hinder a faithful and good soul on the way of God. ### Latin text Fidelem animam et bonam in uia dei mali daemones non inpediunt. ### English translation (Claude) Evil demons do not hinder a faithful and good soul on the way of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 349 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-349). ## Sentences of Sextus 350 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-350 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not entrust a word about God to every man. ### Latin text Uerbum de deo non omni homini committas. ### English translation (Claude) Do not entrust a word about God to every man. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:6: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 350 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-350). ## Sentences of Sextus 351 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-351 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not safe for men corrupted by the boasting of vainglory to hear about God. ### Latin text Non est tutum audire de deo homines uanae gloriae iactantia corruptos. ### English translation (Claude) It is not safe for men corrupted by the boasting of vainglory to hear about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 351 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-351). ## Sentences of Sextus 352 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-352 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To speak about God, even things that are true, is a danger, and not a small one. ### Latin text De deo etiam quae uera sunt dicere periculum est et non paruum. ### English translation (Claude) To speak about God, even things that are true, is a danger, and not a small one. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 352 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-352). ## Sentences of Sextus 353 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-353 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Say nothing about God that you have not learned from God. ### Latin text De deo nihil dicas, quod non didieeris a deo. ### English translation (Claude) Say nothing about God that you have not learned from God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 353 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-353). ## Sentences of Sextus 354 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-354 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To one who does not believe that God exists, say nothing about God. ### Latin text Ei, qui non credit esse deum, de deo nihil loquaris. ### English translation (Claude) To one who does not believe that God exists, say nothing about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 354 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-354). ## Sentences of Sextus 355 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-355 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour a true word as God. ### Latin text Uerbum uerum ut deum honora. ### English translation (Claude) Honour a true word as God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 355 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-355). ## Sentences of Sextus 356 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-356 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you are not free from shameful deeds, do not discuss God. ### Latin text Si inmunis non es a flagitiosis operibus, de deo nihil diseeptes. ### English translation (Claude) If you are not free from shameful deeds, do not discuss God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 356 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-356). ## Sentences of Sextus 357 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-357 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A true word about God is a word of God. ### Latin text Sermo uerus de deo sermo dei est. ### English translation (Claude) A true word about God is a word of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 357 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-357). ## Sentences of Sextus 358 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-358 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you know that those who hear you accept from you that you love God, then speak to them about God. ### Latin text Si seis, quia aeceptum habent de te quod diliras deum hi qui te audiunt, tune eis loquere de deo. ### English translation (Claude) If you know that those who hear you accept from you that you love God, then speak to them about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 358 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-358). ## Sentences of Sextus 359 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-359 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let works of the love of God go before you, and then speak about God. ### Latin text Opera earitatis dei praecedant abs te et tune sermonem facito de deo. ### English translation (Claude) Let works of the love of God go before you, and then speak about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 359 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-359). ## Sentences of Sextus 360 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-360 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not dare to speak about God before a crowd. ### Latin text In multitudine dieere de deo non audeas. ### English translation (Claude) Do not dare to speak about God before a crowd. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 360 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-360). ## Sentences of Sextus 361 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-361 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Utter a word about God more sparingly than about the soul. ### Latin text Uerbum de deo parcius proferto magis quam de anima. ### English translation (Claude) Utter a word about God more sparingly than about the soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 361 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-361). ## Sentences of Sextus 362 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-362 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to lose your soul than to utter an idle word about God. ### Latin text Melius est animam perdere, quam uerbum uanum de deo proferre. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to lose your soul than to utter an idle word about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 362 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-362). ## Sentences of Sextus 363 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-363 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A lion and a tyrant alike have power over the body of a man who loves God. ### Latin text Uiri amantis deum corporis potestatem habet leo et tyrannus similiter. ### English translation (Claude) A lion and a tyrant alike have power over the body of a man who loves God. ### Scripture references - Matt 10:28: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 363 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-363). ## Sentences of Sextus 364 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-364 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When a tyrant threatens you, then above all remember whose you are. ### Latin text Cum tibi minatur tyrannus, cuius sis tune maxime memor esto. ### English translation (Claude) When a tyrant threatens you, then above all remember whose you are. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 364 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-364). ## Sentences of Sextus 365 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-365 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who speaks a word about God to those to whom it is not permitted is to be considered a betrayer of God. ### Latin text Uerbum de deo qui loquitur his, quibus non licet, proditor dei putandus est. ### English translation (Claude) He who speaks a word about God to those to whom it is not permitted is to be considered a betrayer of God. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:6: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 365 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-365). ## Sentences of Sextus 366 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-366 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to keep silent a word about God than to utter it rashly. ### Latin text Uerbum de deo reticere praestat magis quam temere proferre. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to keep silent a word about God than to utter it rashly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 366 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-366). ## Sentences of Sextus 367 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-367 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who says about God things that are not so speaks falsehood against God. ### Latin text Qui dieit de deo ea, quae non sunt, contra deum falsum loquitur. ### English translation (Claude) He who says about God things that are not so speaks falsehood against God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 367 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-367). ## Sentences of Sextus 368 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-368 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man who has nothing to say about God is truly forsaken by God. ### Latin text Homo, qui nihil habet quod dicat de deo, uere desertus est a deo. ### English translation (Claude) A man who has nothing to say about God is truly forsaken by God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 368 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-368). ## Sentences of Sextus 369 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-369 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who does not worship God has not known God. ### Latin text Deum non cognouit qui non colit. ### English translation (Claude) He who does not worship God has not known God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 369 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-369). ## Sentences of Sextus 370 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-370 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not true that one who harms a man worships God. ### Latin text Non est uerum, quod deum colat, qui hominem laedit. ### English translation (Claude) It is not true that one who harms a man worships God. ### Scripture references - 1 John 4:20: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 370 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-370). ## Sentences of Sextus 371 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-371 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The foundation and beginning of the worship of God is to love. ### Latin text Fundamentum et initium est cultus dei, amare. ### English translation (Claude) The foundation and beginning of the worship of God is to love. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 371 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-371). ## Sentences of Sextus 372 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-372 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who cares for men and prays to God for them is truly to be considered to be from God. ### Latin text Qui hominum euram gerit et orat deum pro eis, iste uere a deo esse putandus est. ### English translation (Claude) He who cares for men and prays to God for them is truly to be considered to be from God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 372 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-372). ## Sentences of Sextus 373 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-373 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is proper to God to save those whom he judges worthy. ### Latin text Dei proprium est saluare quos dignos iudieat. ### English translation (Claude) It is proper to God to save those whom he judges worthy. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 373 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-373). ## Sentences of Sextus 374 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-374 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is the part of a worshipper of God to pray to God for the salvation of men. ### Latin text Cultoris autem dei est orare deum pro salute . hominum. ### English translation (Claude) It is the part of a worshipper of God to pray to God for the salvation of men. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 2:1: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 374 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-374). ## Sentences of Sextus 375 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-375 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When what you asked of God has been granted to you as you prayed, then understand that power has been granted you by God. ### Latin text Cum oranti tibi praestitum fuerit, quod poposeisti a deo, tune tibi potestatem permissam a deo intellege. ### English translation (Claude) When what you asked of God has been granted to you as you prayed, then understand that power has been granted you by God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 375 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-375). ## Sentences of Sextus 376 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-376 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man worthy of God is a god among men. ### Latin text Dignus deo homo deus est in hominibus. ### English translation (Claude) A man worthy of God is a god among men. ### Translation notes - Translated as written; the maxim speaks of the godlike man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 376 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-376). ## Sentences of Sextus 377 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-377 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to have nothing than, having much, to share with no one. ### Latin text Melius est non habere, quam multa habentem nemini inpertiri. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to have nothing than, having much, to share with no one. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 377 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-377). ## Sentences of Sextus 378 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-378 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you do not give to the needy when you can, you do not receive from God when you ask. ### Latin text Si non das egentibus eum possis, non aceipis a deo eum poposceris. ### English translation (Claude) If you do not give to the needy when you can, you do not receive from God when you ask. ### Scripture references - Prov 21:13: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 378 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-378). ## Sentences of Sextus 379 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-379 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who gives food to the needy from the heart gives little indeed, but a great reward of good will shall be his. ### Latin text Qui ex animo dat cibum indigenti, parum quidem est quod dat, sed magna fiet ei bonae uoluntatis retributio. ### English translation (Claude) He who gives food to the needy from the heart gives little indeed, but a great reward of good will shall be his. ### Scripture references - Mark 12:43: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 379 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-379). ## Sentences of Sextus 380 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-380 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who thinks that God exists and that nothing is cared for by him differs in nothing from one who does not believe that God exists. ### Latin text Deum qui putat esse et nihil ab eo curari, nihil differt ab eo, qui non crediderit esse deum. ### English translation (Claude) He who thinks that God exists and that nothing is cared for by him differs in nothing from one who does not believe that God exists. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 380 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-380). ## Sentences of Sextus 381 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-381 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He honours God best who makes his mind, as far as possible, like God. ### Latin text Optime honorat deum ille qui mentem suam, in quantum fieri potest, similem facit deo. ### English translation (Claude) He honours God best who makes his mind, as far as possible, like God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 381 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-381). ## Sentences of Sextus 382 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-382 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God indeed needs nothing, but he rejoices over those who give to the needy. ### Latin text Deus quidem nequaquam indiget, laetatur autem super hos, qui indigentibus tribuunt. ### English translation (Claude) God indeed needs nothing, but he rejoices over those who give to the needy. ### Scripture references - 2 Cor 9:7: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 382 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-382). ## Sentences of Sextus 383 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-383 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the words of the faithful be few, but their works many. ### Latin text Fidelium pauca sint uerba, opera autem multa. ### English translation (Claude) Let the words of the faithful be few, but their works many. ### Scripture references - Jas 1:22: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 383 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-383). ## Sentences of Sextus 384 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-384 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful man who gladly lets himself be taught becomes a worker of the truth. ### Latin text Fidelis, qui libenter habet doceri, operarius efficitur veritatis. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful man who gladly lets himself be taught becomes a worker of the truth. ### Scripture references - 3 John 1:8: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 384 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-384). ## Sentences of Sextus 385 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-385 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Prepare and fit yourself for tribulations, and you will be glad. ### Latin text Praepara et apta te ad tribulationes et laetus eris. ### English translation (Claude) Prepare and fit yourself for tribulations, and you will be glad. ### Scripture references - Jas 1:2: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 385 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-385). ## Sentences of Sextus 386 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-386 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Harming no one, you will fear no one. ### Latin text Neminem laedens nullum timebis. ### English translation (Claude) Harming no one, you will fear no one. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 386 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-386). ## Sentences of Sextus 387 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-387 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A tyrant will not take away blessedness. ### Latin text Tyrannus beatitudinem non auferet. ### English translation (Claude) A tyrant will not take away blessedness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 387 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-387). ## Sentences of Sextus 388 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-388 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What must be done, do willingly. ### Latin text Quod fieri necesse est, uoluntarie facito. ### English translation (Claude) What must be done, do willingly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 388 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-388). ## Sentences of Sextus 389 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-389 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What ought not to be done, do in no way. ### Latin text Quod non oportet fieri, nullo modo facias. ### English translation (Claude) What ought not to be done, do in no way. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 389 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-389). ## Sentences of Sextus 390 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-390 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Refer every cause rather to God. ### Latin text Omnem magis causam refer ad deum. ### English translation (Claude) Refer every cause rather to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 390 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-390). ## Sentences of Sextus 391 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-391 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: No one is wise who looks down at the earth and at tables. ### Latin text Nemo sapiens uir est, qui deorsum respicit in terram et mensas. ### English translation (Claude) No one is wise who looks down at the earth and at tables. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 391 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-391). ## Sentences of Sextus 392 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-392 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the philosopher's freedom be not in name but in the soul. ### Latin text Philosophi libertas non sit in nomine, sed in anima. ### English translation (Claude) Let the philosopher's freedom be not in name but in the soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 392 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-392). ## Sentences of Sextus 393 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-393 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To lie in life is to deceive and to be deceived. ### Latin text Mentiri in uita deeipere est et decipi. ### English translation (Claude) To lie in life is to deceive and to be deceived. ### Scripture references - 2 Tim 3:13: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 393 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-393). ## Sentences of Sextus 394 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-394 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Recognize what God is, and what it is in you that recognizes God. ### Latin text Quid sit deus agnosce et quid in te quod agnoseit deum. ### English translation (Claude) Recognize what God is, and what it is in you that recognizes God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 394 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-394). ## Sentences of Sextus 395 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-395 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A good man is a good work of God. ### Latin text Dei opus bonum homo bonus. ### English translation (Claude) A good man is a good work of God. ### Scripture references - Eph 2:10: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 395 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-395). ## Sentences of Sextus 396 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-396 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: They are without God through whom the word of God is cursed. ### Latin text Sine deo sunt hi, pro quibus uerbum dei maledicitur. ### English translation (Claude) They are without God through whom the word of God is cursed. ### Scripture references - Rom 2:24: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 396 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-396). ## Sentences of Sextus 397 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-397 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Death does not destroy the soul, but an evil life does. ### Latin text Animam mors non perdit, sed mala uita. ### English translation (Claude) Death does not destroy the soul, but an evil life does. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 397 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-397). ## Sentences of Sextus 398 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-398 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you know by whom you were made, you know yourself too. ### Latin text Si scis, a quo faetus es, et temetipsum agnoscis. ### English translation (Claude) If you know by whom you were made, you know yourself too. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 398 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-398). ## Sentences of Sextus 399 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-399 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To live according to God is nothing other than to act chastely, well, and justly. ### Latin text Non est seeundum deum uiuere nisi pudice et bene et iuste quis agat. ### English translation (Claude) To live according to God is nothing other than to act chastely, well, and justly. ### Scripture references - Titus 2:12: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 399 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-399). ## Sentences of Sextus 400 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-400 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The life of unfaithful men is a disgrace. ### Latin text Hominum infidelium uita obprobrium est. ### English translation (Claude) The life of unfaithful men is a disgrace. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 400 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-400). ## Sentences of Sextus 401 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-401 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let it not escape you, and do not entrust the words of God to an evil disposition. ### Latin text Ne te praetereat et malo ingenio uerba dei eommittas. ### English translation (Claude) Let it not escape you, and do not entrust the words of God to an evil disposition. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:6: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 401 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-401). ## Sentences of Sextus 402 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-402 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Faith lifts the soul from the earth to God. ### Latin text Animam de terra fides eleuat ad:deum. ### English translation (Claude) Faith lifts the soul from the earth to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 402 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-402). ## Sentences of Sextus 403 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-403 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will not find the greatness of the wise man's soul, just as you will not find that of God. ### Latin text Animae sapientis magnitudinem mon reperies, sieut nee dei quidem. ### English translation (Claude) You will not find the greatness of the wise man's soul, just as you will not find that of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 403 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-403). ## Sentences of Sextus 404 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-404 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever the world gives, no one holds firmly. ### Latin text Quaeeunque dat mundus, nemo firmiter tenet. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever the world gives, no one holds firmly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 404 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-404). ## Sentences of Sextus 405 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-405 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever God gives, no one can take away. ### Latin text Quaeeunque dat deus, nullus auferre potest. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever God gives, no one can take away. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 405 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-405). ## Sentences of Sextus 406 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-406 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Divine wisdom is knowledge. ### Latin text Diuina sapientia est scientia. ### English translation (Claude) Divine wisdom is knowledge. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 406 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-406). ## Sentences of Sextus 407 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-407 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not dare to speak to an unclean soul of the experience of God. ### Latin text Inmundae animae ne audeas loqui experimentum de deo. ### English translation (Claude) Do not dare to speak to an unclean soul of the experience of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 407 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-407). ## Sentences of Sextus 408 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-408 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Test a man first in his works, and so in his words. ### Latin text Uiri periculum in operibus primo et sic in uerbis faeito,. ### English translation (Claude) Test a man first in his works, and so in his words. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 408 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-408). ## Sentences of Sextus 409 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-409 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not entrust your affairs to everyone. ### Latin text Res tuas non omnibus committas. ### English translation (Claude) Do not entrust your affairs to everyone. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 409 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-409). ## Sentences of Sextus 410 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-410 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To hold opinions about God is easy for everyone, but to speak the truth about God is to be permitted to the righteous man alone. ### Latin text Opinari quidem de deo faeile ab omnibus est, dicere autem ueritatem de deo soli iusto permittendum est. ### English translation (Claude) To hold opinions about God is easy for everyone, but to speak the truth about God is to be permitted to the righteous man alone. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 410 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-410). ## Sentences of Sextus 411 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-411 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let not your soul torment your body, nor the lust of the body torment your soul. ### Latin text Non erueiet anima tua corpus tuum neque animam tuam eruciet libido corporis. ### English translation (Claude) Let not your soul torment your body, nor the lust of the body torment your soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 411 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-411). ## Sentences of Sextus 412 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-412 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Accustom yourself to give the body what is its own chastely, and the soul what is its own piously. ### Latin text Insuesee te ipsum corpori quidem praebere, quae sua sunt, caste, e; animae, quae sua sunf, pie. ### English translation (Claude) Accustom yourself to give the body what is its own chastely, and the soul what is its own piously. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 412 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-412). ## Sentences of Sextus 413 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-413 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Feed your soul with the word of God, but your body with simple foods. ### Latin text Pasee animam tuam uerbo dei, corpus uero simplicibus cibis. ### English translation (Claude) Feed your soul with the word of God, but your body with simple foods. ### Scripture references - Matt 4:4: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 413 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-413). ## Sentences of Sextus 414 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-414 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Accustom your soul to rejoice in those things in which it rightly rejoices. ### Latin text In illis insuesce gaudere animam tuam, in quibus recte gaudet. ### English translation (Claude) Accustom your soul to rejoice in those things in which it rightly rejoices. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 414 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-414). ## Sentences of Sextus 415 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-415 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A soul that is greedy in worthless things is unworthy before God. ### Latin text Anima quae in rebus nullis gola indigna est apud deum. ### English translation (Claude) A soul that is greedy in worthless things is unworthy before God. ### Translation notes - The Latin is garbled in the OCR ("in rebus nullis gola"); read as gula ("greed"), translated by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 415 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-415). ## Sentences of Sextus 416 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-416 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul of the wise man is fitted to God by God. ### Latin text Sapientis anima deo aptatur a deo. ### English translation (Claude) The soul of the wise man is fitted to God by God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 416 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-416). ## Sentences of Sextus 417 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-417 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul of the wise man always looks upon God. ### Latin text Sapientis anima semper intuetur deum. ### English translation (Claude) The soul of the wise man always looks upon God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 417 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-417). ## Sentences of Sextus 418 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-418 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul of the wise man is always with God. ### Latin text Sapientis anima semper est cum deo. ### English translation (Claude) The soul of the wise man is always with God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 418 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-418). ## Sentences of Sextus 419 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-419 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The heart of one who loves God is established in the hand of God. ### Latin text Cor diligentis deum in manu dei stabilitum est. ### English translation (Claude) The heart of one who loves God is established in the hand of God. ### Scripture references - Prov 21:1: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 419 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-419). ## Sentences of Sextus 420 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-420 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul's ascent to God is through the word of God. ### Latin text Animae ascensus ad deum per uerbum dei est. ### English translation (Claude) The soul's ascent to God is through the word of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 420 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-420). ## Sentences of Sextus 421 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-421 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The wise man follows God, and God follows the soul of the wise man. ### Latin text Sapiens sequitur deum et deus animam sapientis. ### English translation (Claude) The wise man follows God, and God follows the soul of the wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 421 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-421). ## Sentences of Sextus 422 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-422 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A king rejoices over those he rules; so God too rejoices over the wise man. ### Latin text Gaudet rex super hos quos regit, gaudet ergo et deus super sapientem. ### English translation (Claude) A king rejoices over those he rules; so God too rejoices over the wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 422 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-422). ## Sentences of Sextus 423 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-423 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who rules is inseparable from those he rules; so too God is inseparable from the soul of the wise man, whom he protects and rules. ### Latin text Inseparabilis est ab his, quos regit, ille qui regit, ita ergo et deus ab anima sapientis, quem tuetur et regit. ### English translation (Claude) He who rules is inseparable from those he rules; so too God is inseparable from the soul of the wise man, whom he protects and rules. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 423 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-423). ## Sentences of Sextus 424 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-424 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The wise man is governed by God, and therefore he is blessed. ### Latin text Dispensatur a deo uir sapiens et idcirco beatus est. ### English translation (Claude) The wise man is governed by God, and therefore he is blessed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 424 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-424). ## Sentences of Sextus 425 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-425 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul of the wise man is tested by God through the body. ### Latin text Anima sapientis probatur a deo per corpus. ### English translation (Claude) The soul of the wise man is tested by God through the body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 425 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-425). ## Sentences of Sextus 426 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-426 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not the tongue of the wise man that is approved before God, but his mind. ### Latin text Non lingua sapientis probabilis est apud deum, sed mens. ### English translation (Claude) It is not the tongue of the wise man that is approved before God, but his mind. ### Scripture references - 1 Sam 16:7: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 426 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-426). ## Sentences of Sextus 427 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-427 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man honours God even when he is silent. ### Latin text Sapiens uir etiam cum taeet honorat deum. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man honours God even when he is silent. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 427 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-427). ## Sentences of Sextus 428 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-428 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who does not restrain his belly and what is below it is not faithful. ### Latin text Uentrem et ea, quae sub aluo sunt, qui non continet non est fidelis. ### English translation (Claude) He who does not restrain his belly and what is below it is not faithful. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 428 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-428). ## Sentences of Sextus 429 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-429 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An incontinent man defiles God. ### Latin text Homo incontinens polluit deum. ### English translation (Claude) An incontinent man defiles God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 429 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-429). ## Sentences of Sextus 430 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-430 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The knowledge of God makes a man use few words. ### Latin text Hominem scientia dei paucis uerbis uti facit. ### English translation (Claude) The knowledge of God makes a man use few words. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 430 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-430). ## Sentences of Sextus 431 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-431 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Ignorance of God makes one use many words about God. ### Latin text Multis uerbis uti de deo ignorantia dei facit. ### English translation (Claude) Ignorance of God makes one use many words about God. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:7: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 431 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-431). ## Sentences of Sextus 432 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-432 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man who knows God does not use much ambition. ### Latin text Homo qui deum scit non multa ambitione utitur. ### English translation (Claude) A man who knows God does not use much ambition. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 432 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-432). ## Sentences of Sextus 433 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-433 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: He who is chosen by God does all things according to God, but does not boast that he is chosen. ### Latin text Qui eleetus dei est, faeit quidem omnia secundum deum, esse autem se ipse non iactat electum. ### English translation (Claude) He who is chosen by God does all things according to God, but does not boast that he is chosen. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 433 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-433). ## Sentences of Sextus 434 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-434 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful man is always in fear until he goes to God. ### Latin text Fidelis homo semper in metu est, usquequo eat ad deum. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful man is always in fear until he goes to God. ### Scripture references - Phil 2:12: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 434 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-434). ## Sentences of Sextus 435 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-435 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man who is sated with food again and does not sleep at night does not escape sexual intercourse, and is not even worthy before God. ### Latin text Homo, qui seeundo satiatur cibo nee dormit noete, coneubitum non effugit, sed ne apud deum quidem dignus est. ### English translation (Claude) A man who is sated with food again and does not sleep at night does not escape sexual intercourse, and is not even worthy before God. ### Translation notes - The phrase "secundo satiatur cibo" is obscure; translated by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 435 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-435). ## Sentences of Sextus 436 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-436 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Fate does not make the wise man; for the grace of God is not subject to fate; otherwise God too … ### Latin text Sapientem fatum non facit; gratia enim dei fato non subiacet; alioquin et deus. ### English translation (Claude) Fate does not make the wise man; for the grace of God is not subject to fate; otherwise God too … ### Translation notes - The sentence breaks off in the edition, marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 436 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-436). ## Sentences of Sextus 437 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-437 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful man takes the lusts of the body hard. ### Latin text Grauiter aecipit libidines eorporis uir fidelis. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful man takes the lusts of the body hard. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 437 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-437). ## Sentences of Sextus 438 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-438 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful man is fed by self-control. ### Latin text Fidelis uir continentia paseitur. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful man is fed by self-control. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 438 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-438). ## Sentences of Sextus 439 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-439 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Recognize who are the sons of God among his creatures, and honour each one according to his merit, next after God. ### Latin text Agnosee, qui sunt filii dei in creaturis eius, et honora unumquemque pro merito post deum. ### English translation (Claude) Recognize who are the sons of God among his creatures, and honour each one according to his merit, next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 439 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-439). ## Sentences of Sextus 440 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-440 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Count nothing that is evil as belonging to God. ### Latin text Nihil proprium dei dueas quod malum est. ### English translation (Claude) Count nothing that is evil as belonging to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 440 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-440). ## Sentences of Sextus 441 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-441 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful soul, chaste and wise, is a prophet of the truth of God. ### Latin text Fidelis anima casta et sapiens propheta ueritatis dei est. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful soul, chaste and wise, is a prophet of the truth of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 441 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-441). ## Sentences of Sextus 442 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-442 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will not love God if you do not have in you something like God. ### Latin text Non amabis deum, si non habueris in te aliquid simile dei. ### English translation (Claude) You will not love God if you do not have in you something like God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 442 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-442). ## Sentences of Sextus 443 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-443 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider a friend to be like to like. ### Latin text Amicum deputa similem simili ### English translation (Claude) Consider a friend to be like to like. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 443 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-443). ## Sentences of Sextus 444 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-444 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As long as you do not love God, you will not go to God. ### Latin text Tantummodo non diligis deum, non ibis ad deum. ### English translation (Claude) As long as you do not love God, you will not go to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 444 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-444). ## Sentences of Sextus 445 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-445 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Accustom yourself always to look toward God. ### Latin text Consuesee te ipsum semper respicere ad deum. ### English translation (Claude) Accustom yourself always to look toward God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 445 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-445). ## Sentences of Sextus 446 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-446 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: By gazing on God you will see him. ### Latin text Intuendo deum uidebis eum. ### English translation (Claude) By gazing on God you will see him. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:8: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 446 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-446). ## Sentences of Sextus 447 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-447 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Seeing God, you will make your mind such as God is. ### Latin text Uidens deum facies mentem tuam talem, qualis est deus. ### English translation (Claude) Seeing God, you will make your mind such as God is. ### Scripture references - 1 John 3:2: echo, low confidence - 2 Cor 3:18: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 447 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-447). ## Sentences of Sextus 448 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-448 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Cultivate what is within you, and do not insult it through the lust of the body. ### Latin text Excole, quod intra te est, nee ei ex libidine corporis contumeliam facias. ### English translation (Claude) Cultivate what is within you, and do not insult it through the lust of the body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 448 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-448). ## Sentences of Sextus 449 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-449 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Keep your body undefiled, as if you had received it from God as a garment, just as you strive to keep the clothing of your body spotless. ### Latin text Ineontaminatum custodi corpus tuum, tanquam si indumentum id aeeeperis a deo, sieut et uestimentum corporis tui inmaeulatum seruare studes. ### English translation (Claude) Keep your body undefiled, as if you had received it from God as a garment, just as you strive to keep the clothing of your body spotless. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 449 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-449). ## Sentences of Sextus 450 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-450 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The mind of the wise man is a mirror of God. ### Latin text Sapientis mens speeulum est dei. ### English translation (Claude) The mind of the wise man is a mirror of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 450 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-450). ## Sentences of Sextus 451 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-451 - Source: Gildemeister 1873 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: But to a soul that is not pure dare to say nothing about … ### Latin text Non mundae autem animae nihil audeas dicere de. ### English translation (Claude) But to a soul that is not pure dare to say nothing about … ### Translation notes - The last maxim breaks off in the edition ("de"), marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 451 (Gildemeister 1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti/1/#p-451).