Glory and Mercy

Ἐλεήμων ἀνὴρ μακροθυμεῖ τὸ δὲ καύχημα αὐτοῦ ἐπέρχεται παρανόμοις. Εἰ ὁ καυχώμενος ὀρθῶς, ἐν Κυρίῳ καυχᾶται, ὁ δὲ Κύριος ἡμῶν σοφία ἐστὶν, ὁ καυχώμενος ὀρθῶς, ἐν σοφίᾳ καυχᾶται· τὸ καύχημα τοίνυν τοῦ μακροθύμου καὶ ἐλεήμονος, ἐστὶν ἡ σοφία καὶ ἡ γνῶσις αὐτοῦ· ἐπέρχεται δὲ τοῖς παρανόμοις ἀπαλλάττων αὐτοὺς κακίας, νῦν μὲν ἐνδεχομένως, ἐν δὲ τῳ μέλλοντε αἰῶνι ἀναγκαίως. Ὠριγένης, Εκλογαι Εἰς Παροιμίας

The glory of the merciful and patient man is to pass over wrongs. 1 If a man would glory rightly let him glory in the Lord, 2 and our Lord is wisdom, so he who glories let him glory in wisdom; the glory then of the one patient and merciful is his wisdom and knowledge; and he overlooks faults to deliver from evil; now this is possible, and in the future age it is necessary. Origen, On Proverbs, Fragments 1 Prov 19.11 2 Jer 9.23, 1 Cor 1.31