Enemies And Salvation

Ἐὰν πέσῃ ὁ ἐχθρός σου μὴ ἐπιχαρῇς αὐτῷ ἐν δὲ τῷ ὑποσκελίσματι αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐπαίρου. Ἀποστρέφει μὲν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν θυμὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ πεσόντος, ἐλεήσας αὐτόν· ὀργίζεται δὲ τῷ ἐπαρθέντι ἐπὶ τῷ πτώματι τοῦ ἐχθροῦ αὐτοῦ· πᾶς γὰρ ὁ ἐπιχαίρων ἐπὶ ἀπολλυμένῃ ψυχῇ, ὅμοιός ἐστι τῷ διαβόλῳ τῷ μὴ θέλοντι πάντας ἀνθρώπους σωθῆναι καὶ εἰς ἐπιγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν· καὶ γὰρ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς Εὐαγγελίοις νενομοθέτηκεν εὔχεσθαι ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν, ἤγουν τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Ὠριγένης, Ἐκλογαὶ Εἰς Παροιμίας

If an enemy falls do not delight over him; in his collapse do not be elated. 1 God averts his anger from the soul of him who falls, being merciful to him, but He is angry with him who exalts over the fall of his enemy. For whoever delights in the death of a soul, he is like the devil who does not want all men to be saved and come to knowledge of truth. For the Lord in the Gospel commands that we pray for our enemies, that is, for men. 2 Origen, On Proverbs, Fragments 1 Prov 24.17 2 Mt 5.44