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13 Apr 2018

The Salvation of Everyone


Εἰ πάντες, ὡς λέγεις, σώζονται, πῶς πᾶσι γέγονα πάντα, ἵνα πάντως τινὰ σώσω; Πῶς δὲ παραζηλώσω μου τὴν σάρκα ὅπως σώσω τινὰς ἐξ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ πάντας;

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΞΑ', Ναυκρατιῳ
If everyone, as you say, is saved, how shall I become everything to everyone that I save some? 1 And how shall I encourage my flesh, that somehow I save some of them, not all? 2

St Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 261, To Naukratios


1 Cor 9.22
2 Rom 11.14

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