The Tree's Fruit

Ἐκ καρποῦ δικαιοσύνης φύεται δένδρον ζωῆς ἀφαιροῦνται δὲ ἄωροι ψυχαὶ παρανόμων Καρπὸς δικαιοσύνης καὶ δένδρον ζωῆς, ὁ Χριστός ἐστιν· ὁ μόνος ἀνθρωπίνως πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην πληρώσας· καὶ ὡς αὐτοζωὴ τοὺς τῆς γνώσεως καὶ ἀρετῆς καρποὺς ὡς δένδρον ἐβλάστητεν, ἐξ οὗ οἱ ἐσθίοντες ἀειζωῗαν λήψονατι, καὶ τοῦ παραδείσου τοῦ δένδρου τῆς ζωῆς ἀπολαύσονται, σὺν Ἀδαμ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς δικαίοις· αἱ δὲ τῶν παρανόμων ψυχαὶ ἀφαιροῦνται μὲν ἄωροι ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ, παρὰ τὸ παρορᾷν αὐτὸς ἐν τῇ φλογὶ τῆς βασάνου. Ἅγιος Ἱππόλυτος Ρώμης, Εἰς Τας Παροιμίας Source:  Migne PG 10 696d-697b

From the fruit of righteousness the tree of life grows; but the unripened souls of the unrighteous are borne away. 1 The fruit of righteousness and the tree of life is Christ. He alone as man fulfilled all righteousness. And with His own underived life He brought forth the fruits of knowledge and virtue like a tree, from which they who eat shall receive eternal life and shall enjoy the tree of life in paradise, with Adam and all the righteous. But the unripened souls of the unrighteous are borne off from the sight of God, by whom they are overlooked in the flame of torment.  Saint Hippolytus of Rome, Fragment On Proverbs 1 Prov 11.30