Word And Deed

Ὅς δ' ἂν ποιήσῃ και διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν. Οἶμαι δὲ καὶ τὸ δίχηλον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τοῦτο σημαίνειν· τὸ διὰ λόγου καὶ πράχεως ὁδεύειν ἡμας· καὶ μήτε πράττειν ἀλόγως, μήτε λόγον ἔχειν πράξεως χωρίς· εἰ δέ τι ἐκ τῶν τοιούτων εἶναι βούλεται μεμονωμένον, πρᾶξις ἔστω λοιπὸν καὶ μὴ λόγος. Λόγος γὰρ ἀχαλίνωτος κατὰ κρημνῶν ὤθησε πολλάκις τοὺς κεκτημένους· πρᾶξις δὲ οὐδέποτε. Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας, Ἐξὴγησις Εἰς Τὸ Κατὰ Ματθαιον Εὐάγγελιον Source: Migne PG 72.376c

But he who performs the commandments and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 1 I think that the cloven hoof in the Law signifies this, 2 so that it is given to us to walk by word and deed, not acting without thought and not having thoughts without deeds, and if one of these only were allowed to us, let deeds remain and not thought. For unbridled thought often drives one into the vain things of one's imaginings, but the deed does not. Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary On The Gospel Of Saint Matthew, Fragment 1 Mt 5.19 2 Lev 11.3