The Saving Of The Righteous

Eἰ ὁ μὲν δίκαιος μόλις σῴζεται ὁ ἀσεβὴς καὶ ἁμαρτωλὸς ποῦ φανεῖται Ἀσεβὴς τοίνυν, φησὶν, ὁ τὸν Θεὸν μισῶν· ἁμαρτωλὸς δὲ, ὁ περὶ τὰς πράξεις πονηρός· δίκαιον δὲ ἐνταῦθα τὸν πρακτικὸν μετὰ λόγου καὶ ἐπιστήμης λέγει· πολλὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἀκρίβεια. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Παροιμιας, Κεφ' Δ’ Source: Migne PG 39.1633d

If the righteous man can scarcely be saved, how does it appear for the godless man and the sinner? 1 The godless man he speaks of is he who scorns God, but the sinner is he who is wicked in his acts. And the righteous man here is the one whose conduct is in accordance with reason and knowledge, for the rigour of righteousness is great. Didymus the Blind, On Proverbs, Chapter 11 1 Prov 11.31 LXX, 1 Peter 4.18