Jesus, accordingly, does not charge him with not having fulfilled all things out of the law, but loves him, and fondly welcomes his obedience in what he had learned; but says that he is not perfect as respects eternal life, inasmuch as he had not fulfilled what is perfect, and that he is a doer indeed of the law, but idle at the true life. Those things, indeed, are good. Who denies it? For "the commandment is holy," as far as a sort of training with fear and preparatory discipline goes, leading as it did to the culmination of legislation and to grace. But Christ is the fulfilment "of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth;" and not as a slave making slaves, but sons, and brethren, and fellow-heirs, who perform the Father's will.
Apocrypha · Chapter 9 of 42
Who is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved? 9
Patristic Treatise
Words in this chapter
What these words meant in the original — and where else they appear.
- GraceχάριςFavour given to someone who did nothing to earn it — and cannot pay it back.
- TsedaqahצְדָקָהRighteousness as right relationship — and, in later Judaism, as almsgiving.
- QadoshקָדוֹשׁHoly is what has been set apart for one use only — not what is morally better.
- EmetאֱמֶתTruth as solidity: what you can lean on without falling.
About Who is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.