Father Noel Alexandre's Literal Commentary on 1 Peter 1:3-9

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 Translated by Qwen. 1 Pet 1:3–4: The Blessing of Regeneration "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us unto a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you." We ought to give immortal thanks to God, to offer Him continually the sacrifice of praise, on account of His infinite goodness toward His elect. It belongs to the Eternal Father to choose the members of His Son, the adopted children who are co-heirs with the Only-Begotten. Let us seek no other reason for this election than mercy, whose greatness cannot be worthily expressed in human words. He who spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all. Us, unworthy sinners, His enemies, deserving of eternal punishments, He has regenerated through Baptism; and, the oldness which we had contracted from Adam in our first birth being abolished, He ...
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Father Jacobus Tirini's Commentary on Sirach 15:14-20

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Note: Scripture references such as 15a, or 15b-17a indicate parts of verses (15a = the first half of verse 15; 15b-17a = the second half of verse 15 through the first half of verse 17). Be aware tyeat the scripture links are to complete verses. This was translated using ChatGPT. 

Sirach 15:14 That is, every sin. God from the beginning established man, that is, He created and formed man. This I confess and it is true. But He did not create a sinner, nor a man infected with sins, but one free from all sin, adorned with grace and justice and with so many other gifts. Nor did He desire anything else than that he should remain perpetually in that happy state, both he himself and all his descendants. Nevertheless, He did not will to compel him to this, nor to force him violently, since by his nature he was free. Therefore He left him in the hand of his own counsel and permitted his free nature to act freely whatever it could and willed. This was only in order to show that He was his Lord, and at the same time to test the fidelity of His servant.

Sirach 15:15a. He added His commands and precepts, namely of the natural law and also certain precepts of positive law, for example, about not eating such a fruit, and the like. Moreover, He gave these precepts to man not uselessly or in vain, but for the greatest benefit and good of man himself, if he should will it.

Sirach 15:15b-17a. “If you will to keep my commandments,” which you can most easily do and by right ought to do, “and thus forever to keep faith,” that is, to render to me fidelity pleasing and acceptable, then in return the commandments themselves will preserve you in this happy state, not only you but also all your descendants. Understand this: if you will not keep them, you and your descendants will perish. Behold therefore, good and evil, life and death, are set before you.

Sirach 15:17b-20 cont. “What shall please him shall be given to him.” Could free will against the heretics be expressed more certainly or more clearly, or portrayed more vividly? But just as God did not compel, so neither did He command sin; nor did He will it or desire it, as is now sufficiently clear. Perhaps, however, someone might say that He gave permission to sin, and that this is sufficient so that we might in some part excuse ourselves. But on the contrary, God gave to no one “space,” that is, permission (as it is in the Greek), to sin. Rather, He added enormous threats and punishments for those who wish to sin, so that in this way He might more strongly deter all from sinning.

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