Letter 164

Nilus of AncyraSophronius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted

To the Same Man.

"Flesh and blood," he says, "shall not inherit the kingdom of God" [1 Corinthians 15:50] -- that is, those who are carnal in their manner of life shall be cast out of the kingdom. "But you," he says, "the faithful and the spiritual, are not in the flesh, but in the spirit" [cf. Romans 8:9].

AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.

Latin / Greek Original

« Σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα, φησίν, βασιλείαν Θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσι » τουτέστιν, οἱ σαρκικοὶ τὸν τρόπον ὑπάρχοντες ἔξω τῆς βασιλείας ῥιφθήσονται. « Ὑμεῖς δέ, φησίν, οἱ πιστοί, καὶ πνευματικοί, οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐν σαρκί, ἀλλ’ ἐν πνεύματι. »

Revision history

  1. 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import

    Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.

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