Letter 192
Nilus of Ancyra→Secundianus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Secundianus.
That even one who is unclean can be refashioned into a virgin's resolve, Paul shows when he writes to the Corinthians: "I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." [2 Corinthians 11:2]
Ὅτι καὶ ὁ ἀκάθαρτος μετασκευασθῆναι εἰς παρθένον προαίρεσιν, δείκνυσι Παῦλος γράφων τοῖς Κορινθίοις· « Ἡρμοσάμην ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἀνδρὶ παρθένον ἁγνὴν παραστῆσαι τῷ Χριστῷ. »
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To Secundianus.
That even one who is unclean can be refashioned into a virgin's resolve, Paul shows when he writes to the Corinthians: "I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." [2 Corinthians 11:2]
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Ὅτι καὶ ὁ ἀκάθαρτος μετασκευασθῆναι εἰς παρθένον προαίρεσιν, δείκνυσι Παῦλος γράφων τοῖς Κορινθίοις· « Ἡρμοσάμην ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἀνδρὶ παρθένον ἁγνὴν παραστῆσαι τῷ Χριστῷ. »
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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