Letter 601

To Carinus, of the Prefect's Office. [Carinus, an official (eparchikos) attached to the office of the prefect (eparch).] "But when all things shall have been subjected to him," it says, "then shall the Son himself also, on behalf of us, be subjected to the Father for the sake of his own members." [1 Corinthians 15:28] For "we are members of Christ, of his flesh and of his bones," as the Apostle says. [Ephesians 5:30] Our subjection, therefore, who were formerly unsubjected and disobedient, Christ has made his own, as our surety.

« Ὅταν δὲ ὑποταγῇ αὐτῷ πάντα, φησί, τότε καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Υἱὸς ἀνθ’ ἡμῶν ὑποταγήσεται τῷ Πατρὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἰδίων μελῶν. » — « Μέλη γάρ ἐσμεν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτοῦ, » ὡς λέγει ὁ Ἀπόστολος. Τὴν ἡμετέραν τοίνυν ὑποταγὴν τῶν πρώην ἀνυποτάκτων καὶ ἀπειθῶν, ἰδίαν ὁ Χριστὸς πεποίηται, ὡς ἀνάδοχος ἡμῶν.