“And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.”
And make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed — make level (orthey) paths; the lame (cholos) must not be further injured but healed (therapeia). The community runs together; stronger members must ensure the weak are not abandoned.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 12:13
They who drink bitter medicines, first submit to some unpleasantness, and afterwards feel the benefit. For such is virtue, such is vice. In the latter there is first the pleasure, then the despondency: in the former first the despondency, and then the pleasure. But there is no equality; for it is not the same, to be first grieved and afterwards pleased, and to be first pleased and afterwards grieved. How so? Because in the latter case the expectation of coming despondency…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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