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“He died, but He vanquished death; in Himself He put an end to what we feared; He took it upon Himself and He vanquished it, as a mighty hunter He captured and slew the lion.” St Augustine #resurrection #aliveinChrist #HolyFifty #deadtosin #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings #KhristosAnesti #AlithosAnesti

“He died, but He vanquished death; in Himself He put an end to what we feared; He took it upon …

“For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.” 2 Corinthians 4:11 . “If man puts to death his human lusts, and by the Spirit puts to death the works of the body, he would perpetually carry in his body “the dying of the Lord Jesus” until he reaches a stage like that of an infant who has no feelings of sensual pleasures, and lacks the motives practiced by grown-ups. He would eventually have the emotions of a little infant; and would be considered the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” The scholar Origen #deadtosin #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus sake, that the life of Jesus also may be …

“Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 6:11 . “‘The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord’, Prov.21:1 – Let us be kings, and control our bodies (away from sin), and subjugate them; so that our hearts are committed into the hands of God.” – St. Jerome #deadtosin #alivetoGod #ChristisRisen #inthelikenessofHisDeath #inthelikenessofHisResurrection #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” …