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On Jealousy and Envy

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 10

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

10. And therefore, beloved brethren, the Lord, taking

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thought

for

this

risk

,

that

none

should

fall

into

the

snare

of

death

through

jealousy

of

his

brother

,

when

His

disciples

asked

Him

which

among

them

should

be

the

greatest

,

said

,

“

Who

soever

shall

be

least

among

you

all

,

the

same

shall

be

great

.

”

He

cut

off

all

envy

by

His

reply

.

He

plucked

out

and

tore

away

every

cause

and

matter

of

gnawing

envy

.

A

disciple

of

Christ

must

not

be

jealous

,

must

not

be

envious

.

With

us

there

can

be

no

contest

for

exaltation

;

from

humility

we

grow

to

the

highest

attainments

;

we

have

learnt

in

what

way

we

may

be

pleasing

.

And

finally

,

the

Apostle

Paul

,

instructing

and

warning

,

that

we

who

,

illuminated

by

the

light

of

Christ

,

have

escaped

from

the

darkness

of

the

conversation

of

night

,

should

walk

in

the

deeds

and

works

of

light

,

writes

and

says

,

“

The

night

has

passed

over

,

and

the

day

is

approaching

:

let

us

therefore

cast

away

the

works

of

darkness

,

and

let

us

put

upon

us

the

armour

of

light

.

Let

us

walk

honestly

,

as

in

the

day

;

not

in

rioting

and

drunkenness

,

not

in

lusts

and

wantonness

,

not

in

strifes

and

jealousy

.

”

If

the

darkness

has

departed

from

your

breast

,

if

the

night

is

scattered

therefrom

,

if

the

gloom

is

chased

away

,

if

the

brightness

of

day

has

illuminated

your

senses

,

if

you

have

begun

to

be

a

man

of

light

,

do

those

things

which

are

Christ’s

,

because

Christ

is

the

Light

and

the

Day

.

Notes

21
Luke ix. 48. [Elucidation IX.]
22
[And all ground for a supremacy among brethren was here absolutely ejected from the Christian system. The last of the canonical primates of Rome named himself Servus Servorum Dei, to rebuke those who would make him “Universal Bishop.”]
23
Rom. xiii. 12, 13.