1Since then all things are seen and heard [by God], let us fear Him, and forsake those wicked works which proceed from evil desires; so that, through His mercy, we may be protected from the judgments to come. For whither can any of us flee from His mighty hand? Or what world will receive any of those who run away from Him? For the Scripture saith in a certain place, “Whither shall I go, and where shall I be hid from Thy presence? If I ascend into heaven, Thou art there; if I go away even to the uttermost parts of the earth, there is Thy right hand; if I make my bed in the abyss, there is Thy Spirit.” Whither, then, shall any one go, or where shall he escape from Him who comprehends all things?
Πάντων οὖν βλεπομένων καὶ ἀκουομένων, φοβηθῶμεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπολείπωμεν φαύλων ἔργων μιαρὰς ἐπιθυμίας, va τῷ ἐλέει αὐτοῦ σκεπασθῶμεν ἀπὸ τῶν μελλόν- τῶν κριμάτων. ποῦ γάρ τις ἡμῶν δύναται φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς κραταιᾶς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ; ποῖος δὲ κόσμος δέξεταί τινα τῶν αὐτομολούντων ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ; λόγει γάρ που τὸ γραφεῖον" Ps. exxxix. Ποῦ ἀφηξω καὶ ποῦ xpyBeicoma: ἀπὸ τοῦ προοώπουγ coy; ἐὰν ἀνδβῶ εἰς τόν oypandn, cy εἶ ἐκεῖ: ἐὰν ἀπέλθω εἰς τὰ écyata τῆς γῆς, ὀκεῖ ἡ δεξιά coy ἐὰν KaTactTpace εἰς τὸς ἀβύσοογς, ἐκεῖ τὸ πνεῖμά Coy. ποῖ οὖν τις ἀπέλθῃ ἣ ποῦ ἀποδράσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐμπεριέχοντος ;