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Mat_18:3. Εἴ τις ἀπέχεται τῶν προαιρετικῶν παθῶν , γίνεται ὡς τὰ παιδία , κτώμενος διʼ ἀσκήσεως , ἅπερ ἔχουσι τὰ παιδία ἐξ ἀφελείας , Euthymius Zigabenus.
To turn round ( στραφῆτε , representing the μετάνοια under the idea of turning round upon a road), and to acquire a moral disposition similar to the nature of little children—such is the condition, without complying with which you will assuredly not ( οὐ μή ) enter, far less be able to obtain a high position in, the Messianic kingdom about to be established. The same truth is presented under a kindred figure and in a wider sense in Joh_3:3; Joh_3:5 ff.; the divine agent in this moral change, in which child-like qualities assume the character of manly virtues, is the Holy Spirit; comp. Luk_11:13; Luk_9:55.