But Marcion erased the pronoun His, that he might make the enmity refer to flesh, as if (the apostle spoke) of a carnal enmity, instead of the enmity which was a rival to Christ.5991
And thus you have (as I have said elsewhere) exhibited the stupidity of Pontus, rather than the adroitness of a Marrucinian,5992
5992 He expresses the proverbial adage very tersely, “non Marrucine, sed Pontice.”
for you here deny him flesh to whom in the verse above you allowed blood! Since, however, He has made the law obsolete5993
5993 Vacuam fecit.
by His own precepts, even by Himself fulfilling the law (for superfluous is, “Thou shalt not commitadultery,” when He says, “Thou shalt not look on a woman to lust after her;” superfluous also is, “Thou shalt do no murder,” when He says, “Thou shalt not speak evil of thy neighbour,”) it is impossible to make an adversary of the law out of one who so completely promotes it.5994
5995 Conderet: “create,” to keep up the distinction between this and facere, “to make.”
in Himself of twain,” for He who had made is also the same who creates (just as we have found it stated above: “For we are His workmanship, created in ChristJesus”),5996
