For life
does not arise from us, nor from our own nature; but it is bestowed according
to the grace of God. And therefore he who shall preserve the life bestowed upon
him, and give thanks to Him who imparted it, shall receive also length of days
forever and ever. But he who shall reject it, and prove himself ungrateful to
his Maker, inasmuch as he has been created, and has not recognized Him who
bestowed [the gift upon him], deprives himself of [the privilege of]
continuance forever and ever. And, for this reason, the Lord declared to those
who showed themselves ungrateful towards Him: “If you have not been faithful in
that which is little, who will give you that which is great?” Indicating that
those who, in this brief temporal life, have shown themselves ungrateful to Him
who bestowed it, shall justly not receive from Him length of days forever and
ever.
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