Commentarius in Sapientiam V

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3.10 Οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς καθά ἐλογίσαντο ἕξουσιν ἐπιτιμίαν οἱ ἀμελήσαντες τοῦ δικαίου καὶ τοῦ κυρίου ἀποστάντες· The concept of punishment (ἐπιτιμία) in accordance with thought is an intensification of previous eschatologies of judgment which focus on deeds, but also presents an ironic reversal of the earlier verses in which what it is that the impious “think…