Книга Премудрости Соломона, Глава 12, стих 11. Толкования стиха

ADAM’S WICKED DESCENDANTS. AUGUSTINE: Why would it have been written, “Their offspring was accursed from the beginning”? In fact, it was not said in the same sense in which we read, “offspring of Canaan and not of Judah,” where it was shown to what persons they had become similar and from what persons they had degenerated. Rather, it called accursed the offspring of those very people whom it wanted us to understand to be naturally evil, as are all of the children of Adam. From among these, by grace, children of God are made. UNFINISHED TRACTATE AGAINST JULIAN 3.11.

Если же мир не погиб, то потому только, что Бог милостив и благ (24—27). Это видно из того, что, даже наказывая врагов, он не спешит их истреблением, но дает время для раскаяния, хотя и знает о их нераскаянности и хотя, как всесильный, мог бы вдруг истребить всех (12, 1—12).