Толкование на группу стихов: Прем: 6: 20-20
GOOD AND BAD DESIRES. AUGUSTINE: “At all times my soul longed to desire the ways of your righteousness.” A commendable passion, this, not a blameworthy one. It is not of this desire that it is written, “Do not covet,” a prohibition that regards the passions with which the flesh rises against the spirit. This, rather is a longing by which the spirit rises against the flesh. If you wanted to find a scriptural passage on this, you would find, “The desire for wisdom leads to a kingdom.” And there are many other testimonies concerning this concupiscence in a good sense. It is very interesting to note that when speaking of desire in a good sense, the object that is desired is always expressed. On the contrary, if only concupiscence is spoken of, without adding the object, it must be understood in a bad sense. Thus in the cited passage it says, “The desire for wisdom leads to a kingdom.” If it had not specified, “for wisdom,” it certainly would not have said, “Concupiscence leads to a kingdom.” The apostle writes, “I would not have known concupiscence, if the law had not said, ‘Do not covet.’” It does not specify the object of that desire or what it is prohibited to desire, yet it is certain that, expressing himself in this way, he is referring to a disordered desire. EXPOSITIONS OF THE PSALMS 118.8.3.
