[6] τοὺς μὲν ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐπλημμέλησαν, τοὺς δὲ ὑπὲρ ὧν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς εἶδον ἀσχημονήσαντας.
[7] The Greek is difficult. Perhaps some social background will help: cf. Hom ad pop. Ant 16. (P.G. xlix. 173) ἐργαστήριον ἕν οἱκοῦντες ἄνθρωπο διαφόρως μεν ἐμπορεύονται, πάντα δὲ εἰς τὸ κοινὸν ἀποτίθενται. As found in Liebeschuetz Antioch , p55; Liebescheutz suggests that a scene of men working in the same worskshop, but as their own individual worker, but contributing to a common till; a kind of un-specialised factory situation.
[8] i.e. they observe certain days as special or sacral, especially according to the pagan calendars.
[9] philosophy, both here and throughout Chrysostom, refers to Christianity as both a distinct set of beliefs, and a set of practices or way of life. It highlights the rivalry between the Christian philosophy, and the philosophical schools of the Hellenism.
[10] Galatians 4.10-11
[11] i.e., auspicious, superstitiously-favourable
[12] alt. 'salvation'.
[13] i.e. the former brings new depondencies that previously were not there, but the latter drives away those that were present beforehand.
[14] 1 Cor 5:8
[15] 'Prick the heart' may be a better English idiom.
[17] i.e. as a citizen.
[18] politeia , like philosophy, is a key concept-work for Chrysostom. It refers variously to the body of Christians both on earth and in heaven, their way of life as citizens, and their ordered existence in the church. It is also a rival politeia to that of Plato's Republic and the like.
[19] Col 3:1b
[20] Mt 5:16; Chrysostom has 'our Father' for 'your Father'.
[21] 'way of life' here correponds to citizenship above.
[22] 1 Cor 10:31. This verse provides the theme for the rest of the sermon.
[23] διὰ τὸν Θεὸν and so throughout.
[24] i.e. How will one glorify God in this action of staying at home?
[25] A sign of haughtiness and importance
[26] This first half of the sentence is as confusing in the Greek as in the English.
[27] More literally, 'gape'.
[28] Migne's Latin has solvitur which we might render 'dissolves', thus picking up the idea of moral dissolution in a wanton life. The Greek διαῤῥήγνυται is difficult to construe.
[29] politeia