02248 – God’s Requirements
Saint Isaac the Syrian

God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He established the commandments.
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Gender-neutral version:

God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake God established the commandments.

commandment(s) | correct(ion) | do(ing) | establish(ed) | God | require(d) | soul(s) | their own sake