On Dreams (De Insomniis)

...and everyone who hopes in You is able to be saved in this way;
and he spoke also of His great loving-kindness philanthrōpia: God’s inherent love for humanity, which often leads Him to show mercy rather than strict justice. Adam disobeyed the commandment of God; [yet] He did not immediately bring death upon him—[that is, final] death; but in loving-kindness He intended [to cast] him out of paradise. He says "to live" instead of "to dwell"; not closing the gate so that he might be saved. For indeed, that leader of murders original: "archēgos tōn phonōn," a reference to the Devil, described in John 8:44 as a murderer from the beginning. cast out the first man—being the first to be envious, and having condemned [him] to sin.

[He condemned] all those after him, so that [even] the daring ones [sinned]. For a great sin, the condemnation was small; for it was a grieving loving-kindness. But whether they were small words, those concerning them... the giants referring to the "Nephilim" mentioned in Genesis 6, whose lawlessness traditionally triggered the Flood sinned with such lawlessness. The coming deluge kataklysmos: the Great Flood of Noah’s time brought total destruction because of the [deeds] related to blood, like the flood [itself]. How [great is it] on the earth, Your great loving-kindness, O God! Because He brought only [physical] death upon them.

Just as He made them; He could not have acted immediately, but He gave the form and watched over [it]; and He gave by granting repentance metanoia: literally a "change of mind," referring to a transformative spiritual turning away from sin. How great is Your goodness chrēstotēs: divine kindness or moral excellence! That those people of that time bore death, and [yet] we recognized the loving-kindness—even toward the daring ones, toward the acts of incest, [granting] repentance so that they might be saved. And one woman... just as You did; likewise repentance. They have become useless.

Leave history aside, leave it! [Better] for the woman and the strength and the courage and the wisdom to perish. For true strength is also to speak with boldness parrhēsia: a state of fearless confidence or "free speech" before God and the world in public; [so that] all might be saved...