ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 1 v4b

BY FAITH ALONE. AMBROSIASTER: God has decreed that a person who believes in Christ can be saved without works. By faith alone he receives the forgiveness of his sins. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.2

NOT BY WORKS. CHRYSOSTOM: You were saved by grace, not by works. And who gave you this grace? It was not Paul, or another apostle, but Jesus Christ himself. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 2.3.3

A SWEET BEGINNING. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul takes care to sweeten their ears before starting to admonish them. What he says is true, however: He gives thanks to God because of the gifts which have been given to them. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 166.4

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