ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 1 v5

SPEECH GOES FURTHER. ORIGEN: Knowledge shows what there is to know. Speech goes further and explains it. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.2.29-30.5

STEADFAST IN GRACE TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE. AMBROSIASTER: This means that the Corinthians have remained steadfast in the grace which they have received and in the preaching of the doctrine of truth, because they have acquired spiritual knowledge. Paul therefore gives thanks to God for these things. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.6

ONCE BLESSED WITH GRACE. PELAGIUS: When the Corinthians came to faith in Christ they were blessed with all grace. But now that they were no longer living according to their faith, they had made void the grace which they had received. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 1.7

TO UNDERSTAND AND TO SPEAK. CHRYSOSTOM: There is knowledge which goes beyond speech. Many have knowledge which they cannot express–for example, those who are uneducated and unable to express themselves clearly. But the Corinthians were not like them. They were able both to understand and to speak. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 2.3.8

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