ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 10 v31

GIVING THANKS. AMBROSIASTER: To eat and drink to God’s glory is to eat and drink after giving thanks to the Creator. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

WHATEVER YOU DO. CHRYSOSTOM: Let all the things which you undertake and accomplish have this root and foundation, namely, that they tend to the glory of God. … When Paul said “If you do anything” [“whatever you do”], he has enclosed our whole existence in a single word, desiring that we never perform any act of virtue with an eye to human glory. BAPTISMAL INSTRUCTIONS 6.10.

EMBODYING GOD’S GLORY. JEROME: Even if I merely stretch forth my hand in almsgiving, I am meditating on the law of God. If I visit the sick, my feet are meditating on the law of God. If I do what is prescribed, I am praying with my whole body what others are praying with their lips. HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS, HOMILY 1.

WITH CHRIST OUR COMPANION. MAXIMUS OF TURIN: He wishes, then, for all our actions to be accomplished with Christ as companion and witness, that we may do good things for him as the author and avoid what is evil for the sake of his fellowship. One who knows that Christ is his companion is ashamed to do evil. In good things, however, Christ is our helper, and in the face of evil things he is our defender. SERMON 73.1.

THAT OTHERS MAY GLORIFY GOD. SEVERIAN OF GABALA: Do everything with care so that others may glorify God through you and not be scandalized. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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