ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 12 v31

NOT BY MERIT. AMBROSIASTER: The graces of the Lord which are seen in persons do not relate to the merit of the individual but to the honoring of God. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE GREATEST GIFT. CHRYSOSTOM: All along he wants to point them higher still and whets their appetite for the greatest gift of all. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 32.5.