ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 4 v2

TRUSTWORTHY STEWARDS. ORIGEN: If Paul can say this of people like himself, Peter and Apollos, how much more will it be true of us? We ought to be on our guard to make sure that we are found to be trustworthy stewards. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2.18.25-27.

ENTRUSTED BY THE MASTER. CHRYSOSTOM: A steward’s duty is to administer well the things that have been entrusted to him. The things of the master’s are not the stewards but the reverse—what is his really belongs to his master. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 10.5.

WHAT YOU HAVE IS FROM GOD. AMBROSE: As you receive everything, call upon God for everything. What you have is from God. Always acknowledge that you are his debtor. ON THEODOSIUS 22.

SAFEKEEPING THE DEPOSIT. THEODORET OF CYR: No banker plays fast and loose with other people’s deposits. Rather he looks after them in order to keep them safe for the one who has entrusted them to him. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 188.

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