ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 4 v7

EVERYTHING IS A GIFT. AMBROSIASTER: Paul wrote this to people who thought that it was better to be baptized by some people rather than by others, who had been led astray by their eloquence and who by some trick believed that perverse teachings were right. In fact, everything these people had they had received from the apostle. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

YOU HAVE RECEIVED. CHRYSOSTOM: By showing that they have received all that they have from someone else, Paul points out the deficiencies of the Corinthians, which were not few in number. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 9.3-4.

BOASTING AS IF IT WERE NOT A GIFT. AUGUSTINE: The people who boast imagine that they are justified by their own efforts, and therefore they glory in themselves, not in the Lord. LETTER TO VALENTINE.

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