ACC ~ 1 Peter 1 v18a

YOU OWE THE PRICE. AMBROSE OF MILAN: You owe that price with which you have been bought. Even though God does not always demand it, you still owe it. Buy Christ for yourself, not with what few men possess but with what all men possess by nature but few offer on account of fear. What Christ claims from you is his own. He gave his life for all men. He offered his death for all men. Pay on behalf of your creator what you are going to pay by law. He is not bargained for at a low price, and not all men see him readily. ON JOSEPH 7.42.

PAY ATTENTION TO THE PRICE. CAESARIUS OF ARLES: If the unfortunate Jews observe the sabbath in such a way that they do not dare to do any secular work on it, how much more should those who have been “redeemed, not with gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ,” pay attention to their price and devote themselves to God on the day of his resurrection, thinking more diligently of the salvation of their souls? SERMONS 73.4.

BOUGHT WITH A PRICE. MAXIMUS OF TURIN: If the price of our life is the blood of the Lord, see to it that it is not an ephemeral earthly field which has been purchased but rather the eternal salvation of the whole world. SERMONS 59.2.

THE PRICE OF YOUR REDEMPTION. BEDE: The greater the price of your redemption, the more respectful to God you ought to be, and not risk offending your Redeemer by falling back into your previous life of wickedness. ON 1 PETER.

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