ACC ~ 1 Peter 5 v6

EXALTATION TO COME. CHRYSOSTOM: Peter says that this will happen in due time, because he is teaching them that they will have to wait until the next life for this exaltation. CATENA.

NO ONE GUILTLESS. CAESARIUS OF ARLES: Since no one is without sin, no one should be without penance, for by this very fact a man becomes guilty if he presumes that he is innocent. A man may be guilty of lesser sin, but no one is without guilt. SERMONS 144.4.

GRACE TO THE HUMBLE. BEDE: God gives grace to the humble in such a way that the more they have been humiliated for his sake while here on earth, the more he will exalt them on the day of reckoning. The word humiliation can be understood in many different ways. It may be self-induced, as when someone who is starting out on the way of virtue humbles himself in repentance for the sins which he has committed. It may be what one sees in those who are closer to perfection when they voluntarily agree not to pursue their rights but to live in peace with their neighbors. And of course, it may be what we see when a person is caught up in the whirlwinds of persecution and his spirit is un-bowed thanks to the power of patience. ON 1 PETER.

TRUE EXALTATION. OECUMENIUS: Peter puts exaltation off until the world to come, because the only true exaltation is the one which is immutable and eternal. Exaltation in this world is neither secure nor firm but leads rather to eternal humiliation, for it is easier to be humiliated than it is to be exalted. COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER.

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