ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 1 v6

A CONSOLATION TO BELIEVERS. AMBROSIASTER: Because they were suffering persecutions from unbelievers for the sake of believers, they would be set free by God’s help. This was viewed as a consolation to believers, so that they would not desert their faith because of such a stumbling block. The injuries suffered by the apostles were a temptation to believers to abandon their faith. When they saw the preachers overcome by force, they were inclined to wonder whether the promise of Christ might be an empty one. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

BEARING ALL THINGS NOBLY. CHRYSOSTOM: What humility can compare with this, in that Paul raises to a level of equality with himself those who so obviously fell far short of him. Our salvation is demonstrated more clearly when we bear all things nobly. The work of salvation does not consist only of believing but of enduring evil when it is done to us. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 2.1.

THE SAME SUFFERINGS. SEVERIAN OF GABALA: If the apostles suffered, how much more are the others likely to suffer! PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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