ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 3 v17a

THE SPIRIT IS GOD. CHRYSOSTOM: We did not say “The Lord is a spirit” but “The Spirit is the Lord.” HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 7.5.

THE SPIRIT. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: If Paul had wanted to say that the Lord is a spirit, he would have left the article the out. Compare John [4:24], where in speaking to the Samaritan woman, Jesus says that God is a spirit, meaning that he does not have a body. But in this case Paul puts the article in, which proves that he is not saying that the Lord is a spirit but rather that the Spirit is Lord. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

THE SPIRIT NOT A CREATURE. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul shows here that the Spirit and God are equal. Moses turned his eyes toward God; we turn ours toward the Holy Spirit. Paul would hardly have said that what the Spirit reveals is greater than what Moses saw if the Spirit were merely a creature and not God himself. COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 305-6.

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