ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 4 v1

MINISTRY BY THE MERCY OF GOD. AMBROSIASTER: Paul attributes his perseverance not to human merit but to the mercy of God, which first cleanses a person, then makes him righteous, adopts him as a son of God and endows him with a glory like the glory of God’s own Son. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

NOT LOSING HEART. CHRYSOSTOM: This perseverance is to be attributed to God’s loving kindness, for not only do we not sink down under the weight of all our trials, but we even rejoice and speak boldly. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 8.1.

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