ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 4 v5

ACCEPTED BY OUR FAITH. DIDYMUS THE BLIND: It is not we but he who enables our faith, accepting us and judging us by it. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

WE PREACH CHRIST. AMBROSIASTER: In expressing himself humbly, Paul spoke in a way which was designed to show that he was not preaching the gospel for his own advantage but for the glory of the Lord Christ, to whom he is obedient. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE LORD’S MOUTHPIECE. CHRYSOSTOM: I am a servant. I am but a minister of those who receive the gospel, transacting everything for Another, and for his glory doing what I do. In warring against me you throw down what is God’s. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 8.3.

RESPOND TO THE INVITATION. GREGORY OF NYSSA: And the apostle: “For we preach not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves merely as your servants in Jesus.” Knowing, then, the fruits of humility and the penalty of conceit, imitate the Master by loving one another and do not shrink from death or any other punishment for the good of each other. But the way which God entered upon for you, do you enter upon for him, proceeding with one body and one soul to the invitation from above, loving God and each other. For love and fear of the Lord are the first fulfillment of the law. ON THE CHRISTIAN MODE OF LIFE.

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