ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 6 v4

NOT AS FLATTERERS. AMBROSIASTER: Servants of God teach without flattery, so that they might please him whose servants they are, unlike the false apostles, who sought only to please their hearers. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE GRACEFUL PERCEPTION OF PRESENT PAIN. GREGORY OF NYSSA: This is the grace of the Holy Spirit, possessing the entire soul and filling the dwelling place with gladness and power, making sweet for the soul the sufferings of the Lord, and taking away the perception of the present pain because of the hope of the things to come. ON THE CHRISTIAN MODE OF LIFE.

AS SERVANTS OF GOD. CHRYSOSTOM: It is one thing to be free from accusation, but it is a far greater thing to appear as servants of God. To be acquitted of all accusation is not nearly as grand as to be covered with praise. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 12.2.

A WARNING AGAINST INDIFFERENCE. GREGORY OF NYSSA: For this is the grace of the Holy Spirit, possessing the entire soul and filling the dwelling place with gladness and power, making sweet for the soul the sufferings of the Lord and taking away the perception of the present pain because of the hope of the things to come. So, govern yourselves thus as you are about to ascend to the highest power and glory through your cooperation with the Spirit; endure every suffering and trial with joy with a view toward appearing to be worthy of the dwelling of the Spirit within you and worthy of the inheritance of Christ. Never be puffed up or enfeebled by indifference to the point of falling yourselves or being the cause of another’s sin. ON THE CHRISTIAN MODE OF LIFE.

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