ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 6 v7

TRUTHFUL SPEECH. AMBROSIASTER: The word of truth was in Paul’s teaching, because he conveyed no message other than the one which he had received from the Lord. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

FOR BOTH HANDS. DIDYMUS THE BLIND: The man who rightly seeks righteousness according to human understandings is equipped with the arms of righteousness for the left hand. The man who does the same according to the teachings of the truth and who has been sought out for this task by the Son of righteousness bears the weapons of the right hand. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

PAINFUL THINGS OF THE LEFT HAND. CHRYSOSTOM: The things on the left refer to those things which seem to be painful, because it is these which bring the reward. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 12.3.

PLEASING THINGS OF THE RIGHT HAND. THEODORET OF CYR: The weapons of righteousness on the right hand are those which are pleasing to the mind; those on the left hand are those which are not. COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 320.

KEEP THE GOAL IN VIEW. GREGORY OF NYSSA: But to one who is elevated in thought, all things appear to be of equal honor, and none is preferred to another, because the course of life is run equally by opposites, and there is present in the destiny of each person the power to live well or badly, “with the armor on the right hand and on the left,” as the apostle says, “in honor and dishonor.” Accordingly, the one who has purified his mind and rightly examined the truth of reality will go on his way in the time assigned to him from birth to death, not spoiled by pleasures or cast down by austerity, but, in accordance with the custom of travelers, he will be little affected by what he encounters. For it is customary for travelers to hasten on to the end of their journey whether they go through meadows and fertile fields or through deserts and rough terrain; pleasure does not delay them, nor does the unpleasant impede them. So he himself will also hurry on without distraction to the goal before him, turning off into none of the byways. He will pass through life looking only to heaven, just like some good captain who guides his ship to its lofty destination. ON VIRGINITY 4.

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