ACC ~ 2 Peter 1 v9

ONE WHO HAS FORGOTTEN. CHRYSOSTOM: When we hear these things, we must fortify ourselves and obey what is said, and cleanse ourselves from earthly things. If we do that, we shall share in his blessings, and we shall not need anything else. But if we do not obey, we shall be destroyed. What difference does it make whether we are destroyed through wealth or through laziness? Or if not through laziness, through cowardice? For when a farmer destroys his crop, it hardly matters how he does it. On the other hand, he will raise us up to do all the good works which he has predicted we shall do. Therefore it is necessary that once someone has been cleansed and has partaken of holiness, that he hold on to it through thick and thin, for without it he will not see the Lord. CATENA.

BEHOLDING GOD THROUGH THE VIRTUES. HILARY OF ARLES: If these virtues are present, we can see God, but if they are absent, we are blind. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

THE EYE AND THE HAND. BEDE: The eye stands for knowledge and the hand for action. A blind man who tries to act is someone who does not know what he should be doing. Lacking the light of truth, he puts his hand to something which he cannot understand and goes down a road which he cannot see, with the result that he ends up in a complete wreck. The person who lacks the things which Peter mentions here is just like that. ON 2 PETER.

PURSUE HOLINESS. OECUMENIUS: This person ought to realize that he has been cleansed by holy baptism and that now he is expected to pursue holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

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