ACC ~ 2 Timothy 4 v16

PAUL SPARES HIS BETRAYERS. CHRYSOSTOM: If in time of war someone abandons a companion who is exposed to danger and shrinks back from the confrontation with the enemy, he would be justly condemned by the others for this gross betrayal. It is even more true with those who work for the gospel. But he then moves on to give encouragement to his disciple in what follows. HOMILIES ON 2 TIMOTHY 10.

OUR DEBT TO PAUL. AUGUSTINE: For we owe “fruits” to those who minister spiritual doctrine to us through their understanding of the divine mysteries. We owe these to them as men. We owe these fruits also to “the living souls” since they offer themselves as examples for us in their own continence. CONFESSIONS 13.25.38.

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