ACC ~ Acts 15 v8

TESTIMONY TO THEIR VIRTUE. CHRYSOSTOM: Then he shows that it was not simply because of grace but on account of their virtue that the testimony was given to them and that what was offered to them was in no way less [than what was offered to us]. “For he made no distinction,” he says, “between us and them.” It is the heart then that one must always look to, and it is very aptly said, “God who knows the heart bore witness to them”; and likewise in an earlier instance, “Thou, Lord, that knows the hearts of all people.” Notice what he adds to show that this is the meaning, “he made no distinction between us and them.” When he mentioned the testimony borne to them, he uttered that great word, which Paul speaks, “Neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision.” “That he may make the two one in himself.” HOMILIES ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 32.

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