ACC ~ Ephesians 3 v1b

THE SOUL CONFINED IN THE BODY AS A PRISON: TWO POSSIBLE READINGS. JEROME: We often read that the body is called the prison of the soul. The soul is confined as if in a cage. Paul, for example, was constrained by the ties of the body and did not return to be with Christ so that the preaching to the Gentiles might be perfectly accomplished through him. But I grant that there are some who introduce another meaning here: Paul before his birth was predestined and sanctified from his mother’s womb for the purpose of preaching to the Gentiles. For this vocation he took on the bonds of flesh. EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 2.3.1.

IMPRISONED FOR YOU GENTILES. CHRYSOSTOM: This is a very emphatic statement: Not only do we not hate you. We are even imprisoned on your account! HOMILY ON EPHESIANS 6.3.1-2.

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