ACC ~ Galatians 6 v10a

TIME IS LIMITED. MARIUS VICTORINUS: He gives the strongest possible imperative to well-doing: time is short. Life is quickly reaching its term. The end of the world is at hand. “As we have opportunity” means either while we have our own life or while there is life in this world. EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 2.6.10.

WHILE WE HAVE TIME, DO GOOD. CHRYSOSTOM: On one side he exhorts them and draws them on, while on the other he drives and pushes them, saying “therefore, while we have time, let us do good.” For just as it is not always within our power to sow, neither is it to show mercy. For when the opportunity is taken away, however vehemently we may desire it back, we shall not have it. HOMILY ON GALATIANS 6.9.

THE TABLE OF MERCY. CHRYSOSTOM: By this especially he sets them free from the narrowness inherent in the Jewish code. For the whole of Jewish philanthropy was toward those of their own race. But the way of life that comes from grace takes the whole land and sea as the table of mercy, even while it also shows the greater care that is due toward one’s household. HOMILY ON GALATIANS 6.9-10.

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