ACC ~ Philippians 1 v22b

EITHER CHOICE AFFIRMED. MARIUS VICTORINUS: I do not know which to choose. If I should die, death is gain and Christ is life for me, and I come to him indeed when I die here in the flesh. But if I should continue to live here in the flesh, the fruit of my labor will be to proclaim Christ and preach his gospel. EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 1.22.

WHETHER HE WAS MASTER OF HIS OWN DEPARTURE. CHRYSOSTOM: Here he divulges a great mystery: he thought that the time of his departure was in his own power. Where there is choice, there we have power. “Yet,” he says, “which one I shall choose I do not yet know.” If he would ask this grace of God, either would appear to be within his power. … Behold the affection of this blessed man! By this he comforts them when they see that even his departure is within his own power. This happens only by the dispensation of God. HOMILY ON PHILIPPIANS 4.1.22-23.

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