ACC ~ Philippians 3 v8

THE HARD PART OF THE CHAFF IS REFUSE. THEODORET: It is not that I flee themas base things but that I prefer what is superior. Having tasted the grain, I throw away the refuse. For refuse means the denser and harder part of the chaff. It carries the grain but is discarded once the grain has been collected. EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 3.8.

THE REFUSE METAPHOR IN ABRAHAM, JOB AND DAVID. AMBROSE: He had read that Abraham, when he confessed himself to be refuse and ashes, found God’s grace in his extreme humility. He had read that Job, sitting on his refuse heap, had recovered all his losses. He had read in David’s prophecy that “God raises the needy from the earth and the pauper from the refuse.”ON PENITENCE 2.1.4.

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