ACC ~ Philippians 3 v9b

RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD. CHRYSOSTOM: Righteousness comes from faith, which means that it too is a gift of God. For since this righteousness belongs to God, it is an unmerited gift. And the gifts of God greatly exceed any achievements of our own zeal. HOMILY ON PHILIPPIANS 12.3.7-9.

BY FAITH. AMBROSIASTER: If, as he tells the Colossians, “in Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,”then everything, whatever it is, is to be reckoned of no account, so that we may attain to the height of this wisdom and knowledge. Not only sufficient but superabundant indeed is the righteousness that comes from faith. This salvation is freely given by the grace of God through the knowledge of Christ. It can hardly be said to be a gift of the law. For to know rightly the mystery of his incarnation and passion and resurrection is the perfection of life and the treasure of wisdom. EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 3.9-10.

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