ACC ~ Romans 10 v2

ZEAL FOR GOD BUT NOT ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE. ORIGEN: If someone has a love for God but does not know that love must be patient, kind, not envious, not acting wrongly, not puffed up, not ambitious, not seeking its own and so on; if he does not have these things in his love but only loves God in his emotions, then it may rightly be said of him that he has a love for God but not according to knowledge. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

AMBROSE: I know that you [Emperor Theodo-sius I] are God-fearing, merciful, gentle and calm, that you have the faith and fear of God in your heart, but often some things escape our notice. Some people have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge. Care must be taken … lest this condition steal upon pious souls. LETTER 2.

CHRYSOSTOM: Should not the Jews be excused if they have erred because of some misguided zeal? Notice how Paul goes on to remove this excuse from them. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 17.

PELAGIUS: The Jews are zealous in pursuing the law, but they do not understand that Christ came according to the law and that they cannot be justified by the law. Indeed, it is risky to do something without knowledge, because it often turns out contrary to what was expected. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

PRAISE WITH A HOOK. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul adds criticism to his praise, just as food sometimes contains a hook, so that they might derive some benefit from what he had to say. INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS.

GENNADIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE: Having once been one of them himself, Paul understood and bore witness that the Jews fought against the gospel out of zeal for God, yet it was a zeal uninformed by true knowledge. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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