ACC ~ Romans 15 v17

PROUD IN CHRIST JESUS. ORIGEN: To be proud of one’s work for God without Christ Jesus would be like saying one has glory in God’s eyes without righteousness, wisdom or truth. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

MY WORK FOR GOD. AMBROSIASTER: Believing and serving Christ Jesus with a pure conscience, Paul has made himself worthy in the sight of God the Father, to the point that he can say that there is nothing which Christ has not done through him for the encouragement of the Gentiles, by using him to perform signs and wonders that their power might support the preaching of the gospel. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

CHRYSOSTOM: After humbling himself, Paul here raises the tone, so as not to become an object of contempt in the eyes of his readers. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 29.

GLORY IN GOD’S SIGHT. PELAGIUS: Paul has glory in the sight of God, even though he is de-famed and attacked in the public eye. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

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