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Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:301expounds v.1“Οφελον ανειχεσθε μου μικρον τη αφροσυνῃ· αλλα και ανεχεσθε μου·”On the Apostolic teaching: «Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly» Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:204expounds v.4“ει μεν γαρ ο ερχομενος αλλον Ιησουν κηρυσσει ον ουκ εκηρυξαμεν η πνευμα ετερον λαμβανετε ο ουκ ελαβετε η ευαγγελιον ετερον ο ουκ εδεξασθε καλως ανειχε”On the Question of the Forerunner: «Are you the one who is to come?» Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1721…received this gift from god h cap xi vers would that you could bear with me a little in my foolishness h having demonstrated that it is not the custom of the wise but of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:499D…, when he was about to boast, not once, not twice, but more often by delaying and hesitating, said: "Would to God you could bear with some little of my folly" (2 Cor. 11:1-2): and again, "That which I speak, I spe… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:865A…o God you could bear with some little of my folly! 301-302 HOMIL. on this saying of the Apostle, Would to God you could bear with some little of my folly! (2 Cor. 11. 1). The standard of true love. How Paul i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:553…ages amen h homily xxiii h ch v would to god you could bear with me a little in my folly and indeed you do bear with me being about to enter upon his own praises… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:557…things do not allow these things to appear burdensome for he said bear with me a little in my folly and before his other achievements he boasts first in this for this is what worldly people… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:565B…id was sufficient to remove all suspicion. "But as it were in foolishness." He says previously: Would to God you could bear with me a little in my folly (2 Cor. 11, 1); but now: "As it were in foolishness."… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569…a prior correction and yet he has already said many such things would to god ye could bear with me a little in my foolishness and again let no man think me a fool and if… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:141…Vol. II, col. 661. β'. On the martyrs, and on mercy. "Yesterday the day of the martyrs, but," Vol. II, col. 645. γ'. On, "Would to God you could bear with me" (2 Cor. 11:1). "I love all the saints," Vol. III, co… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:437…ears of his hearers calling the matter folly h chapter xi h would to god ye could bear with me a little in my folly i know he says that it is not fitting for those… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1065…a fool and how did he say above i would that you could bear with me a little in my foolishness and again that which i speak i speak not after the lord but as it… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:305B…well arranged, we have deleted and have prepared a new one. ON THIS SAYING OF THE APOSTLE, WOULD TO GOD YOU COULD BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE IN MY FOOLISHNESS (2 Cor. 11. 1) 1. The manner of true love. — I… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307B…proclaimed today, saying: Would you could bear with me a little in my foolishness; but do bear with me: for I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy (2 Cor. 11. 1-2). What do you say, Paul? You who bid di… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:313D…ted that even for one to speak about himself is heavy and burdensome, said: “I wish you would bear with me a little in my foolishness; not much, but a little” (2 Cor. 11, 1). For he was not prepared, without the… Pope Soter r. c. 166-174PG 5:1135…command it to be wiped out most speedily for the apostle says for i have espoused you to one… Pope Soter r. c. 166-174PG 5:1137…man that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ a for if the church is a virgin the spouse of the one… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:357B…whose marriage Paul joins and unites souls, as he himself says: "For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ" (II Cor. XI, 2)—and of whom it is written in the Gospe… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:727…the apostle also says for i am jealous of you with a godly jealousy for i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ but i fear… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:855…virgin to one chaste husband christ hear the apostle speaking of her for i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ from her too was he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:889…the apostle paul says for i betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to christ thus therefore the understanding of the names themselves is also consonant with the state of this… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:827…and elsewhere for we are all one in christ jesus and again for i have espoused you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to the lord and that those who are well… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:73D…th, having been rendered barren of the sins of the flesh and of vices, become the Church and a helper for Christ, like a virgin, according to the Apostle, ⟦II Cor. XI, 2⟧ having been both fitted and betrothed… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:211…lord in the air again by the virgin he indicates the church for i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1357…the word who has betrothed the soul for paul said the same i have espoused you to one husband to present a chaste virgin to christ but when he calls her sister it is because of… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:753…be wise in what is good and simple in what is evil for i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ but i fear lest as… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1079…thed, καθαρμοζομένῳ. The interpreter had rendered it, "accommodating her to himself for salvation": but since he alludes to the Apostle’s place in 2 Corinthians XI, 2, Ἡρμοσάμην γὰρ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἀνδρί, we have substituted the wo… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:861B…e bride is the bridegroom (John iii, 29). TO THE CORINTHIANS II. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ (2 Cor. xi, 2). As holy temples of God, that they be… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1787…the apostle bringing forth these words to you for i have betrothed you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ but i fear lest as the serpent seduced eve… Pseudo-Ignatius fl. c. 375-380PG 5:825…twelve apostles, only John lacked a wife, as our author, who enjoys the wrongly attributed name of Ambrose, asserts in the Commentaries on Paul, at 2 Corinthians XI, 2. And some of the apostles are said to have had marriages by… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:815…image for i have betrothed you says the apostle to one man that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ and again whose house we are for just as a man in his… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:937C…ds the body from visible sin, because it is the bride of Christ: For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ (II Cor. XI, 2).… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1179…him let us listen to the great paul teaching i have betrothed you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ and let us not neglect or rescind the covenants… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1001B…lesh which He took from Adam for Himself as a wife, namely the Church." Why does Paul say: "I have betrothed you to one man to present you as a chaste virgin" (II Cor. 11:2)? Whence also God is united and betroth… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:533A…to one husband, as that blessed groomsman of Christ desires, saying: I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2). For even if this was said concerning… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:669B…ute no small part toward living well. For using them even now, those who preside over the Churches mold and fashion the pure bride whom he betrothed to Christ (2 Cor. XI, 2), and lead her toward spiritual beauty.… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:233A…ger call you servants; for you are my friends (John 15:15). And Paul again: I have espoused you to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2); and again: That he might be the firs… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:303…hen he says that the soul remaining in virginity ought to be "holy both in body and in spirit" [1 Cor. 7:34]; and again, "Present your bodies a chaste virgin" [2 Cor. 11:2]. Chaste, how? "Not having spot or wrin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:747B…at her with flatteries; but Paul stood before her mind, testifying, "I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ" (2 Cor. 11:2): servants were begging with tears; but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:401…remain a virgin?" "For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy," says Paul; "for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ" (2 Cor. 11:2). O wisdom and understanding! "For I am… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:407C…the earnest, so that you may believe me concerning the future; take the pledges, take the betrothal gifts." For this reason Paul says, I have betrothed you (2 Cor. 11:2). As betrothal gifts God has given us… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:805…m (John 3:29). You wished to marry: He became a husband to you: For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2). You were a harlot, and you have becom… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:61D…f the one inheriting. The Church, and the fullness of it; concerning which Paul says: I espoused you to one man, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2). And John: He who has the bride is th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:199A…hurch in an image. And those things which the apostles after this have said—the one saying: "I betrothed you to one man, to present a chaste virgin to Christ" (2 Cor. 11:2); the other: "He who has the bride is t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:615…o one man, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve, so your minds should be corrupted" (2 Cor. 11.2, 3). Do you see that it was not the man… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:615…, bringing forward the divine witness of the words, Paul, who says: "For I have betrothed you to one man, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ" (2 Cor. 11.2). Lest the serpent as he deceived Eve,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:173…l, the trumpet of the heavens, the vessel of choice, the matchmaker of Christ. "For I espoused you," he says, "to one man, to present a pure virgin to Christ" [2 Cor. 11:2]. I produce this witness for you, clear… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:485C…asing, but says: I espoused you to one husband, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness (2 Cor. 11. 2, 3); and he did not say that the devil… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:929C…te virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the chastity that is in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 11:2-3). The foolish virgins, moreover, ar… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:545C…you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve, so your minds should be corrupted" (2 Cor. 11:2-3). But the teaching of the serpent has n… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:725D…became sons of Christ through Christ’s Spirit. But what says the blessed Paul? "For I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ" (2 Cor. 11. 2). He is therefore truly the Ruler and M… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:623C…or He is “the fullness of Him who fills all in all” (Eph. 1:23); and the way, and the man, and the bridegroom: “For I betrothed you to one man, a pure virgin” (2 Cor. 11:2). He is also the root, drink, food, and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:553…vehement and pure then the reason is also necessary for i betrothed you to one husband that i might present you as a chaste virgin to christ therefore i am not jealous for myself but for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:381B…13). And zeal, and great: both are for emphasis, just as he himself says while writing to the Corinthians: For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God (2 Cor. 11. 2). Luke the physician, the beloved, g… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:579B…ndit illas viduitatem non recte eligere, sed luxuriari, illud tamen tolerat: quamquam alibi ait: Despondi enim vos uni viro virginem castam exhibere Christo (II Cor. XI, 2). Nubere volunt, habentes damnationem,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:201C…ain entire, we shall depart thither and be received. “For I have espoused you,” he says, “to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ” (2 Cor. 11:2). These things he said not to the virgi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:419…honor for i have espoused you he says to one man to present you as a chaste virgin to christ for he was not saying this only to virgins but was speaking to the entire fullness… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:39A…itance. Therefore He sent me to gather many for Him; whence he said, "I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ" (2 Cor. XI, 2). See with what precision the Apos… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:541…in this manner for i have betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to christ and the bridegroom himself surely says through the voice of the prophets and i will betrothed… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1043…law whoever therefore commits adultery with that husband of whom paul says i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ does violence to the woman namely… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1059…is the church of those believing in him of whom paul said i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ a widow and one that is… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1503A…es teach us this, but also the holy bride, concerning whom the inspired Paul says: "I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ" (II Cor. xi, 2). For she cries out to the bridegroom i… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1401…to this name for she heard paul the bridegroom's friend crying out i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ and again husbands love your wives… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1055A…II, 1682; IV, 464: God, when he brought Eve, as an adorned spouse, to Adam. Nymphostolos, III, 1501: Paul, leading [the Church] to Christ; IV, 1268, note on II Cor. xi, 2. Nyn, I, 535: in this place, with th… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:399…for paul says for i have betrothed you to one man to present you as a chaste virgin to christ to whom david also says hear o daughter and see and incline your ear and forget… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:925…and see and incline your ear and what follows likewise blessed paul i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ d when therefore he shall render… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:931…gentiles to christ he said i have betrothed you to one man that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ and the bridegroom himself says by the voice of the prophets i will… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:611…by which he says i have betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to christ pertain as much to men as to women and know in all these things that god… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:757…am jealous for you with a godly jealousy for i have betrothed you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ c he did not say i love you but… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:585…paul confirms that we are betrothed to christ for i have betrothed you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ but i fear lest as the serpent seduced eve… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1391…he himself teaches knowledge i am jealous over you says the apostle with godly jealousy for i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ think of… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:623…the church in corinth i have betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to christ and again writing to the ephesians for thus christ loved the church and gave himself for… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1119…those who keep the commandments regarding this inheritor paul also said b i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ and john says he that hath… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:737…is what the divine apostle hints at when writing to the corinthians for i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ and his wife he calls… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1039…do bear with me for i am jealous for you with a godly jealousy for i have espoused you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to christ but i am afraid that… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:1173C…of every soul and the bridegroom of the Church. "For I have espoused you," says Paul, "to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ" ⟦ II Cor. XI, 2⟧, that is. The Precursor says, therefor… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:371…to christ paul the bringer of the bride joining the disciples said i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ and john the great herald also… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:831…as a bridegroom saying i have betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to christ but let us resume the historical narrative the woman says to him 'sir i perceive that… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:191…paul proclaims i have betrothed you he says to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to christ and the bridegroom himself who is more beautiful in comeliness than all other sons of men… Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1201…as paul says i have betrothed you all to one man to present you as a chaste virgin to christ moreover the neighbor's wife is also the flesh within us at which we must not neigh… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:51…also speaks these things to her just as the apostle also says for i have espoused you to one husband to present you a chaste virgin to christ xxii thy neck is as a necklace d… Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:405…been joined to christ for i espoused you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to christ and what is the inheritance the kingdom of heaven christ says come you blessed of my… Anthony the GreatPG 40:1057B…for He is the spouse of all holy souls, as the Apostle Paul says: For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ (II Cor. XI, 2). Indeed I know that many struggles hav… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307…with me a little in my foolishness but do bear with me for i am jealous over you with a godly jealousy cor what do you say paul you who bid disciples to walk in wisdom… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:317B…virgin. But I fear that perhaps as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your thoughts might be corrupted from the simplicity that is toward Christ" (2 Cor. 11. 2, 3). Behold, he has placed "simplicity,… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1687D…y, in book I, On Genesis against the Manichaeans, ch. 25, 26, 27, and Athanasius the Great in his 2nd oration against the Arians; indeed, even the Apostle in II Cor. xi, 3. And then indeed. So the old codex t… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1173…to marry a lawful wife i speak of the first marriage d but i fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled eve through his craftiness… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1175…a your thoughts should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ b the apostle has said with great reverence and as a teacher wherefore also… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1179D…here we have: If her husband should sleep, she is free to marry whom she wishes. (57) Blessed... thus. More blessed... thus, ibid. (58) Lest. Refers to 2 Cor. xi, 3: "But I fear lest, as the serpent decei… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1193C…onic fashion—that the soul, being divine from above, has been effeminated by desire and has come down here into generation and corruption. CAPUT XIV. II Cor. XI, 3, et Eph. IV, 24, exponit. Now, inde… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:727…husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ but i fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled eve through his subtlety so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:955…De Genesi contra Manichaeos, chapters 25, 26, 27, and by Athanasius the Great in his second oration against the Arians; indeed, the Apostle also uses it in II Cor. xi, 3. And then indeed. So runs the old c… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:723C…pon it. Wherefore the wise man Paul says: But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his subtilty, so your senses should be corrupted (II Cor. XI, 3). Our senses are corrupted in carnal fo… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:881…when that which the apostle nonetheless says occurs but i fear lest as the serpent beguiled eve through his subtilty so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity of the faith which is in christ… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:153…an euphemism the apostle called this evil simplicity saying i fear lest as the serpent beguiled eve through his craftiness so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ it is necessary… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:619…suddenly and unexpectedly wherefore the apostle writing to those like them says but i fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled eve your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1117D…. The Apostle, endowed with a sublime mind, signifying this, says: "I fear lest, coming again, the serpent should deceive some of you, and corrupt your minds" [II Cor. xi, 3]. Elsewhere...… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:753…but i fear lest as the serpent seduced eve in his craftiness so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ wherefore before all things the thoughts of the virgin must remain… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1713…away from the dogmas of the truth whence he says to them i fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled eve through his subtlety so your minds should be corrupted c alternatively without were… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:653…greater length but directs it against the devil and the serpent saying i fear lest by any means as the serpent seduced eve by his craftiness your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and purity… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:645A…I fear," he says, "lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ" (2 Cor. 11.3); and again, "I was with you in fear an… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:615…man that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ but i fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled eve so your minds should be corrupted cor do you see that it… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:929…but i fear lest as the serpent seduced eve by his subtlety so your minds should be corrupted from the chastity that is in christ jesus cor d the foolish virgins moreover are those who indeed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:69B…to the Corinthians, he said: I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ (2 Cor. 11:3). Are you going to give an account for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:899…fear, he says, lest as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your senses should be corrupted, and you fall from the simplicity which is in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 11:3). For such great sins, therefore, about… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:1037B…r," he says, "lest as the serpent seduced Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted, and you may fall from the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus" (2 Cor. 11, 3). Since, therefore, you are about to gi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:545…to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to christ but i fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled eve so your minds should be corrupted cor but the teaching of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:631B…tes of the serpent, was just then crying out: "I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve, so your senses may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ" (II Cor. XI, 3). But here, a certain new spectacle… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:629D…en if it be an angel, let him be anathema" (Gal. 1.9); and again: "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve, your minds should be corrupted" (2 Cor. 11.3). And writing to the Philippians, he sa… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:679C…rembling indeed for the sins of others ("For I am afraid," he says, "lest I have labored among you in vain" [Gal. IV, 11]; "Lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve" [II Cor. XI, 3]; "Lest, when I come, I shall not find… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:497B…t is "we have corrupted"? It means, we have deceived no one; just as he says elsewhere, Lest, as the serpent deceived Eve, so your minds should be corrupted (2 Cor. 11.3). We have defrauded no one; we have not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:553…i fear however lest as the serpent deceived eve by his craftiness so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ for if the loss is yours yet the misery is common… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:555…deceived but keeping to the metaphor he says lest perhaps your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ jesus from simplicity i say not from craftiness i do not mean from craftiness nor… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:161A…im saying: "I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ" (2 Cor. 11:3). Yes, he says; but he uses this word e… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:173C…just as we say that a virgin is corrupted, so also [we say this of] the soul. For this reason Paul was saying: Lest by any means your thoughts be corrupted (2 Cor. 11.3); and again elsewhere, In teaching inc… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:439…husband that i might present you as a pure virgin to christ but i fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled eve in his craftiness so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:181…observing the order of holy scripture and adhering to the letter saying i fear lest by any means as the serpent deceived eve by his craftiness so also… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3411…who had been caught putting their wisdom to the test he said i fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled eve through his subtilty so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:757…and jealousy is not born of anything else than from vehement love but i fear lest by any means as the serpent deceived eve by his craftiness so your minds may be corrupted for although the… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:585…as the serpent seduced eve by his subtlety so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ do you see the greatness of the benefit that we have christ as a bridegroom… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1039…as the serpent deceived eve by his craftiness so your thoughts may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1041…christ therefore i am jealous for his sake not for my own but i fear lest by any means for even if the ruin were yours the fear is common he does not state definitively that… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:909…but i fear lest as the serpent deceived eve by his craftiness so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ for even if the destruction is yours the fear is mine… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1137C…For just as we speak of a virgin being corrupted, so also of a soul; wherefore also Paul says, «Lest by any means,» he says, «your minds should be corrupted,» (II Cor. XI, 3) and, «corrupted in mind.» (II Tim. III… Nicephorus Gregoras c. 1295–1360PG 148:1197…which the divine apostle also trembled saying i fear lest our thoughts should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in christ for he says if even satan himself is transformed it is no great thing… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:317…as the serpent deceived eve in his craftiness so your thoughts might be corrupted from the simplicity that is toward christ cor behold he has placed simplicity and he gave no indulgence for if there were… Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1483…corrupted and fall from the simplicity and chastity that is in christ for if he that cometh preacheth another christ whom we have not preached or if you receive another spirit whom you have not received… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:273…gain christ and to the romans for if he who comes preaches another jesus whom we have not preached or you receive another spirit which you have not received but to what end was he looking… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:357…in the holy spirit and again for if he who comes preaches another jesus whom we have not preached or you receive another spirit whom you have not received and at other times he mentions the… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:503…as paul writes to the romans for if he who comes preaches another jesus whom we have not preached or if you receive another spirit which you have not received the same indication is also carried… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1019…first epistle to the corinthians that is writing to the romans however for if he that cometh preacheth another jesus whom we have not preached or if you receive another spirit whom you have not received… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:555…from here but from what he says afterwards if one comes proclaiming another jesus whom we have not proclaimed or you receive another spirit which you have not received or another gospel which you have not… Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1135B…sus whom we have not preached, or you receive another Spirit whom you have not received, or another Gospel which you have not accepted, you bear with him well (II Cor. XI, 4). If, then, this one puts a seal on the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1325…second epistle to the corinthians h for if he that comes preaches another jesus whom we have not preached or if you receive another spirit which you have not received or another gospel which you have… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:439…damage itself corruption since he had also named them a virgin vers for if he that cometh preacheth another jesus whom we did not preach or if ye receive a different spirit which ye did not… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:759…requires an unfeigned and guileless soul for if he that comes preaches another jesus whom we have not preached he shows here that it was not the corinthians who were the deceivers but those who were… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1041…receives all things by faith and reasons nothing out b if indeed he that cometh preacheth another jesus whom we have not preached or you receive a different spirit which you have not received or another… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:911…with greater authority and much beauty of expression but if he preaches another jesus whom we have not preached for which there is no need of eloquence or you receive a different spirit that is if… Gregory ThaumaturgusPG 10:1121…one body and again he says for if he who comes preaches another jesus whom we have not preached or you receive a different spirit which you have not received or a different gospel which you… Pantaleon the Deacon unknownPG 140:503C…ich you have received," that is, if someone has evangelized to you another, that is, a contrary one, or has taught in a contrary manner, "let him be anathema" (II Cor. XI, 4). He does not say: "If anyone adds to y… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:439…did they present another gospel vers for i reckon that i am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles but he says it is superfluous to compare our things with them for i consider that… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:709…among these most especially paul who being confident in his works says i was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles and observe how the setting of this theory proposed nothing elegant for the lack… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1251B…ificial ornamentation of words, which he did not know. For thus he speaks in regard to himself: But even if I be an "idiota" in speech, yet not in knowledge (II Cor. xi, 6). And note Acts iv, 13; I Cor. i, 17; i… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:397B…he greatness of the Lord’s teaching and the ecclesiastical rule. Wherefore, also, further down he adds: «But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge» (II Cor. XI, 6). But let those of the Greeks who b… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1699…god and not from mortal strength consonant with this is the saying though i be rude in speech yet not in knowledge and that my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:667D…y confesses himself to be an amateur, and that, too, in writing to the Corinthians, who flourished in the fame of eloquence, in which they gloried most of all (2 Cor. XI, 6)? CHRYSOSTOM: This, I say, this is wha… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:669B…earned in one, not in both; and being careful about this, he drew the distinction accurately, saying that he was "unlearned in speech," but "not in knowledge" (2 Cor. XI, 6). If I were requiring the elegance of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:491A…ntrary, being utterly unlearned, and having been born the most ignorant of all? Hear him actually saying, and not being ashamed: "Though I be rude in speech," (II Cor. XI, 6). And he possessed no money; for he him… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:393D…eter, nothing more of a layman than Paul. And this he himself confessed, and he was not ashamed to say: But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge (2 Cor. 11. 6). But yet this layman and that unlearne… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:439…think that i am in no way behind them b c vers but though i be rude in speech yet not in knowledge he could indeed have said that the leaders of the apostles were unlearned… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1367B…reasons with reasons, and philosophical dissertations with divine oracles, crying out with the great Paul: "Though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge" (II Cor. XI, 6); and in this way he continued to persi… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:759…you so amazed at those who blather such things d for although i be rude in speech yet not in knowledge because they boasted greatly in greek wisdom he frames it in this way showing that… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:649…the gospel in the wisdom of knowledge hence he also says elsewhere though i be rude in speech yet not in knowledge for what is wiser or better and more brilliant in terms of knowledge than… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1045…inferior to the most eminent apostles b even if i am untrained in speech yet not in knowledge but in everything we have been made manifest in all things to you did i commit a sin… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:379…just shall live by faith and in the second to the corinthians have i committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted because i have preached to you the gospel of god freely… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:557…heavily adds the following saying or did i commit a sin by abasing myself that ye might be exalted and interpreting it he says i robbed other churches taking wages for your ministry the meaning of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:401…our god to speak to you the gospel of god in much struggle a great indeed are your own achievements nevertheless we did not use human speech but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:405…night and day so as not to burden any of you we preached to you the gospel of god you are witnesses and god how holily and justly and without complaint we were toward you who… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:489…you know at philippi we had courage in our god to declare to you the gospel of god in much struggle thess behold again he manifestly calls christ god for the gospel is his another similar… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:439…made clear to you d vers or did i commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted because i preached to you the gospel of god for naught by this name he says… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:635…night and day that we might not burden any of you we preached to you the gospel of god he shows the excess of the labor not only saying labor and toil but also joining the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:909…night and day so as not to burden any of you we preached to you the gospel of god you are witnesses and god how holily and justly and blamelessly we were to you who believe… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:69…so as not to be a burden to any of you we preached to you the gospel of god you are witnesses and god how holily and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves with you who… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1289…and day so that we might not burden any of you we preached to you the gospel of god he did not say remember the benefits which you received from me but of our labor and… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307D…Cor. 10. 9-10). Then, accusing the Corinthians themselves, who had been persuaded, he says, Did I commit a sin in abasing myself, that you might be exalted (2 Cor. 11. 7)? And answering this crime, he says aga… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:175B…e also says in the second Epistle: "I robbed other churches, taking wages to minister to you; and when I was with you and in need, I was burdensome to no one" (2 Cor. 11:8); and here again: "And we hunger and th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:521C…erved him, saying, "That even once and twice you sent for my needs" (Phil. 4:16); and again, "I robbed other Churches, having received wages for your service" (2 Cor. 11:8). It is not, therefore, a sign of freed… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:439…you i did not even receive the necessary sustenance from you vers i robbed other churches taking wages of them that i might minister unto you offering to you the gospel… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1723…churches of achaia and i will maintain this very intention so that in all things i have kept myself and will keep myself free from burden vers that i may cut off an opportunity from those… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:557…attacked them he again gently relaxes the vehemence of his rebuke saying and when i was present with you and in need i did not burden any man for he did not say you did not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:559…that he ought to have received from the corinthians but in saying that which was lacking to me they supplied he shows that he did not even ask for it and he brings forward a reason… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:405…not so but what working night and day and there he says and when i was present with you and was in need i was not a burden to anyone and i received a wage for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:441…was preaching to the corinthians he was fed by others b vers and when i was present with you and wanted i was chargeable to no man for that which was lacking to me the brethren… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:761…which was wanting to me the brethren supplied having come from macedonia and in all things i have kept myself from being burdensome to you and so will i keep myself a what he says is… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:903…xvi i rejoice at the coming of stephanas and fortunatus and achaicus for that which was lacking to me on your part they have supplied for they have refreshed my spirit and yours therefore acknowledge such… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1045…charge i robbed other churches taking pay for the service of you and when i was present with you and in need i did not burden anyone next he compares himself to peter and those who… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1047…your service for while preaching to you i was fed by others and when i was present with you and in need the accusation is threefold that he was there preaching to them and was in… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:913…you and laboring for your sake i was fed by others c and when i was present with you and in need i did not burden anyone the accusation is threefold that while i was with… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307C…just as when he says, For we are not as the many, peddling the word of God (2 Cor. 2. 17); and again when he says, I have kept myself without cost to you (2 Cor. 11. 9); and when he asserted that he would pr… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1137B…uish the truth that is in Christ from that which is not in Christ: since elsewhere the same Apostle says: "The truth of Christ is in me, because I lie not (II Cor. xi, 10)." Therefore, we must believe that the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:315C…esians for this. Why? Because he did not encounter the necessity. But he says to the Corinthians, “My boasting has not been silenced in the regions of Achaia” (2 Cor. XI, 10). Nor did he say "I have not coveted an… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:559…he seem to say this to win their favor more he says the truth of christ is in me do not think he says that i have said these things in order to receive and to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:585…upon them he constantly provides consolation for it for above when saying the truth of christ is in me that this boasting of mine shall not be stopped he said again do i not love you… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:441…suppose he had used such words only he added an oath vers as the truth of christ is in me no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of achaia no one he… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:761…be helped for this is what that you might be exalted means the truth of christ is in me do not think he says that i said this because i wanted to receive anything for he… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1047…kept myself from being a burden to you and will keep myself the truth of christ is in me that this boasting of mine will not be stopped in regard to me in the regions of… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1049…myself from being burdensome but i will also continue to do so the truth of christ is in me then so that they might not think that he had said these things in order to entice… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:915…anything from them vers is the truth of christ in me that this boasting shall not be stopped in me in the regions of achaia lest they think that he said i will keep myself so… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307C…; and when he asserted that he would preserve it: For the truth of Christ is in me, that this boasting of mine shall not be stopped in the regions of Achaia (2 Cor. 11. 10). When he subsequently added the reason… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:441…the things he had said were harsh he applies a remedy vers wherefore because i love you not god knoweth by this testimony he expelled every evil suspicion why then do you take nothing vers but… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307C…hose villains, saying: What is it? Because I love you not? God knows. But what I do, and will do: that I may cut off occasion from them that desire occasion (2 Cor. 11. 11-12); and before these things he exhorts th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:275B…em! For because it was most fitting here that he not receive [money], as he himself says: "That in that in which they boast, they may be found just as we are" (2 Cor. 11:12); it is provided that he remain there.… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:559…into anxiety but he turned the discourse to another cause what then that i may cut off occasion from them that seek occasion that wherein they glory they may be found even as we for because… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:563…he had already tacitly indicated it when he said that in what they glory they may be found even as we but he signified the same thing more clearly afterwards with these words if a man… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:565…man devour you cor how then did you say that in which they glory they may be found even as we you see that he is showing they are taking and not merely taking but even… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:585…not love you god knows but that i may cut off the occasion from them which desire occasion and that wherein they glory they may be found even as we and in the former epistle what… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:287B…e said? There, with the best right, he was not accepting because of the false apostles, That in what they boast, he says, they may be found as we also are (2 Cor. 11. 12). He did not say, "They are," but, "The… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:441…he expelled every evil suspicion why then do you take nothing vers but what i do that i will do that i may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion that wherein they glory they… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:761…that i may cut off the occasion from them that seek an occasion that wherein they glory they may be found even as we because they were eager for this to find some hold against him… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:379B…t it is also good to have recovered after sickness. TIT. IX. — Concerning suspicion; and that one must flee the occasions that generate evil suspicions. II Cor. XI, 12. — "Give no occasion to them that seek… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307…because i love you not god knows but what i do and will do that i may cut off occasion from them that desire occasion cor and before these things he exhorts the disciples not to… Pope Soter r. c. 166-174PG 5:1137…which same thing the blessed apostle says for such false apostles are deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and no wonder b for satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light it… Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1485…he said this while showing that all the others who have come are false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into apostles of christ and no wonder for satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1471C…ose who are examining. Knowing which, the blessed Apostle says: For such false apostles, and deceitful workers, transform themselves into apostles of Christ (II Cor. XI, 13). But it is not a marvel, since even Sa… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:383…as has been said and these are the ones whom paul calls false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into apostles of christ v for they use the gospel according to matthew but not in its entirety… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:637…because many false prophets have gone out into the world and paul for such are false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into apostles of christ and no wonder for satan himself transforms himself into an angel… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:687…within were fears and again through perils among false brethren and again for such are false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into apostles of christ then again what is even more grievous than all that not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:563…unto the ages of ages amen h homily xxiv h for such false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ do you say that those who preach christ but do not take money… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569…fact that they were ministers he did indeed remove it by saying false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ but now he does not do it in this way for the discourse… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1487C…hat the Father produces all things, and yet the Word is their maker, and how, 618. Father God, concerning him theologically, 680m. A necessary reading of Paul (II Cor. XI, 13), 699m. in note. The derision of Paul,… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:345B…stles against the apostles. And he teaches this in the second Epistle to the Corinthians: “For such men,” he says, “are false apostles, deceitful workers.” ⟦c. II Cor. 11, 13⟧ VERS. 30. “But if anything is reveale… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:441…into bondage if a man devour you if a man take vers for such are false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and no marvel for satan himself is transformed into an… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:861…the sentence of the apostle is fulfilled saying such pseudo apostles are deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and no wonder for satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light therefore it… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:497…up troubles in the church of god he writes to the corinthians for such are false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and no marvel for satan himself is transformed into an… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:761…was eager to remove this for such false apostles are deceitful workmen transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and no wonder for satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light b therefore he says… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:573B…f light. It is no great thing, therefore, if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works (II Cor. xi, 13-15). Does not the Spirit, he says, exp… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:917…the apostle accomplished it in truth vers for such false apostles are deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ what do you say if they preach christ and introduce no other gospel as you… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1283…away by their doctrines and thus warns for such pseudo apostles are deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and no wonder for satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light and in… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307D…even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light. It is no great thing, therefore, if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness (2 Cor. 11. 13-15). Since these, with the slanders they d… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:523B…gone out into the world" (1 John 4:1). And the Apostle says: "For such false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ" (2 Cor. 11:13). And no wonder: "for Satan himself tra… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1369…is easily discerned by those who taste it and the devil also is transformed into an angel of light so that he may ensnare men in the darkness of blindness and the pestilence of unbelief many… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:287…from the devil also know what the scripture says that the devil is transformed into an angel of light what is he doing prophesying of course but if he prophesies as an angel of light he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:213…in ignorance a lamp that empties the mind of good knowledge and is transformed into an angel of light c but because the impious did not want to know the light of the lord nor to… Alexander of Alexandria d. 326PG 18:621B…ustomed to changing himself into many and various forms, so that, to speak with the divine Paul, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light (II Cor. xi, 14). It is no wonder, then, if, while argu… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:875C…simulate the person of the good, cannot represent. For even if, according to the Apostle, Satan knows how to transfigure himself into an angel of light (II Cor. XI, 14), yet even if he presents splendid visi… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:939C…have been deemed worthy of the light of revelations, he appears to have the like. For Satan himself, says Paul, transforms himself into an angel of light (II Cor. XI, 14), so that by the opinion of a feigned l… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1723…should be known however that it is only improperly said that satan is transformed into an angel of light for strictly speaking transformation is asserted of bodies that change into other bodies therefore this expression d… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:833D…the likeness of angels, introduce their own teaching toward their own design, according to what is said: Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light (2 Cor. 11:14); wherefore he shuts the way against th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:161A…r him saying: "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light, as such his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of justice" (2 Cor. 11:14-15). Thus he knew all the battle, and noth… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1137…true or in vigils transformed or in the transfiguration of light seen for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:441…are false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and no marvel for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:497…are false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and no marvel for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:573…transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and it is no wonder for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light it is no great thing therefore if his ministers also are transformed as the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1009…he says satan fall like lightning from heaven b perhaps because he is transformed into an angel of light or because lightnings and coruscations run through the region under heaven as though they were walking about… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1285C…s darkness, yet wishes to be seen as light: for it is transfigured into an angel of light, so that under that appearance it may drive mortals into fraud (II Cor. xi, 14). And very many, indeed, have not notic… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:825…teaches that only knowledge is error free light and incites him who is transformed into an angel of light to wage war against the light of grace against the speculation introduced by the greeks and gentiles… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1343…the lord d question what is one to do when the demon is transformed into an angel of light and deceives a man answer for this reason a man has need of much discernment that he… Gregory ThaumaturgusPG 10:1157C…n of the demonic serpent, was for the first mother Eve ⟦Gen. ult.⟧? Or is that author of evil, the demon, once again transfigured into an angel of light ⟦II Cor. 11, 14⟧, and envying my spouse for his great s… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:875B…hat is the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" (Matt. xxiv, 3). We expect you to come again, but Satan is being transformed into an angel of light (II Cor. xi, 14). Therefore, secure us, so that we may… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:523B…l workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ" (2 Cor. 11:13). And no wonder: "for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light" (2 Cor. 11:14). It is no great thing, therefore, if h… Pope Soter r. c. 166-174PG 5:1137…therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as the ministers of justice whose end shall be according to their works but even the lord in warning us of this says beware of false prophets who come… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1103…persons are false apostles deceitful workers c as far as the passage whose end shall be according to their works self control therefore is a contempt for the body according to our confession towards god for… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1017…is no wonder for satan himself transforms into an angel of light it is no great thing if his ministers also transform into ministers of righteousness but it is what the woman saw of samuel yet… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:373D…d said concerning the Jews, that they "killed the Lord and persecuted the prophets" (I Thess. II, 15), he added, "whose end shall be according to their works" (II Cor. XI, 15). Do you see how those who suffer perse… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:383D…ibution. For when Paul had spoken about the Jews, that they killed the Lord and persecuted the prophets, he added, "whose end is according to their works" (2 Cor. 11. 15). Do you see how those who are persecut… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:905…is great if his ministers also transfigure themselves as ministers of justice whose end shall be according to their works many he says shall seduce not all because the virtue of the seducers is nothing but… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:441…no marvel for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness whose end shall be according to their… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:861…no wonder for satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as ministers of justice whose end shall be according to their works… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:497…no marvel for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness whose end shall be according to their… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:761…so that they may extort more it is no great thing therefore if his ministers also be transformed by an angel of light he means one who speaks with confidence and boldness for these are otherwise… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:573…light it is no great thing therefore if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness whose end shall be according to their works ii cor xi c does not the spirit he says… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:917…vers it is no great thing therefore if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness whose end will be according to their works that is as ministers of the gospel which possesses righteousness… Nicephorus Gregoras c. 1295–1360PG 148:1197…is in christ for he says if even satan himself is transformed it is no great thing if his ministers also are transformed as ministers of righteousness d what therefore it was fitting for us to… Gregory III Mammas, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1400-1459PG 160:201…thing therefore if his ministers also be transfigured as ministers of justice whose end shall be according to their works and again in another place the same apostle says of the same persons such men do… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:523…into an angel of light cor it is no great thing therefore if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of justice whose end shall be according to their works for when the antichrist comes… Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:399C…rrh, and the frankincense of the Magi, is pure prayer of good works, from which the fragrance proceeds, as the Apostle says: "We are the good odor of Christ." ⟦II Cor. 11, 15.⟧ Acknowledge, therefore, all you prie… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569…god ye could bear with me a little in my foolishness and again let no man think me a fool and if not yet as a fool receive me that which i speak i speak it… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:443…a vers again i say let no man think me a fool if otherwise yet as a fool receive me that i may glory a little having often attempted… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:761…to their works which we are he says who preach the gospel i say again let no man think me to be foolish for he had already offered a correction c otherwise take me as one… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1051…again i say let no one think me a fool otherwise even as a fool receive me that i also may boast a little what i say i do not say according to the lord but… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307D…narration of his praises, but with words interposed, he thus introduces: I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if you do, yet as foolish receive me (2 Cor. 11. 16). Nor yet does he thus come to the narr… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:565…glory he again employs another withdrawal saying what i speak i speak not after the lord but as it were in foolishness in this confidence of glorying a you see how glorying is not after the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569…me a fool and if not yet as a fool receive me that which i speak i speak it not after the lord but as it were in foolishness and since many glory after the flesh… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:443…not believe me he says bear with me as a fool vers that which i speak i speak not according to the lord but as it were in foolishness in this matter of glorying the law… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1065…you could bear with me a little in my foolishness and again that which i speak i speak not after the lord but as it were in foolishness we respond that he did not say i… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1139…he puts hypostasis for foundation also for praise as with the apostle that which i speak i speak not according to the lord but as it were in foolishness in this substance of glorying h cap… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307D…come to the narration, but again he subjoins and says: That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this substance of boasting (2 Cor. 11. 17). Nor even after these things does he d… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:313D…nd his wisdom and his great caution. For even when he said, “That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord,” he added, “In this substance of boasting” (2 Cor. 11, 17). “Do not think,” he says, “that I say… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:565B…having said so many things before, he again offers other apologies, adding thus and saying: Seeing that many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also (2 Cor. 11, 18). What is "according to the flesh"? Fro… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569…not after the lord but as it were in foolishness and since many glory after the flesh i will glory also and here again whereinsoever any is bold i speak in foolishness i am bold also… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307D…e to enter, but puts it off and says: Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also; for you gladly bear with the foolish, being wise yourselves (2 Cor. 11. 18-19). Furthermore, later he shrinks and hes… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307D…ords, but again he strikes and says: For if many glory according to the flesh, I will also glory; gladly do you bear with the foolish, being wise yourselves (2 Cor. 11. 18-19). Then he hesitates and shrinks, and af… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1405…own life he exhorts those to whom this epistle is directed saying for ye suffer fools gladly seeing ye yourselves are wise and he adds for ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:837B…ou, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak, as touching this (II Cor. xi, 19-21). That one ought not to preach the Gos… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:565D…and I condescend. And see how he sets the rebuke with praise. For having said, You gladly suffer the foolish, he appended, whereas you yourselves are wise (2 Cor. 11, 19). For to glory even in such things is f… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1695…to the proud yet despised the meek saying in this manner you suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour you if a man take of you if a man exalt himself… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1405…ye suffer fools gladly seeing ye yourselves are wise and he adds for ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour you if a man exalt himself d and he consequently… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:837…acts xx for ye suffer fools gladly seeing ye yourselves are wise for ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour you if a man take of you if a man… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:45…nd the fat you slaughtered; you ate, concerning whom Paul writes: For you endure it if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you (2 Cor. 11:20); even though you wore wool, you did no… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:565D…rvility of the Corinthians, that they were yielding to them to excess. And mark how he makes a mockery of it: For you suffer, he says, if a man devour you (2 Cor. 11, 20). How then did you say, "That in which… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:401C…ns he was saying: For you endure, if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone takes, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes your face (2 Cor. 11. 20); and again, The presence of the body… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:441…but secretly sought financial gain for he says this a little later for ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour you if a man take vers for such are false… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:443…you gladly suffer the foolish whereas you yourselves are wise for you suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour you if a man take from you if a man be lifted… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:837…a man exalt himself if a man smite you on the face i speak as concerning reproach as though we had been weak as touching this ii cor xi that one ought not to preach the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:95C…mall consolation to those who were distressed, he thus began, after saying many other things: "In that which any one dares—I speak in foolishness—I dare also" (2 Cor. 11.21). Consider the pious soul, which calls… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569D…Jesus Christ, with whom to the Father together with the Holy Spirit be glory, power, honor, now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. HOMILY XXV 2 Cor. 11:21. Whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:799D…aily for the sake of the proclamation of religion; it is necessary that you hear him saying: "In what any one is bold, in foolishness I speak, I am bold also" (2 Cor. 11.21). Consider for me the soul dear to God,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:817B…isplayed daily on behalf of the proclamation of piety, it is necessary to hear him saying, In that wherein anyone dares, I speak in foolishness, I dare also (2 Cor. 11:21). Observe a soul that loves God. He cal… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:443…i said this because of the insult inflicted upon you by them as though we had been weak you think that we do nothing of the sort because of our weakness wherein any man is bold… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307D…re, later he shrinks and hesitates, and with some things interposed again he introduces: In whatever any man is bold, I speak in foolishness, I am bold also (2 Cor. 11. 21). And only then, after so many excuses… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307D…11. 18-19). Then he hesitates and shrinks, and after saying other things, he again adds: In whatever any man is bold, in foolishness I speak, I am bold also (2 Cor. 11. 21). And then at last… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1725…flesh i will glory also and are they hebrews and israelites and the seed of abraham so am i but his chief glory is that these things are understood spiritually cap xii vers i know a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:95…i am willing to dare and to display a work of foolishness are they hebrews so am i are they israelites so am i are they the seed of abraham so am i on these things… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:325B…I Tim. I, 5; III, 15). And again regarding himself: "A Hebrew of Hebrews" (Phil. III, 5). And again: "Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I" (II Cor. XI, 22). For they who were this from ancestors… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569…at last he ventures taking up the defense from necessity and says are they hebrews so am i are they israelites so am i for it was not possible for all hebrews to be israelites since… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:799…done anything good are they hebrews and i are they israelites and i are they the seed of abraham and i ibid v in these he says do they boast themselves let them not think us… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:817…among us were to be found to have done some good thing are they hebrews so am i are they israelites so am i are they the seed of abraham so am i ibid v on… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:467…world is crucified unto me and i unto the world and elsewhere are they hebrews so am i are they israelites so am i an hebrew of the hebrews as touching the law a pharisee concerning… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:443…hebrews so am i they are israelites so am i they are the seed of abraham so am i he set these down as things said by them about themselves and in these indeed he showed… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:763…been weak wherein any dares i speak in foolishness i dare also are they hebrews so am i are they israelites so am i are they the seed of abraham so am i are they ministers… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:921…they boast are they hebrews i also are they israelites i also are they the seed of abraham i also since not all who are hebrews were israelites for the moabites and ammonites also used to… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:309…own praises. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. Are they ministers of Christ? So am I (2 Cor. 11. 22-23). And not even there did he restrain himself, but again he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1677D…. The words seem to be inverted by the scribe's carelessness; and they are to be read in the order in which they appear more aptly arranged in the editions of 2 Cor. xi, 23: ἐν πληγαῖς ὑπερβαλλόντως, ἐν φυλακαῖς… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:421…to speak truthfully from the affection of paul in labors more abundantly in stripes above measure in prisons more frequently in deaths often b and all the rest is most inequitable if therefore you wish to… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:533…boasts of in labors more abundantly which of us can say this in stripes above measure in prisons more frequent in deaths oft of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1405…of the epistle and describes his own infinite tribulations in this manner in labours more abundant in stripes above measure and again he brings forward the temptations the punishments of stoning and rods the shipwrecks the… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:381…in all things exhibiting ourselves as the ministers of god and again are they ministers of christ i speak as a fool i am more and h chapter xxvi h the beginning is missing b remained… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:407C…that are without, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not burned?" (2 Cor. 11:23-29). Therefore, I admire the apostles, as… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:579D…did some good and excellent thing, but also that he was affected by evils. For when he had said, "They are ministers of Christ; I speak as a fool, I am more" (2 Cor. XI, 23); and when he was eager to demonstrate… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:95…fall short for we partake of the same things then he added are they ministers of christ i speak as a fool i am more behold here my beloved d the virtue of the soul of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:481C…d a day I have been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in peril among false brethren, in weariness and painfulness" (2 Cor. 11. 23-27). And suffering such things, he was rej… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:163B…Paul was in daily deaths, in prisons, in shipwrecks, in deserts, in scourges, in innumerable other punishments, yet he rejoiced, and exulted, and gloried (2 Cor. 11.23) not only in the hope of the glory of G… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:513B…akedness, besides what is external, my daily pressure, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not burned? (2 Cor. 11:23–29). The brother was falling, he was griev… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569…nobility and says are they the seed of abraham so am i are they ministers of christ i speak as a fool i more he was not content with the former deprecation but here again he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:625…the medium the endurance in the dangers and saying are they servants of christ i speak as a fool still more i in labors more abundantly in stripes above measure in prisons more abundantly in deaths… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:799…for we have these things in common with them then he adds are they ministers of christ i speak as one less wise i more ibid v… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:801B…had said, "I more," he proceeds to enumerate the achievements of his bravery, and says: "In labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often" (2 Cor. 11. 23). What are you saying? That which you s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:817…left behind for we too share in the same then he added are they ministers of christ i speak as a fool i am more ibid v behold for me here the virtue of this blessed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:841CLatin…ne, periculis in mari: in labore et aerumna, in vigiliis saepe, in fame et siti, in jejuniis saepe, in frigore et nuditate, praeter illa quae extrinsecus sunt (2 Cor. 11. 23-28). Cum dixit autem, Praeter ea quae extr… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1699B…ght” (1 Thess. II, 9, 10). And to the Corinthians, having enumerated the struggles he underwent for the defense of piety, he adds: “In labors more abundantly” (2 Cor. XI, 23). And again: “I have labored more abund… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:763…so am i are they the seed of abraham so am i are they ministers of christ i speak as a fool i more in labors more abundantly in stripes above measure in prisons more frequently… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1055…they israelites i also are they the seed of abraham i also are they ministers of christ i speak as a fool i am more consider again how he is not content with such great preparations… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:921…added are they the seed of abraham i also pointing to isaac are they ministers of christ i speak as a fool i more some say that he ought not to have brought forward the word… Eustathius of Thessalonica c. 1115–1195PG 135:677C…set marks and outstrip one another in contests that are in the highest degree pleasing to God; since the divine word, saying, “In labors more abundantly” (II Cor. XI, 23), teaches us, not that every excess is… Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1057…they i speak as a fool more am i a in labors more abundant in stripes above measure in prisons more frequent in deaths often of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:13…which he shortly appends contribute to describing the form of the epistle are they ministers of christ i speak as a fool i more these things certainly pertain to the apostolate not to the epistle wherefore… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:163A…celled, he says: "In labors more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in lashes beyond measure, in deaths often; I will boast in the things of my weakness" (2 Cor 11:23, 30). You see him boasting in these t… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:299…thren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness, beside those things that are without (II Cor. XI, 23-28). These are the true marks of apostlesh… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:309…ist? So am I (2 Cor. 11. 22-23). And not even there did he restrain himself, but again he places the correction, adding: I speak as a fool, I more (2 Cor. 11. 23). Nor did he stop there, but after recounting all his prais… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:533…this in stripes above measure in prisons more frequent in deaths oft of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:407…abundant in stripes above measure in prisons more frequently in deaths often of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:405D…suffered far graver things than he did? Paul says: "By the Jews I was beaten three times with rods, once I was stoned, a night and a day I spent in the deep" (2 Cor 11:24-25). What then after these things? "I wish… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:415…had suffered, that "Five times I received forty stripes save one from the Jews, thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck" (2 Cor. 11:24, 25); and having enumerated the whole s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:481…saying in labors more abundantly in stripes above measure in deaths ofttimes of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned a night and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:111D…ripes save one from the Jews. Thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea” (2 Cor. 11:24-25). But lest we, cast into an immense dep… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569…in deed for i was often given over to dangers having death of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one why save one there was an old law that he who received more… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195…ty, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst (2 Cor. 11:24–27). And that these things were pleasing t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:497A…ften, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness (2 Cor. 11. 24-26). And again: That which comes upon me… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:841…abundantly in stripes above measure in prisons more frequently in deaths often of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1055…abundantly in stripes above measure in prisons more frequently in deaths often of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once i was d… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1057…die he says for he was exposing himself to death dealing perils of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one why save one the law was such that he who received more than… Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1057…abundant in stripes above measure in prisons more frequent in deaths often of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:267C…how he declares it himself: "Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned" (2 Cor. 11:24-25). And that these things were not said b… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:299…abundant in stripes above measure in prisons more frequent in deaths oft of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:531…thrice he was beaten with rods once he was stoned thrice he suffered shipwreck a night and a day he was in the deep a man having suffered in all things tribulation being perplexed having suffered… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:533…oft of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:761…the cross built for us a stormless voyage to heaven ques cvi a night and a day i have spent in the deep resp by a night he means the time spent before the coming of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:407…often of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:579…stripes save one thrice i was beaten with rods once i was stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeys often in perils of rivers in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:97…stripes save one thrice i was beaten with rods once i was stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often in perils of rivers in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:481…ofttimes of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:513…often from the jews five times i received forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:111…from the jews thrice i was beaten with rods once i was stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i was in the depth of the sea cor but lest we cast into… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:569…law he might not dishonor the one being struck thrice i was beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck and what has this to do with the gospel because he traveled long… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:571…b night and day i have been in the deep some say in the midst of the sea others as if swimming which is also the more… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195…again of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:497…again of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:841…often of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:21D…ystically indicating human nature: "Thrice I made shipwreck." For what does he say? "Thrice I made shipwreck; a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea" (II Cor. XI, 25). For human nature made shipwreck thric… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:921…often in hunger and thirst in cold and nakedness in dangers often thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:181…stripes lacking one thrice i was beaten with rods once i was stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeys often… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:445…stripes save one thrice i was beaten with rods once i was stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep that is when the ship was broken up… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:63…the day reached the sunset they also bring forward the apostle saying a night and a day i have passed in the deep b which however is not a firm argument for the proof for what… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2053…thus simply the gentiles for c paul being on the sea said a night and a day i have been in the deep luke says that he traveled in an alexandrian ship with the sign of… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:763…that humanity had suffered shipwreck three times for what does he say thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep of the sea human nature has suffered shipwreck three… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:765…heaven so that we might arrive without a storm in night and day i have been in the deep by night he speaks of that lingering we spent in dark error before the coming of christ… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1055…often of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once i was d… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1057…a stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i was in the deep in journeyings often in perils of rivers in perils… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:923…compose his history for the sake of vainglory vers thrice i made shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often and what has shipwreck to do with the gospel… Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1057…often of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:299…oft of the jews five times received i forty stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods once was i stoned thrice i suffered shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:407…the deep of the sea in journeys often in perils of rivers in perils of robbers in perils from my own kindred in perils from the gentiles in perils in the city in perils in the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:667D…rpassing the athlete of Christ. For why mention his zeal, his integrity, the frequent dangers, the continuous anxieties, his unceasing sorrow for the Churches (2 Cor. XI, 26), his compassion for the weak, the many… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:579…have been in the deep in journeys often in perils of rivers in perils of robbers in perils from my own nation in perils by the gentiles in perils in the city in perils in the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:97…shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often in perils of rivers in perils of robbers in perils from my own race in perils from the gentiles in perils… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:481…stoned a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in peril among false brethren in weariness and painfulness cor and suffering such… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:513…shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often in perils of rivers in perils of robbers in perils from my own kindred in perils from the gentiles in perils… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:571…placed it as something greater than a shipwreck in perils of rivers in perils of robbers in perils in the city in perils in the wilderness everywhere struggles were set before me in places in regions… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:205…a night i have been in the deep in perils of rivers in perils of robbers in perils in the city in perils in the wilderness in perils among false brethren when the whole nation of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:529A…ay, and on the day of martyrs, the same sacrifice is performed. For as often as you eat this bread, he says, and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death (2 Cor. 11:26). He did not circumscribe the sacri… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195…shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in perils by mine own countrymen in perils by the heathen in perils… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:411…night i have been in the deep of the sea in journeys often in perils of waters in perils by robbers in perils by my own countrymen in perils by the heathen in perils in the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:497…stoned a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in perils by my own countrymen in perils by the heathen in perils… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:841…shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often in perils of rivers in perils of robbers in perils from my own kindred in perils from the gentiles in perils… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:183…a in perils of rivers in perils of robbers in perils from my own nation in perils from the gentiles in perils in the city in perils in the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:765…in b perils from my own nation in perils from the gentiles in perils in the city in perils in the wilderness in perils in the sea in perils from false brethren for he was compelled… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1057…suffered shipwreck a night and a day i was in the deep in journeyings often in perils of rivers in perils of robbers in perils from my own nation in perils from the gentiles in perils… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:923…in perils of rivers for he was also compelled to cross rivers in perils of robbers in perils from my own nation in perils from the gentiles in perils in the city in perils in the… Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1057…shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in perils by mine own countrymen in perils by the heathen in perils… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:299…shipwreck a night and a day i have been in the deep in journeyings often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in perils by mine own countrymen in perils by the heathen in perils… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:957…in watchings in fastings in purity and elsewhere in labor and travail in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often and again every man who contends in the games exercises temperance in all things… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1169A…time of such necessity it is essential to fast, since the Apostle, among his other right deeds, enumerates this also for our instruction: "In fastings often" (II Cor. xi, 27). Q. CXXXI. He who does not take t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:407…in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren in labor and painfulness in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness besides those things that are without that which… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:45…ife without labor, he fell from Paradise; but when the Apostle lived a laborious and toilsome life, and was saying, In labor and toil, working night and day (2 Cor. 11.27; 1 Thess. 2.9), then he went to Paradis… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:523C…ggles, and from the opportunity offered by the contests he found consolation, especially hearing Paul say daily: "In hunger and thirst, in cold and nakedness" (2 Cor. 11:27); and again, "To this very hour we both… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:579…in the sea in perils among false brethren in labor and hardship in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness besides those things that are outside my daily pressure ibid… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:97…and after all these things he says again in weariness and toil in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness besides the things that are without see how another sea… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:513…in the sea in perils among false brethren in weariness and pain in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness besides what is external my daily pressure the care of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:127D…. Therefore, enter the way which he entered, and those who were with him. And what way did he come upon? He himself says, "In hunger and thirst and nakedness" (II Cor. XI, 27); he indeed, "Silver and gold I have no… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:171B…, I abstain. What then? Did he not eat? Did he not drink? He certainly often neither ate nor drank: for he says, "In hunger and thirst, in cold and nakedness" (2 Cor. 11:27) we remained. But here he does not say… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195…the wilderness in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren in weariness and painfulness in watchings often in hunger and thirst cor and that these things were pleasing to god hear him saying for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:411…perils in the sea in perils among false brethren in weariness c and painfulness in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness and because these things were pleasing to god… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:817C…rage, and says, In labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness, beside the things that are without (2 Cor. 11:27-28). See again another sea of temptations… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:841…in the wilderness in perils in the sea in labor and travail in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness besides those things that are without ii cor xi and… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:765…brethren for he was compelled to cross rivers in labor and struggle in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness besides those things that are outside my daily instance the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1057…these in turn were followed by dangers and there was no respite in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness beside those things that are without that which cometh upon me daily the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:923…himself wore himself out with his own labors and exertions and vigils in fastings often in cold and nakedness 'besides those things that are without ' after he had suffered so much the teacher of the… Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1057…the wilderness in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren in weariness and painfulness in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness does it seem to anyone that… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:107…need is there to speak of paul who says this regarding himself in hunger and thirst in fastings often yet for you the interval of fasting is not your whole life but forty days and on… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:901C…them” (1 Cor. vi, 13). For this reason, then, the Fathers were diligent in fasting, as were the Apostles themselves, among whom Paul says: “In fastings often” (2 Cor. xi, 27). And: “Everyone who competes for the p… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:367…he spent a night and a day in the depths in journeyings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in labor and hardship in necessities d often up to his final hour he was a… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:299…the wilderness in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren in weariness and painfulness in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness beside those things that are without… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:407…in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness besides those things that are without that which c comes upon me daily the care of all the churches who is weak and i am… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:487C…e things which are without, my daily instance, the solicitude for all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not on fire?" (2 Cor. xi. 28, 29). If he then was burning because ot… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:581…es his accomplishments, yet even in these, the greater part belongs to the suffering rather than the accomplishment. For when he had said, My daily pressure [2 Cor. 11:28], referring to the constant abductions,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:97…us the pressings and the crowdings he endured saying thus the oppression upon me daily the care of all the churches lo again here is a goal sufficient even if it were the only one to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:487A…an being. And you, indeed, are in care for a single wife; but he for all the Churches of the whole world: For my anxiety, he says, is that of all the Churches (II Cor. XI, 28). How long, therefore, O man, will you… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:497A…the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness (2 Cor. 11. 24-26). And again: That which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches (2 Cor. 11. 28). And again: The ethnarch of Aretas th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:841…at it is likely that the things passed over were more than those mentioned. Then again he says: My daily pressure, the care of all the churches (II Cor. XI, 28). Do you see the breadth of his soul? Do you see the greatn… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1057…respite in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness beside those things that are without that which cometh upon me daily the care of all the churches who is weak and i am… Thomas Magister c. 1275 – c. 1347PG 145:347A…divine Spirit you obtained, “whose sound has gone out into all the earth,” ⟦Ps. xix, 5⟧ in the apostolic manner, and whom the constant “care of the Churches” ⟦II Cor. xi, 28⟧ urged, no less than it once did Paul;… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:411…and in a seemly manner mindful of the words of the apostle who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not on fire these words indicate how one's neighbor is… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:449…of those outside the present life the care of all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is offended and i do not burn especially since christ has professed that in each… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:635…speak of it in a more sublime sense according to that saying who is weak and i am not weak as if they were kin according to the flesh bearing the passions of the souls of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1035…of love he would be even more ready than paul to say who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i do not burn where it is possible that he instead meant… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1717…in those who are clothed and if out of love paul says who is weak and i am not weak and this refers more to the praise of the apostle who demonstrates the greatness of his… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:317…by command he says as one being weak for who he says is weak and i am not weak when he is shorn and offers an oblation or circumcises timothy he becomes a jew but when… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1217…mentions the concourse in me daily the solicitude of all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not burnt he therefore who rules the churches must have… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1247…having more greatly sympathized with the infirm than paul might have said who is weak and i am not weak all these things the prophet confesses both for himself and for the whole people who were… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1255…their miseries and sorrows and this alone exclaiming with the apostolic voice who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not aflame… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:301…and he might be thought to have spoken in an apostolic manner who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i do not burn and if one member suffers all the members… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:577…and the same man suffering exceedingly and sympathizing with others cried out who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not inflamed similarly the prophets also lamented for the people… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1337…for most holily do they observe these things taught wisely by paul who is weak and i am not weak who is offended and i do not burn and i have become all things to all… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1473…together with the blessed apostle paul we say with the same compassion who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not on fire a striving that none of the reasonable… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1103…a violation of the Lord’s commandment, there is no need for anger, but for mercy and compassion, according to him who said: "Who is weak, and I am not weak?" (2 Cor. xi, 29). INTERROGATION XXX. How shall we cut… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1289…consumed because they did not keep your words and the apostle saying who is weak and i am not weak who is offended and i do not burn… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:1231…shepherds but i am of those rather who can say with paul who is weak and i am not weak who is scandal… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1315…i have become a lost vessel according to that which is written who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not on fire fear has become the lot of my… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:407…which c comes upon me daily the care of all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not burned cor therefore i admire the apostles as those… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:487…which are without my daily instance the solicitude for all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not on fire cor xi if he then was burning… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:517A…tossed by waves, as if he himself were the one in those very evils. For who, he says, is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn? (2 Cor. 11.29). And he did not say, "I am sorrowful,"… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:645A…ass the commands of Christ, but even transgress them from a greater share? "Who is weak," he says, "and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I do not burn?" (2 Cor. 11.29). It is necessary for the priest to be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:881D…thing that our members are rotting? But Paul is not so; but how? “Who,” he says, “is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I am not indignant?” (2 Cor. 11:29). Receive you also this fire; and if yo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:925C…o is suffering, and in this, too, you will imitate that blessed one who says: "Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I am not inflamed?" (2 Cor. 11. 29). For if, when we give two obols and sp… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:949C…tions of Christ in my flesh" (Col. 1:24); and, "I myself prayed to be anathema from Christ for my brethren" (Rom. 9:3); and, "Who is weak, and I am not weak?" (2 Cor. 11:29). And having such a disposition tow… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:481A…ion dangers and other hardships? For he was in constant sorrow; hence he said: "Who is infirm, and I am not infirm? who is scandalized, and I am not on fire?" (2 Cor. 11.29). Yet, even if one were to say that he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:549…ritual parents are more concerned for their children than carnal ones, hear Paul saying: “Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I do not burn?” (2 Cor. 11.29). And although this presents to us an e… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:589C…so rejoices in his sufferings, how bitterly he suffers for these. "For who," he says, "is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn?" (2 Cor. 11. 29). And again, "I fear that when I come,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:607…who live in virtue. Hear, therefore, how supreme Paul is in both of these: Who, he says, is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not on fire (II Cor. XI, 29)? He did not say, And I am not troubled… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:97…the things that have been said for who is weak he says and i am not weak who is offended and i do not burn alas how great is this man s affection how great is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:503…and where you ask did paul endure these things hear him saying who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i do not burn cor o the affection of the shepherd alien… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:685C…s without fear. These things the Apostle Paul also said—for the word is for the perfect: “Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I do not burn?” (II Cor. XI, 29). And being in Athens, his spirit was p… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:701D…the divine Paul, carrying the whole of Christ within himself; therefore he also said: Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is scandalized, and I am not burned? (2 Cor. 11:29). And the blessed Luke also says concer… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:571…together but when i said these things who is weak he says and i am not weak who is offended and i am not burning for what reason do we endure this whirlpool and the waves… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:709D…he steals nothing, will not be accused, will not bear false witness; he will say: "Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn?" (2 Cor. 11:29). If we truly care for others, we will… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:513…what is external my daily pressure the care of all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not burned cor the brother was falling he was grieving… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:545C…ty, and has not been wounded by the arrows of truth. 3. He then who sees one perishing and does not show zeal—as Paul says, "Who is weak, and I am not weak?" (2 Cor. 11:29)—is not a disciple of Paul. Let him… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:545C…onduct of this Father, and he will find him in harmony with the apostolic voices: "Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn?" (2 Cor. 11:29). Those who think this way are brothers… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:305…is dared for the sake of danger who is weak he says and i am not weak who is scandalized and i do not burn these things i entreat let us also imitate and let us… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:657B…his only-begotten and genuine child, so he loved all the faithful; therefore he said, “Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I do not burn?” (2 Cor. 11.29)? For before all others, the teacher mu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:275…not because of the lepers whom he cleansed but because he said who is weak and i am not weak who is offended and i burn not b if you add to this you will say… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:117…anguish of heart i wrote unto you with many tears and again who is weak and i am not weak who is offended and i burn not hear also him saying elsewhere as one longing to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:249B…less sorrowful," showing that his soul was never devoid of sorrow. For the one who says, Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I do not burn? (2 Cor. 11:29) — when was he ever devoid of sorrow? I… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:295D…ause to lament for his own, he did this for those of others; or rather, he regarded those of others as his own. "Who is scandalized," he says, "and I am not?" (II Cor. XI, 29). Good is such sorrow, better than all… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:689B…ese was sufficient to shake and break that holy soul violently. But when he says, "Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn?" (2 Cor. 11:29), this is what most of all provided him… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:791B…would suffice to disturb and thoroughly shatter that holy soul; but when he says, "Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I do not burn?" (2 Cor. 11:29), this produces for him, more than all… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:801B…im; and what follows again obscures, so to speak, all that had been said: "For who is weak," he says, "and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I do not burn?" (2 Cor. 11. 29). Indeed, how great is the affection of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:817…follows again one might say overshadows all that has been said for who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not burned ibid v bravo how great was the affection… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:841C…nat terram, tantam beatus hic habuit curam et sollicitudinem: ideo etiam dicebat: Quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? et quis scandalizatur, et ego non uror (2 Cor. 11. 29)? Papae! quanta erat hujus viri dilecti… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:847…their own c this is why the most wise paul also says who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not on fire he commands us also to weep with… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:163…paul says at one time i die daily and at another time who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i do not burn the savior therefore has commanded us to cultivate… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1863…perfidy of the Jews. Carrying this within himself, the divine Paul cried out, saying: "Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I do not burn?" (2 Cor. XI, 29). And the blessed Luke also says of him… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1453…cause of my illness he knew how to say with blessed paul who is weak and i am not weak who is made to stumble and i do not burn and that weep with those who… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:445…for i carry within myself the anxiety of the entire world vers who is weak and i am not weak he did not say i am weak with him but i am weak for as if… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:453…called their lawlessness his own humiliation confirming what he had already said who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not burned and he said he would mourn not for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:153…which are without my daily instance the solicitude of all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not on fire we believe that on this present occasion… John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1973…solicitous according to the spirit sympathizing with the weaker ones and saying who is weak and i am not weak whence it is fitting to apply the medicine of the word for a soul that has… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1647…not to please ourselves for even christ did not please himself again who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i do not burn and the lord says my food is to… Zacharias of Jerusalem d. 631/632PG 86:3231…a suffer together and again who is weak and i am not weak know our affliction from your own brothers for you are of the same nature do not… Leontius of Neapolis c. 590–c. 650PG 93:1627…this blessed man but he a true pastor mindful of that saying who is weak and i am not weak ii cor xi and again you who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:765…that are outside my daily instance the care of all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i do not burn if it is necessary to glory i will… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:317…gain everyone for christ according to the words of the holy man who is weak and i am not weak who is offended and i burn not b now it seemed to the principal of the… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:945…these reasons i think most holy one the great apostle cried out who is weak and i am not weak who is made to stumble and i do not burn and again to the jews i… Theognostus the Monk d. c. 890PG 105:861D…explained these things in brief. Do you, my most holy lord, show toward me the bowels of your mercy, and as the great Apostle said, ⟦Ps. CXVII. 20 (sic) / II Cor. XI, 29⟧ say also yourself: "Who is weak, and I… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1057…that which cometh upon me daily the care of all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is offended and i burn not c throughout the whole of the habitable and uninhabitable… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1059…who had the care of the whole world amidst so many dangers who is weak and i am not weak and lest anyone should say that he indeed had care but not great care he sets… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1075…called their transgression his own humiliation confirming what he had already said who is weak and i am not weak who is caused to stumble and i do not burn and i might mourn for many… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:925…dangers is anxious for the whole world and indeed for souls ver who is weak and i am not weak lest anyone should say he is solicitous indeed but solely in this way he indicates the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1175…soul was never at any time without sorrow for who he says is weak and i am not weak receive him therefore in the lord with all gladness that is to say with a reception that… Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:791…paul to say my daily pressure the care of all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not on fire c but those others who in their… Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1353…to health as was said before for she speaks and cries aloud who is weak and i am not weak who is scandalized and i am not burned if however some member is cut off from… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:225C…ns of others, he is shown to have apostolic bowels, and imitates that holy one who says: "Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I do not burn?" (2 Cor. 11. 29). And when he is stung for his own, he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:581…ave shared in the distress." Then, showing that these things have the greatest rewards, he added: If I must boast, I will boast in the things of my weakness [2 Cor. 11:30]. And he adds another thing of the same… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:571…the entire church of the world was being tortured in each member if i must needs glory i will glory of the things that concern my infirmity do you see how nowhere does he glory in… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:643…but this the will brings about and soon he adds saying thus if i must needs glory i will glory of the things that concern my infirmity ibid and elsewhere and not only so but we… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1061…infirmity is not expedient for me for he said a little before if i must needs glory i will glory of the things which concern mine infirmity then having set the example of infirmity in between… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:307D…entered upon the narration, but not immediately, for he brings in again and says: If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness (2 Cor. 11. 30). And not even after these things did h… Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:711…things therefore he made empty he says so that the new law of our lord jesus christ which is without the yoke of necessity might have a human oblation this yoke which the evangelical law lacks… Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:729…hates these things therefore he has made empty that the new law of our lord jesus christ which is without the yoke of necessity might have a human offering the lord says again to them did… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:971…blasphemy which is against their own maker who is also the only god and father of our lord jesus christ amen h analysis of the fourth book h just as our author in the previous book… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:335…is the salvation of those who are corrected indeed that this same god and father of our lord jesus is good the word himself will again confess saying that he is kind to the unthankful and… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:729…luke which corderius edited in latin fell a cap vers blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who by his great mercy has regenerated us for if god gave us birth from… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:563…ephesians about spiritual blessings pronounces in this way blessed he says be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ because… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1597…also father hence it is well said by the apostle blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ this jesus christ whose god and father is blessed granted to his genuine disciples… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1899…and knowing they are not carnal speaks to the ephesians blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing when rising from the dead we shall… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1901…knowing them not to be carnal speaks to the ephesians blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessing when rising from the dead we shall… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1097…receive the promise of the spirit through faith and again blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ from… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1203…are many in the second epistle to the corinthians saying blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ the father of mercies ii cor i you hear that god just as he is… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:245…all means groan then d by father here he means god but god and father of our lord jesus christ looking upon those who are named after christ and who in word and deed and wisdom… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:647…ptolemais in the pentapolis containing much impiety and blasphemy against the omnipotent god and father of our lord jesus christ and much unbelief regarding his only begotten son the firstborn of all creation the word who… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:99…spiritual according to the dictum of the apostle who said blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ hence… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1205…wounds taking hold of such consolations the divine apostle said blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ the father of mercies and god of all consolation who consoles us in all our… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1013…in all and though he alone might be rightly called the one god and father of our lord jesus christ and the son the only begotten god who is in the bosom of the father yet… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:307…death and brought life to light and to the ephesians blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us in all spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ jesus… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:685…true and good god and father almighty from whom are all things the god and father of our lord and god jesus christ and one only begotten son of his our lord and god jesus christ… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:169…is to have fulfilled the highest glorification for we cannot glorify even the god and father of our lord jesus christ and his only begotten son in any other way than by recounting his wonders according… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:733…cod cv f v the prayer begins we call upon you master god and father of our lord jesus christ incorruptible undefiled uncreated intangible invisible uncircumscribed the exorcism truly begins i exorcise you all unclean spirits… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:29…a recent greekling tom ix memor eccles p b on the ascension of our lord jesus christ which is called a feast day by the cappadocians d the episu omene d p with the version of… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:551…great apostle recounts the same things regarding the father saying blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who comforts us in all our tribulation john in one of his catholic epistles openly… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:567…of the afflicted is referred to god as paul says blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who comforts us in all our tribulation and the prophet from the person of god… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:315…who is god over all and through all and in all and the god and father of our lord jesus christ knows who is blessed unto the ages that i do not lie and those things… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:387…to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our lord jesus christ which the blessed and only sovereign will display at the proper time the king of kings and lord of… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:639…jesus christ that with one accord and one mouth you may glorify the god and father of our lord jesus christ who else then is the god who grants us to be of such a mind… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:805…one's neighbor the law is not to be alienated from christ and the god and father of our lord jesus christ which commands to love… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:717…devil and to lead them back to the light of knowledge to the god and father of our lord jesus christ with the life giving and all holy spirit to whom be glory and power now… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:871…so that with one accord we may all with one mouth glorify the god and father of our lord jesus christ to whom is the glory and the power now and always and unto the ages… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:401…goodwill of those who give thanks wherefore he says elsewhere blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with all spiritual blessing eph but it is necessary to give… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:381…peace from god our father and the lord jesus christ blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ the father of mercies and god of all consolation who consoles us in all our… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:385…he begins in a manner appropriate to the subject proposed blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ the father of mercies and the god of all comfort but where he says is… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:773…the apostle is a witness having written in this way blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in christ according as… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:221…writes to those who have been justified by faith saying blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing and those who have richly partaken of… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:669…most wise paul will instruct us in this again writing blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ just… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:293…founded me paul writing to the ephesians says as follows blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ just… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:507…or how will paul himself also speak the truth saying blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing the son then is lord by nature… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:857…nature god for the wise paul said concerning god and the father the god and father of our lord jesus christ he who is blessed for ever knows that i do not lie then immediately he… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1257…with his own blood for god was in the flesh blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who according to his great mercy hath begotten us again unto a living hope by… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:975…in this way for the blessed paul says somewhere again blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ just… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:893…an intelligible tabernacle that is from heaven saying as paul blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1801…those who are despondent the blessed paul also said this blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who comforts us in all our tribulation that we may be able to comfort those… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:447…thought that those pertaining to endurance were more fitting for him vers the god and father of our lord jesus christ who is blessed for ever knows that i do not lie let us again distinguish… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:509…with praise for he called them saints and faithful vers blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ it is manifest that he is indeed our god but the father of our lord… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1725…christ jesus that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the god and father of our lord jesus christ he calls him the god of patience and comfort because he bestows patience and comfort… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2705…and more needy ones for this reason the apostle writes blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ the father of mercies and god of all consolation who consoles us in all our… Barsanuphius of Gaza fl. early-mid 6th century, d. c. 540sPG 86:899…upon our holy fathers h the answer of barsanuphius h blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ amen… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:693…listened to their request the blessed one having knelt prayed thus o god and father of our lord jesus christ who alone art good and loving to mankind who created the heaven and the earth and… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:393…do not cease with the holy apostle to cry out blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed you with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places being altogether convinced… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1491…names are divided at the same time listen to paul saying that the god and father of our lord jesus christ the father of glory god of christ but father of glory for if both are… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:707…peace from god our father and the lord jesus christ blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ b he addresses them by the nation and by doing so he honors the corinthians… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:821…from god our father and from the lord jesus christ blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ just as he says that the other works of god originate from god so also… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1223…address with apostolic words those who suffer persecution for christ blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who opened a door to our humility although we are guarded securely so that we… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1309…three patriarchs that with one accord with one mouth we may glorify the god and father of our lord jesus christ with the son and the holy spirit celebrating also your most pious and most desirable… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:109…grace to sanctify and the heaven is the throne of the true god and father of our lord jesus christ of whom the whole creation is also a work and handiwork but if they speak against… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:133…find his principle and if his invisible things that is those of the god and father of our lord… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:143…of their salvation through sufferings d for who other than the true god and father of our lord jesus christ either brought many sons in or perfected their captain through sufferings the same divine and holy… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:161…the same god and not of gods therefore one is the true god and father of our lord jesus christ who both ordained circumcision through abraham for the consummation of the mystery at the appointed time… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:593…and manichaean heresy for they were disgusted at painting the holy body of our lord jesus christ which is consubstantial with us in an image raving that it cannot be painted and is uncircumscript and therefore… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:611…jesus christ that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the god and father of our lord jesus christ therefore receive one another just as christ also received us to the glory of god… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1059…boast i will boast of the things that pertain to my infirmity the god and father of our lord jesus christ who is blessed for evermore knows that i do not lie in the city of… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1169…from god our father and from the lord jesus christ blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with all spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ just… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:513…galatia cappadocia asia and bithynia grace and peace be multiplied blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who through his incomparable wealth and mercy by the resurrection of jesus christ from the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:515…their own master and have been set as his enemies blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who according to his abundant mercy has regenerated us unto a living hope by the… Nicephorus the Presbyter fl. c. 950PG 111:643…you and he said i am he who rested upon the bosom of our lord jesus christ which is unstained and life giving b having said this like lightning he was transformed and departed from his… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:89…it is timely to say with the prophet david today blessed is god and father of our lord jesus christ life of our holy father theodore abbot of sykeon blessed is god and father of our… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:97…days the life and conduct of our holy father symeon the stylite the god and father of our lord jesus christ a discourse on the exaltation of the precious cross may the god of the fathers… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:87…be consigned to the fire to these things didymus said blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has not despised my counsel but has both preserved theodora his handmaid whole and… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:141…when they had lifted their eyes to heaven and prayed intensely o god and father of our lord jesus christ receive our spirits in peace they said finally samonas then turning to the executioner said carry… Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1033…to christ the god barlaam then said to him c blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who according to his great mercy has regenerated you into a living hope into an… Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1053…stood for prayer and lifting his hands to heaven he said o god and father of our lord jesus christ who hast enlightened those things previously darkened and who hast brought forth from nothing this visible… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:535…d vers that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the god and father of our lord jesus christ what is the gain from concord and unanimous opinion to glorify not only with one… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:797…concerning these things it has been spoken of elsewhere verse blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ he had promised in the first epistle c to come to them then having delayed… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:925…along with the power of god demonstrated also his own endurance ver the god and father of our lord jesus… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1033…called jesus who also anointed humanity with his divinity vers blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ behold both god and father of the same and one christ god indeed as incarnate… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:1153…the lord we were counted among his enemies d vers blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who according to his great mercy has regenerated us into a living hope through the… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:405…and has shed light upon life and to the ephesians blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ jesus… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1235…as coming from the same god so that there is one true god and father of our lord jesus christ who both gave circumcision through abraham for the perfecting of the mystery in appointed times and… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:751…enters without any hindrance into the divine sanctuary of the glorious temple of our lord jesus christ which is in the chalce i do not know d as for the latins i hear that not only… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1151…established by the scripture of both the old and new testaments surely the god and father of our lord jesus christ unbegotten not subject to corruption eternal immense uncircumscribed indefinite simple incorporeal invisible simple good just… John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:193…only true good god the father almighty from whom are all things the god and father of our lord and god jesus christ and in one his only begotten son our lord and god jesus christ… Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:581…people h we beseech thee and we pray to thee intensely o god and father of our lord jesus christ that with a propitious eye thou mayest look upon thy people and upon thine inheritance moved… Theophanes of Nicaea d. c. 1381PG 150:301…preach his gospel i remember you all always in my prayers that the god and father of our lord jesus christ may grant you to be strengthened according to the inward man and to be armed… John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 153:757…made to me b and he immediately rising again said blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ that both formerly and now i will abide by what i said and i will… John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 153:921C…e knew full well he was most truthful, nevertheless, for the sake of the benefit of his hearers, said, “God, who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie” (2 Cor. XI, 31), as if insisting upon his words by cal… John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:1155…we proclaim and confess the name of our lord jesus christ which is above every name so that at the name of jesus every knee should bow of things in… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:541…we were taught h chapter ccxciv concerning the saving appellation and invocation of our lord jesus christ which is a truly holy and deifying prayer h there are then very many prayers about which we shall… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:803…into your hands i shall commend my spirit c peter blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ paul the god and father of our lord jesus christ knows… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:917…lord and that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the god and father of our lord jesus christ as paul says h question lxiii whether it is right to work with one's hands… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:1011…d concerning sacred prayer cap ccxciv concerning the salvific appellation and invocation of our lord jesus christ which is truly a holy and divine prayer cap ccxcv concerning our holy fathers callistus the patriarch and ignatius… Nicolaus V Papa 1397-1455 (pope 1447-1455)PG 160:1167…in his first catholic epistle immediately from the beginning says blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ pet i and the most divine paul has these exact same words both in the… Makarios Melissenos fl. c. 1573-1584PG 156:1003…spirit and i cannot now pray to my father peter blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ paul god and father of our lord jesus christ c almighty zechariah thus says the… Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:281…enrolled ratified reasonable which is the figure of the body and blood of our lord jesus christ which is to be understood in such a way that from the bread and wine it becomes the figure… Bartholomew the Apostle 1st c. (fl. c. 33 AD)PG 2:789…and consolation be multiplied to you by the lord forever blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who according to his great mercy has regenerated us into a living hope by the… Anacletus fl. c. 76-88 ADPG 2:811…bishops and the remaining priests of christ greeting blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ as… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:611…too therefore say in a similar way with the apostle blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ the father of mercies and god of all comfort and we bow b our knees… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1057…shall be blessed upon the earth will say with joy blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ in… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:911…were to say worthy to be praised and admired yet the phrase the god and father of our lord jesus christ can also be read distinctly so that the word god may be thought of separately… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:631A…proper, not humble; but one who speaks such things after such crowns, he knows what modesty is. "And again I returned," he says, "into Damascus" (1 Cor. 11:32 [cf. 2 Cor. 11:32]). Regarding this city, he relates that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:497A…Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes, desirous to apprehend me: and through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands (2 Cor. 11. 32, 33). And again elsewhere: We were acc… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2121…paul himself bears witness where he says at damascus the ethnarch of aretas the king kept the city of the damascenes with a guard in order to seize me therefore we shall refer the first part… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:819…similar way as he says in his second epistle to the corinthians and through a window in a basket i was let down through the wall and i escaped again in the acts but they were… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:497…the king kept the city of the damascenes desirous to apprehend me and through a window in a basket was i let down by the wall and escaped his hands cor and again elsewhere we were… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:447…king was guarding the city of the damascenes wishing to seize me and through a window in a basket i was let down through the wall and thus i escaped his hands he clearly indicated the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1059…king was guarding the city of the damascenes wishing to take me and through a window in a basket i was let down by the wall and escaped his hands he says nothing at all about… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1061…a aretas was the father in law of herod and through a window in a basket he knew what had been said that we should pray not to enter into temptation hence he… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:927…fire now aretas was the father in law of king herod ver and through a window in a basket was i let down through the wall and escaped his hands he escaped fulfilling the law of…