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John ChrysostomPG 59:507expounds v.9“και ειρηκε μοι· αρκει σοι η χαρις μου· η γαρ δυναμις μου εν ασθενεια τελειουται. ηδιστα ουν μαλλον καυχησομαι εν ταις ασθενειαις μου ινα επισκηνωσῃ επ”Discourse 7: On «My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness» and «When this all-harmonious world, etc.» John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:501…concealed most and the greater things for i will come he says to visions and revelations of the lord but i forbear lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth or heareth… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:577…discourse is about himself therefore also c at the beginning he said it is not expedient for me doubtless to glory he would not have said this if he were going to speak what he said… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:447…danger by the method of his escape h chapter xii h vers it is not expedient for me doubtless to glory i will come to visions and revelations of the lord for me the narration of… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:409…says i know d o corinthians if it be altogether necessary to come to visions and revelations of the lord that i was caught up in a wondrous way and beyond reason to a great height… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:765…chapter xii h to glory indeed is not expedient for me for i will come to visions and revelations of the lord he says this not as though he had said nothing but because he is… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:491…into which paul was caught up not one since he himself says i will come to visions and revelations of the lord and not to the vision and revelation nor are there wanting to us passages… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1061…is a rope yet it is also a type of hamper xii it is not expedient for me doubtless to glory i will come to visions and revelations of the lord i knew a man in… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1065…the excellence of the revelations is to be taken in connection with i will come to visions and revelations lest i should be exalted lest i he says should think myself great or lest i should… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:927…himself for the ministry of the word h caput xii h ver it is not expedient for me doubtless to glory i will come to visions and revelations of the lord since he passes to another… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:117D…that are after it." Following these things, therefore, the divine Apostle again exclaims: "O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!" II Cor. xii, 2, 4. Rom. xi, 33.… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1301…place he signified by the property of that same word i know a man in christ above fourteen years ago whether in the body i know not or out of the body i know not god… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1055…in chapter 4 of the same heresy, and in the Ancoratus, chapter 54, in which places they show that Origen reinforced his opinion with this testimony of Paul, 2 Cor. XII, 2-4, where he says he was caught up into th… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1089…what then does paul mean when he says i know a man fourteen years ago whether in the body or out of the body i do not know god knows and i know such a man… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:421…to the corinthians says i know a man in christ h xiv years ago whether in the body i do not know or out of the body i do not know god knows what then do… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:935…remember the apostle saying whether in the body i do not know or whether out of the body i do not know god knows but while paul was caught up as far as the third heaven… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1403…on the saying of the apostle paul i know such a man caught up to the third heaven h etc i will declare to you what i heard with my own ears when i was still… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:895A…mighty. We, however, are far from disbelieving the second heaven, since we also profess a third, the sight of which the most blessed Paul was not deprived (II Cor. XII, 2). For the Psalm, in naming the heavens… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:979…t created heaven and earth, then commanded that the firmament be made in the midst of the waters. Although one might gather from the passage of Paul, II Corinthians XII, 2, where the Apostle writes that he was caught up even to the… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1795A…a wife, and an ox the ploughman." A little later, from the Gallic and English codices, we have added τρίτον [third], for he implies what the Apostle says in II Cor. XII, 2: Ἕως τρίτου οὐρανοῦ [Until the third… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:253C…all its respects—the divinity of the Holy Spirit is left attested. XV. Discourse on divine things with Paul, he who was caught up to the third heaven (2 Cor. xii, 2); who sometimes counts together the thr… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:799…ambiguity when he says whether in the body i do not know or whether out of the body i do not know god knows and regarding this one might boldly say that he saw nothing of… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1725…is that these things are understood spiritually cap xii vers i know a man in christ above fourteen years ago etc he proceeds to announce the visions and revelations that had been offered to him and… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1161…is weak ' and again i know a man in christ who fourteen years ago whether in the body i do not know or out of the body i do not know and again so ought… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:111…saying of the holy apostle where he says i know a man fourteen years ago whether in the body i do not know or whether out of the body i do not know god knows caught… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:667D…rom this life, he was deemed worthy to be caught up as far as the third heaven, and to participate in words which it is not permitted for human nature to hear (2 Cor. XII, 2). But those who now live (I cannot say… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1103D…καὶ χάριν⟧ (or ⟦Greek: ὡραῖον⟧, etc.; I prefer, however, ⟦Greek: χάριν⟧). Col. 392, l. 23. Κατὰ τὸν ἡγεμόνα, etc. He refers, I suppose, to the apostle Paul, 2 Cor. XII, 2 and 4. For this description fits him ve… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:23C…C⟧ subjoined, "And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of the flesh, an angel of Satan, that he might buffet me" (2 Cor. XII, 2, 4, 7). What is more manifest than this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:391B…r, how removed he is from arrogance. He does not say his own name, but, "He whom he loved": just as even Paul, when he said, "I know a man fourteen years ago" (2 Cor. XII, 2). Then, however, for the first time Jes… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:551D…ntion of paradise: He reserves paradise in the midst, so that it might be promised first to the thief. For although Paul said, "I was caught up into paradise" (II Cor. XII, 2); yet this happened after the thief. Wh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:575…on to b another kind of boasting saying i know a man fourteen years ago whether in the body i know not or out of the body i know not god knows caught up of such… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195D…years in it when he was writing these things? For I knew a man, he says, above fourteen years ago, whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell (2 Cor. 12:2); and again, After three years, he sa… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:413…life when he was writing these things for i know a man fourteen years ago whether in the body or outside the body i do not know and again after three years he says i went… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:447…which i do not think are profitable to myself vers i know a man in christ above fourteen years ago whether in the body i know not or out of the body i know not god… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:67CLatin…os in aeria regione morantur, et ut supremam regionem, quæ cœli nomen meruit, contineant et undique amplectantur. Paulus dicit in tertium se raptum esse cœlum (II Cor. XII, 2), id est paradisum, qui hortus infra fi… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:409…and the other concerning reward for what does he say i know a man in christ above fourteen years ago whether in the body i cannot tell or whether out of the body i cannot tell… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:765…of this sort what ought they not to have done i know a man in christ above fourteen years ago whether in the body i know not or out of the body i know not god… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1111…his subtle words perceive for having said i know such a man caught up to the third heaven he adds and i know such a man whether in the body or apart from the body god… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1061…to glory i will come to visions and revelations of the lord i knew a man in christ above fourteen years ago whether in the body i cannot tell or whether out of the body i… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:927…see whereas a revelation unveils something deeper than what is seen ver i knew a man in christ above fourteen years ago he does not mention all the revelations for it would have been wearisome as… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:95D…length of journey, by such an immense interval; then he, suddenly snatched away, was transferred thither without any difficulty and in a brief moment of time (II Cor. xii. 2). Such therefore are the chariots; but… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:309B…or fourteen years before, but many more. For this reason he also states the time, saying thus: I know a man fourteen years ago caught up to the third heaven (2 Cor. 12. 2). So that you might learn that he would… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:819…has been boasted by them and on account of this he added whether in the body or out of the body god knows that the body might not be thought to be a participant of his… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1301…christ above fourteen years ago whether in the body i know not or out of the body i know not god knoweth such an one caught up even to the third heaven and i know such… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:399…just and believers and the chaste also and veracious whether they be in the body or out of the body whether on earth or in heaven whether they be glorious angels or holy men stand constantly… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1089…paul mean when he says i know a man fourteen years ago whether in the body or out of the body i do not know god knows and i know such a man taken up into… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:935…to shame we however let us remember the apostolic saying which says whether in the body or out of the body i do not know god knows and paul indeed was caught up to the third… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:803…said i know myself whether in the body i do not know or out of the body i do not know god knows that i was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words for if… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1725…in christ was caught up to the third heaven and into paradise whether in the body or out of the body i know not and indeed someone might say that what is written is possible in… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1147…says a man caught up to the third heaven and i know such a man whether in the body or apart from the body god knows that he was caught up into paradise by these words… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:575…a man fourteen years ago whether in the body i know not or out of the body i know not god knows caught up of such an one to the third heaven and i know such… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195…things for i knew a man he says above fourteen years ago whether in the body or out of the body i cannot tell cor and again after three years he says i went up to… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1003…even to the third heaven for he knew not whether he was in the body or out of the body thus at another time while he was praying in the temple he was in an ecstasy… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:447…christ above fourteen years ago whether in the body i know not or out of the body i know not god knoweth such an one caught up to the third heaven and i know such a… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1003A…nified when he spoke of that his copulation with God, in which he saw those hidden mysteries: "Whether in the body, or out of the body, I know not; God knows" (II Cor. XII, 3). "I know not," he says, that is, I do… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:409…fourteen years ago whether in the body i cannot tell or whether out of the body i cannot tell god knoweth such an one caught up to the third heaven and again he says and i… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1109…of the lack of the fire of incorruption whether these things happened in the body or out of the body i neither know nor can i say at all it is difficult to shake off the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:765…christ above fourteen years ago whether in the body i know not or out of the body i know not god knows d such a one caught up to the third heaven and i know such… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1111…man caught up to the third heaven he adds and i know such a man whether in the body or apart from the body god knows that he was caught up into paradise he indicates that… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:171…a spectator of god and demonstrating endurance and vigor beyond human nature whether in the body or out of the body god knows d who thus manifested and gloriously magnified him then again it says and… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1061…fourteen years ago whether in the body i cannot tell or whether out of the body i cannot tell god knoweth such an one caught up to the third heaven and i knew such a man… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:597…when i had been seized and was ascending into heaven with you whether in the body or out of the body i do not know you alone know who did this when i had spent an… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:655…to the whole and forget all earthly things abiding with him there whether in the body or out of the body i do not know and living as citizens in his company and enjoying the ineffable… Luke, Abbot of Grottaferrata fl. 11th c.PG 127:495…thereupon the one who had been lying there began to recount i whether in the body or out of the body saw myself walking alone toward a certain place with two doves proceeding before me of… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:929…modesty in that he confesses he does not know whether he was in the body or out of the body when he was caught up but you should understand the third heaven in this way scripture… Isaac the Great, Catholicos of Armenia fl. c. 1145PG 132:1049…things for this is what he himself indicated in his own words whether in the body or out of the body i do not know b and i also say to you that you are peter… Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1103…which reconciled god to men for ascending to heaven i know not whether in the body or out of the body as they themselves say they brought back peace from there since these things are so… Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:763…was rapt up to the third heaven not knowing whether he was in the body or out of the body similarly peter went up to the roof to pray and saw the vision of the sheet… John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:923…union of his with god in which he saw those arcane mysteries whether in the body or out of the body i do not know god knows ibid i do not know he says that is… George of Trebizond 1395-1486PG 161:879…the soul is still held in the body he himself testifies saying whether in the body or out of the body i know not god knows add that for this very brief space of time in… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:819…and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter a and what profit is it to him either the… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1301…that knowledge which comes from the scriptures by the comparison of ineffable words which it is not lawful for man to utter all the knowledge which now comes through a glass and in a riddle which… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:419…certain ones that cannot be uttered akin that is to the secret words which it is not lawful for a man to speak this spirit however not content with merely making intercession uses a more intense… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:579…is believed that paul was caught up d into the third heaven and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter you will consequently understand that of the unspeakable words then… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1297…is recorded to have seen and done the like but also paul heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter and jesus who is greater than all these that he spoke… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1483…after him these things paul endeavored to signify when he said 'i heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter ' cor xii using 'i heard' instead of 'i understood '… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:79…not in a human way but divinely just as paul says i heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter for they know the changes of turnings and the alterations of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:939…have heard words and traditions but what words unspeakable he says and which it is not lawful for a man to utter a since therefore paul comprehended these things in the spirit but it was not… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:99…he was caught up even to the third heaven and from there into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter for what do you think those words were… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1473…out c and anyone who might be deemed worthy to know the unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter might perhaps know the wisdom in a mystery the hidden which god… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1587…those marriages shall be chaste and divine and spiritual constituted in mystical words which it is not lawful for men to speak and you will inquire if in the resurrection there can be also the marriages… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:207…to take another such example suppose there is some apostle who understands unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter and he is not going to see the second glorious coming of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:485…the prophets by the savior such as was that i heard b unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter and similar things to those said by the paraclete furthermore let us… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:651…many not only those that are written but also the ineffable ones which it is not lawful for a man to speak and those of which john says i suppose the world itself could not contain… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1291…says that he was carried away into the third heaven and thence into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to speak in which indeed he shows not that he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1301…the body or out of the body i know not god knoweth that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not granted to man to utter for others progressing and… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:577B…g the saving cross, "not in wisdom of words, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" did Paul preach (I Cor. 1, 17), and he heard "unspeakable words" (II Cor. XII, 4) in the paradise, "which it is not lawf… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:417…lord and he describes the visions that he had seen and how he was caught up into paradise and into the third heaven b then having exhorted them not to sin but for those who sin… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:803…out of the body i do not know god knows that i was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words for if she truly perceives the bridegroom s vigilant love for her from heaven and… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:249…r person, for example, of Paul, that he alone was caught up to the third heaven and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter (II Cor. xii, 4); but of nature in general, as when David says: "Man, his d… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1313…him who was caught up even to the third heaven and who heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter what teaching did he leave us regarding the substance of god… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1423…ought to be silent or speak significations made by nods are forbidden it is not lawful for a monk to have intercourse with outsiders or even with parents without permission from the superior a permission not… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:819C…perat intelligentiam et mentis conceptionem: etiamsi sit Paulus quispiam, qui in paradiso arcanis mysteriis fuit initiatus, etiamsi audierit verba ineffabilia (II Cor. XII, 4), manent ineffabiles de Deo intelligent… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:375…paul having been caught up heard and saw things ineffable and invisible which it is not lawful for a man to utter h chapter xiii virginitatem exemptam esse mortis dominio h and since paradise is the… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:799…will surely say that that other man saw the third heaven and was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not permitted for a man to speak but not even he it… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1727…a unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter or should one take i heard unspeakable words in the third heaven… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:655…for this forged work from the fact that the apostle himself testifies that he was caught up into the third heaven and heard there unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1147…man whether in the body or apart from the body god knows that he was caught up into paradise by these words he signifies that two things of the greatest moment were revealed to him since… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:111…indeed i know such a man caught up into paradise and hearing words which it is not lawful for a man to speak glory to the almighty c god who in every way makes things clear… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:741D…re can this be found? In the Epistle to the Corinthians; for he is the one who says: “that I heard ineffable words, which it is not lawful for a man to speak” (2 Cor. 12.4). But nevertheless, even this man, who… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:441…became much greater afterward when he preached and confounded the jews after that he was caught up into paradise he ascended to the third heaven so it is possible for us also if we wish to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:647D…tude, that is [to say], man, [who is] not able to grasp them: which Paul testifies, saying: I heard secret words, which it is not permitted for a man to speak (2 Cor. 12:4). 10. Who sendest forth springs in the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:549…hid the command being disposed in such a way as one having heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to speak o treasure of the hidden commands of the master d o… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:509D…ures. For sitting and hearing him saying that he was caught up into the third heaven, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter (2 Cor. XII, 4); then proceeding and saying: In the a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:253…said these men disturb our city being jews and they proclaim customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor to observe being romans everywhere money is the cause of evils oh the cruelty… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:575…the body or out of the body i know not god knows was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter of such a one will… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:11A…caught up to the third heaven, and again into paradise; who was entrusted with the mysteries of the kingdom of God, which it is not lawful for a man to utter (II Cor. XII, 4)? Since we read even him twice a week,… Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:757…for the lord and narrates the visions which he had seen when he was caught up into paradise and into the third heaven finally having commanded them not to sin but for those who sin to… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:195…those words spoken by the blessed paul for i heard he says unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to speak d… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:447…the body or out of the body i know not god knoweth how that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter b of… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1003A…steries, simple and absolute—that is, naked and open, with symbols and words requiring explanation removed—saying: "Which it is not lawful for a man to speak" (II Cor. XII, 4); for to this, it seems, Dionysius refe… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:903A…her: either that he lied, or that he erred. Enumerate, if you can, something more solid or more true. He proves it, then, in this manner: "The Apostle says in II Cor. XII, 4, that these and the rest of this kind a… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:997…the perfect and those mysteries of his heard in the third heaven which it is not lawful for a man that is one wise in earthly things to speak conceded this not to a mere man… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:415…sister but the wife of isaac from this it is concluded that it is not lawful for a man when he is grown to engage in playful behavior with his sister nor for a father with… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:409…third heaven and again he says and i know such a man how that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter expressly as… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:765…in body or out of the body i know not god knows that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not permitted to a man to speak for such a… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1111…man whether in the body or apart from the body god knows that he was caught up into paradise he indicates that he saw two great revelations having been taken up twice clearly once to the… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:881…eternal demand also of paul why he said there was a narration which it is not lawful for a man to utter but if the word is unutterable much more so is the power of god… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:747…as he himself says while speaking of himself and he heard ineffable words which it is not lawful for a man to speak signifying by this that to the one who has love a more perfect… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1061…the body or out of the body i cannot tell god knoweth how that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter it is… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:79…enduring," he says, "I sent to know" [I Thess. III, 5]. Here some inquire: why did he who ascended to the third heaven and heard ineffable words [II Cor. XII, 4] say, "To know your faith"? What, then? Was he ignorant of… John Geometres c. 935–c. 1000PG 106:841D…ed that there are certain other powers there, indescribable and unknown to us, and I trust him who was ineffably caught up and who heard things more ineffable (2 Cor. xii, 4).… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:543…that is having passed beyond moral and natural philosophy he reached theology and heard unspeakable words which it is not permitted for a man to utter h of the three fathers h d replying therefore as… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:867…the corinthians i know a man in christ fourteen years ago because he was caught up into paradise and heard secret words know that the great basil also attained this paradise above the heaven of heavens… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1333…man bals the seventy sixth of the holy apostolic canons says that it is not lawful for a bishop to ordain whom he wishes in his own place therefore the present canon also decrees the same… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1269…the third heaven and there heard words that should not be repeated which it is not lawful for a man to speak by these words which are not to be repeated they understand their own impious… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1271…mysteries cannot even be taught or grasped as for that saying he heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter i have understood it this way having been caught up paul… Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1089…c caught up into the third heaven and into paradise and who heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter o the miracle a man ascending into the third heaven a… John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:923D…d absolute—that is, naked and open, with symbols removed, and with words which require explanation: "Which it is not permitted," he says, "for a man to speak" (II Cor. XII, 4); for to this it seems Dionysius has re… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:547…that blessed state for there are things which the apostle heard when he was caught up into paradise and the third heaven unspeakable words he says which it is not lawful for a man to utter… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:979…a truth was snatched up to the third heaven and heard words which it is not lawful for men to utter and yet having progressed that far he did not consider it a place of… PG 5 (anthology)PG 5:531…with so many visions and revelations and that he had heard arcane words which it is not lawful for man to speak d certainly daill himself is compelled to admit this and to fight with himself… Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:669…up even to the third heaven and carried into paradise where he heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter for this reason he was preserved at that time so that… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:563…it was paul who was caught up into the third heaven and into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not permitted for a man to utter these men brought down to earth from the… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:859…the disciples of jesus should receive a multiplied grace he heard ineffable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter but paul descended again from above not that he was unworthy of dwelling… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:121C…such secret things to anyone of men as He did to Paul. And whence is this clear? I heard unspeakable words, he says, which it is not lawful for a man to utter (2 Cor. 12, 4). Do you see how much favor the enemy,… Pantaleon the Deacon unknownPG 140:569…understood simply and nakedly for example so that it is said that it is not lawful for a man to contract marriage with a second woman after his first wife is dead we say that since… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:447…words which it is not lawful for a man to utter b of such an one will i glory yet of myself i will not glory but in mine infirmities he saw many revelations as he… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:603B…d body (Paul calls the mind "spirit" here), and 2 Cor. vi: And I will dwell in them, namely, in the minds, and souls, and bodies. And in heaven and on earth, 2 Cor. xii, 5.… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1063…falsely inscribed revelation xii of such a man will i glory but of myself i will not glory but in mine infirmities for if i should desire to glory i shall not be foolish for i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:25…also choose to boast he says i shall not be foolish but i forbear lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be or heareth from me what does he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:115B…: For if I should desire to glory, I will not be a fool; but I refrain, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth, or heareth anything of me (II Cor. XII, 6); and again: But we have this treasure… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:501…will come he says to visions and revelations of the lord but i forbear lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth or heareth from me these things he said instructing all… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:377B…ought not to have put forward if there were no necessity. But elsewhere he says: If I should wish to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will speak the truth (2 Cor. 12:6). Consequently, he who speaks the truth… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:811C…above me (Ps. 130. 1). Likewise the Apostle: But I spare you, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or heareth any thing from me (2 Cor. 12. 6). Sinners, however, propose things… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:227D…tted on this account to suffer, hear him declares this very thing: Lest anyone should think of me above that which he sees in me, or hears something from me (2 Cor. 12:6). But while the disciples were surrou… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:459…exalted he says a thorn was given to me cor and again lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth and heareth from me ibid v and in another place lest we… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:575…what follows for he added for if i should desire to boast i shall not be a fool for i will speak the truth why then did you say before would that you could bear with… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:577…much more so the act of lying on this account he says i shall not be a fool and adds for i shall speak the truth but i forbear lest any man should think of me… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:415B…d remained always knowing everything. And he himself says again: "That no man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me" (2 Cor. 12:6). Again, hear Peter saying, when he… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:447…has beheld them let us however proceed to interpret what follows vers for though i would desire to glory i shall not be a fool for i will say the truth since he had frequently called… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1143B…e divine Paul declares something similar about himself, saying: "Lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me" (2 Cor. XII, 6); and in fact, some of the Gentiles, on… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1061…estimation of me than is my due which he says in passing lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be or that he heareth of me i will come… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1063…i will not glory but in mine infirmities for if i should desire to glory i shall not be foolish for i will say the truth but i forbear lest any man should think of me… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1065…was caught up he implies by saying for if i should wish to glory i shall not be a fool for i will speak the truth and above he said to glory is not expedient for… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:347…343 and, as it were, established by his own revelations, he adds: "If I have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish: for I will say the truth" (2 Cor 12:6). Why, then, do you not glory? "But I f… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1127…away from the truth saying in the second epistle to the corinthians and lest i should be exalted above measure by the sublimity of the revelations there was given to me a thorn in the flesh… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1677D…uted to the carelessness of the librarian. Col. 533 B, line 13, σκόλοπος τοῦ. I think it should be read σκόλοπος ἀγγέλου τοῦ Σατανᾶ. For so the editions of 2 Cor. xii, 7 [have it], and Origen himself in hom.… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:795…salted with salt thence finally is that which also paul was saying and lest i should be exalted by the greatness of the revelations there was given to me a sting of my flesh an angel… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1009…rouses pride against me so that afterwards i might have an angel of satan to buffet me lest i be puffed up and a haughty word go out from my mouth that is that i should… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1251D…d it shall be opened to you. For everyone who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened." ... [The text continues with various citations, including II Cor. XII, 7-9 regarding the "thorn in the flesh" and… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1405…god h of saint athanasius on that utterance of the apostle paul there was given to me a thorn in the flesh a messenger of satan to buffet me h c those who have piety as… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:525…himself to be righteous do you not know what paul c says there was given to me a thorn in the flesh a messenger of satan to buffet me that i might not be exalted above… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:875A…but—hear what Paul says: Lest I should be exalted, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan (II Cor. XII, 7). You see that even those who have reac… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:1201…and buffeting and being struck by various failings wherefore he also said there was given to me a thorn in the flesh a messenger of satan to buffet me that i should not be exalted lest… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:1205…and tossed by various afflictions and said there was given to me a thorn in the flesh to buffet me lest i should be exalted ii cor xii lest perhaps when… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:429…at I might not be exalted. For this I besought the Lord thrice, and He said to me: My grace is sufficient for you; for My strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:7-9). And yet it was possible for the preac… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:505B…e seem to say, but that he had departed even from this body itself? And what, when he says, There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan (2 Cor. XII, 7)? But this is nothing else than to show… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:603…Satan, to buffet me. For this I besought the Lord three times, and He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness'" (2 Cor. 12:7-9). And although some think that this re… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:593B…han infirmity scourge him, and bring much pain to the flesh. For there was given to me, he says, a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me (2 Cor. 12:7)—speaking of the blows, the bonds, the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:443C…d therefore I am pleased in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ. For when I am weak, then am I powerful (2 Cor. 12.7–10). Do you see how he is more excited in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:191B…ou shall have tribulation (John xvi, 33). Paul further indicates this when he says: There was given to me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me (II Cor. xii, 7). Therefore, having prayed that he migh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:509…in the abundance of the revelations that i should not be exalted there was given to me a thorn in the flesh the messenger of satan to buffet me ibid v i feared that one of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:511B…f Satan, to buffet me. For which thing I thrice besought the Lord: and He said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity (2 Cor. 12:7-9). Observe who this messenger of Satan i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:513…o human ability. Therefore, names come from conduct. When, therefore, you hear Paul saying, There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan (2 Cor. 12:7), do not believe he means the devil him… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:395A…r ea quæ de seipso dicebat institueret, simulque etiam modestia studio ductus utebatur: quandoquidem in progressu quoque ait, "Datus est mihi stimulus carnis" (II Cor. XII, 7), hoc est, tentationes, "ut ne extollar… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:409B…nger of Satan to buffet me. For this I thrice besought the Lord, and he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:7-9). You see how he did not know to ask fo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:459B…hat God permits these things for the sake of their humility and for the security of others: For lest I should be exalted, he says, a thorn was given to me (2 Cor. 12:7); and again, Lest any man should think… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:577…was the one deemed worthy of these things therefore he adds saying and lest i should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations there was given to me a thorn in the flesh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:415B…so that they might be reduced to a certain state. Therefore, Paul also said: "There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me" (2 Cor. 12:7), lest I should be exalted above measur… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:587D…endowed with virtue infirm, we may not be scandalized: for even that was done usefully. For if to him the angel of Satan was given, lest he should be exalted (2 Cor. 12.7), much more to Timothy: for signs could… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:467…added b and lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me there was given to me a thorn in the flesh a messenger of satan to buffet me here he indicates those who were vexing… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:113…by the excellence of the revelations that i should not be exalted there was given to me a thorn in the flesh the messenger of satan to buffet me that i should not be exalted for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:183…even he also weary with labors and afflicted by many temptations says there was given to me a thorn in the flesh the angel of satan to buffet me that i may not be exalted for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:449…possessed d and lest the abundance of the revelations should exalt me there was given to me a thorn in the flesh the messenger of satan to buffet me lest i should be exalted by these… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:231…evil day furthermore paul that great man as if needing humiliation says there was given to me a thorn in the flesh a messenger of satan to buffet me so that i should not be exalted… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1477…fear for i have been afraid of your judgments and paul says there was given to me a thorn in the flesh an angel of satan that he might buffet me that i might not be… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:767…or hears anything from me and by the abundance of the revelations lest i should be exalted above measure there was given to me a thorn in the flesh a since there were many revelations he… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1165…raised up satan against israel ader the jew and the apostle paul there was given to me a thorn in the flesh the angel of satan that he might buffet me where the angel serves as… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:577…instructed o jerusalem again paul there was given to me he says a thorn in the flesh the messenger of satan to buffet me is it concluded therefore that it was profitable to man to be… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:915…up by our achievements which he also says more clearly further on and lest i should be exalted by the excellence of the revelations there was given to me a messenger of satan meaning those who… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1065…not have needed some bridle in order not to think itself great there was given to me a thorn in the flesh he speaks of his bonds the stripes the stonings the prisons the messenger of… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:79…eg. IV, 27]. But they were ignorant for three main reasons: First, to restrain their pride. "There was given to me," he says, "a messenger of Satan" [II Cor. XII, 7]. Second, so that men might not think of them as beings gre… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:933…and not that he might strike me once but always as for lest i should be exalted above measure some have understood this to mean lest i be glorified by men but paul is not saying… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:345C…d lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me (2 Cor. 12. 7). And that it also persuades those who… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:505A…ch thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me. And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity” (II Cor. XII, 7-9). And again, concerning this same infir… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1257D…we find ourselves later beseeching inopportunely and in vain. But concerning the passage, "For this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me" (II Cor. XII, 8), it must be known that for the calamit… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:487B…but the thorn that was given to him so vexed and afflicted him that he often besought God for its removal—for what he says there, "thrice," signifies "often" (2 Cor. xii. 8). But when could he ever breathe,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:581C…nsent when Paul often besought Him to release him from his sufferings, his distress, his pain, and his dangers. For this I besought the Lord three times [2 Cor. 12:8], he says, and I did not attain my req… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:593B…in the flesh from these things, he said: For this I besought the Lord thrice (thrice here meaning "many times"), that I might be delivered from this thorn (2 Cor. 12:8). Then, since he did not succeed, havin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:281…(2 Cor. 12:8). Thrice, that is, he called many times… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:471C…will of those who fear him, and he will hear their supplication, and save them." And yet someone might say, Paul wanted the angel of Satan to depart from him (2 Cor. xii, 8), which is to say, temptations, afflict… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:515C…whole world to me." He approached him first, and he gave no response; a second and a third time he approached. For this reason, "I thrice sought the Lord" (2 Cor. 12:8). Why so? That I might preach without t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:403B…, when he had besought the Lord three times and had not obtained, nay, the opposite had happened to him, he gave maximal thanks that he had suffered a refusal (2 Cor 12:8): so he turned himself to God in all th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:769…spirit is love gal thrice also paul himself besought the lord saying for this thing i besought the lord thrice and observe the wisdom of the man comprised in a most simple phrase he did not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:577…nor punishing or revenging but permitting and leaving them for a time for this thing i besought the lord thrice that is many times a and this is a sign of great humility not to hide… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195…g I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:8–9). Wherefor, he says, I take pleasure i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:203B…t: as also Paul says: "For this thrice I besought the Lord, and he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in infirmity" (2 Cor. 12:8–9). He, therefore, grants it. "For whom t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:579D…for things that were not useful, he was not heard; "For which thing," he says, "I besought the Lord thrice; and He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you" (2 Cor. 12:8, 9). And what is more righteous than Mo… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:449…of satan and this he explains more clearly in what follows and for this thing i besought the lord thrice that it might depart from me and he said unto me my grace is sufficient for… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1063…satan to buffet me that i should not be exalted for which thing i besought the lord thrice that it might depart from me and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:933…just this lest i be vainglorious for he too was a man for this thing i besought the lord thrice that it might depart from me and he has said unto me my grace is sufficient… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39B…ned to do, and performed both by his works: for he both prayed that temptations be removed from him, when he said, “For this thing I besought the Lord thrice” (2 Cor. 12.8), and when they were not removed, he sa… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1127…the lord that it might depart from me and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for power is made perfect in infirmity b c gladly therefore i will boast in my infirmities… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:389C…and the Lord answered Paul (for Paul was worthy of the Lord’s reply), and said to him: My grace is sufficient for you; for power is made perfect in weakness (II Cor. XII, 9). For he is not to be puffed up over an… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:533…ashamed of your boasting hear paul boasting and learn when he says most gladly therefore will i rather boast in my infirmities that the power of christ may rest upon me hear the kinds of boasts… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:553…of our lord jesus christ and again most gladly will i boast in my infirmities that the power of christ may dwell upon me cap xiii every skin shall be filled with wine he uses the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:739…and did not obtain what he sought it was said to him my grace is sufficient for thee for power is made perfect in infirmity one must therefore fear him who is still in the human… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1117…ought to pray the lord did not hear me but said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for power is made perfect in infirmity so therefore we know not what we should pray for… Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1483…the lord that it might depart from me and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for power is made perfect in infirmity again because he is truly the paraclete himself who was… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:761…cast him into prison and inflicted many evils upon him prop cviii my grace is sufficient for thee resp this is my grace is sufficient for thee in that you raise the dead give sight to… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:483B…i, 5). Be strong, and be overcome; put off bodily strength, assume the infirmity of the flesh, so that the power of God may be made perfect in infirmity (II Cor. xii, 9). For if you prevail again, you will be… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1689…the lord that it might depart from me and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for virtue is made perfect in infirmity and again i am pleased in my infirmities in contumelies… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1729…might depart from me and the lord whom i besought said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for through this you will be made certain that perfection comes not from your own powers but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:37D…ions, not remembering the divine oracle to the Apostle when he was in tribulations: "My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9). For seeing that the thanks for John w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:429…exalted for this i besought the lord thrice and he said to me my grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness cor and yet it was possible for the preaching… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:25…the lord that it might depart from me and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made perfect in infirmity my power he says is displayed when you are… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:409B…ucified out of weakness." But hear what follows: "But He lives by the power of God" (2 Cor. 13:4). And again elsewhere: "My power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9). For this reason, I make the promise u… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:619C…lity and the ineffable power of Him who instituted the contest, and may see that apostolic saying confirmed by deeds: "For His power is perfected in weakness" (II Cor. XII, 9). For when children and old men act bra… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:523A…to Paul, who was seeking quiet and relief from the evils that possessed him, He said: "My grace is sufficient for you; for My power is perfected in infirmity" (2 Cor. 12:9). CHAPTER XXII. Afflictions do… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:555B…nor, though he was often asked, did He yield to his prayers, but used these words: My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. XII, 9). If, therefore, you now wish to weigh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:315ALatin…em Deus ut conducibilia probaverit et dederit, ea sunt utilia. Audi enim quid dicat Paulo: Sufficit tibi gratia mea: virtus enim mea in infirmitate perficitur (2 Cor. XII, 9). Hæc enim ei conferebant, persequution… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:443…for which thing i thrice besought the lord and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for power is made perfect in infirmity and therefore i am pleased in my infirmities in reproaches… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:399C…n series of arguments, obtains the ends of the earth; as the Savior says to Paul: My grace is sufficient for thee: for My power is made perfect in infirmity (2 Cor. 12:9). For it would not have been any gr… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:523…through the weak as he said to paul who was supplicating him my grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made perfect in weakness having clearly perceived the things that had been said to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:749…not be exalted for which reason also it was said to him my grace is sufficient for thee for power is made perfect in infirmity cor as if he said i believe that you will everything… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:331C…; yet God looked not to his petition, but to his utility, and declaring this said: "My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9). And thus, before He explained the cau… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:389C…makes you more radiant; this also proclaims my power. This He also said to Paul: "My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in infirmity" (2 Cor. XII, 9). I, therefore, have made you to be in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:511…for which thing i thrice besought the lord and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for power is made perfect in infirmity cor observe who this messenger of satan is for he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:769…n that text, "My grace is sufficient for thee," etc. 627-628 ORATION on that text, "My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9). 627-636 ADMONITION regarding the foll… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:773A…panegyric on Stephen the protomartyr. 501-508 Monitum on the oration on the text, "My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9). 507-516 Monitum on the following orat… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:227D…they dragged the stoned Paul outside the city. Here is fulfilled that which is said: My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is perfected in infirmity (2 Cor. 12:9). This was greater than raising the lam… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:539A…fect in infirmity," he was patient, being affected by insults and intolerable evils. "I take pleasure," he says, "in persecutions, in insults, in necessities" (2 Cor. xii. 9, 10). Therefore he was saying: "For we… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:579D…n of temptations, but then they shone out most brightly. Therefore he was saying: "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in infirmity" (2 Cor. 12:9). Let us therefore imitate him, and thi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:745C…pirit" (Act. 9:17). Whose power did Paul pray for himself? "Most gladly," he says, "will I boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell upon me" (2 Cor. 12:9). For what did James and John entreat… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:39D…ws great power, when through those who seem to be nothing, he casts down the great: which he also states elsewhere: "For My power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. XII, 9). For it is a great power to teach the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:395…forth more brightly for my grace he says is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness ibid v but as i have said he never forgets his own character ranking himself among… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:409…me for this i thrice besought the lord and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made perfect in weakness cor you see how he did not know to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:457B…manifested when it performs great things through those who are base and abject. And therefore in another place he said, My power is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:9). And in the Old Testament, through gna… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:577…plots that he was weary and that he needed help for deliverance and he said unto me my grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness that is it is sufficient… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:597…saying for this i thrice besought the lord and he said to me my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness infirmity what is in weakness in persecutions in dangers… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:69A…, he would not have boasted in his chains, in his prisons, in his other afflictions; nor, writing, would he have said, Gladly will I glory in my infirmities (2 Cor. 12: 9); but what? This very thing was proof t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195…thing i besought the lord thrice that it might depart from me and he said unto me my grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness cor wherefor he says i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:203…for this thrice i besought the lord and he said b to me my grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made perfect in infirmity cor he therefore grants it for whom the lord… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:411…saying for this thrice i besought the lord and he said to me my grace is sufficient for you for power is perfected in infirmity therefore he says i glory in my infirmities in tribulations in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:499A…livered from temptations, and often approached the Lord for that cause, he heard: "My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in infirmity" (II Cor. XII, 9). By infirmity he here calls persecutio… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:689C…a life more grievous than those being punished in Gehenna. To whom it is said, "And My grace is sufficient for you; for My power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9). This means, "It is sufficient for you… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:99B…s that one word should not be changed, and you, changing the whole accuracy of the dogmas, think that you can escape the hands of God? e. Of the same on that (II Cor. XII, 9): My grace is sufficient for thee; for… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:313B…sing battle line, and by the comparison with the better, he refutes the base. For just as “light shines in darkness,” and “power is made perfect in weakness,” ⟦II Cor. xii, 9⟧ so the beauty of virtue has a more… Proclus of Constantinople c. 390 – 446PG 65:819…like morning stars therefore the d lord now cried out to paul my grace is sufficient for thee o paul like the sun you illuminated all things by your preaching like the moon you put to… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:145C…ecting us with injury is to study first patience and then virtue. See ep. 6, book II. 182 How the power of God was perfected in the apostles through infirmity, II Cor. XII, 9. See Photius, Bibliotheca, p. 851, and… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:871…dued, such a man is truly one who knows how to philosophize sincerely. ⟦CLXXXII⟧ — TO LAMPETIUS THE BISHOP. How the divine power is perfected in weakness. ⟦2 Cor. XII, 9.⟧ I shall briefly explain how power wa… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:113…for which thing i thrice besought the lord and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made perfect in infirmity and paul prays and does not obtain for the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:183…it might depart from me c the lord therefore responded to him my grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness q and here also the ministers of the bridegroom say… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:139…three times yet he asked and failed to obtain for he heard my grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made perfect in weakness but having learned this he gladly embraced those very things… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:449…thing i besought the lord thrice that it might depart from me and he said unto me my grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness he showed the weakness of… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:821…the medicine of wine to his disciple trusting in him who said for my strength is made perfect in weakness then he returns to the discourse he began concerning ordination vers some men's sins are open… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1253…of the apostle who asked for release from temptations but said b my grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made perfect in weakness let us therefore bear courageously the sorrows that come upon… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:643A…and praying that he might be rescued from three contests, he heard the Judge saying: "My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity" (II Cor. XII, 9). He rejoiced afterwards when scourged,… Diadochus of Photice c. 400 – c. 486PG 65:1205…by labors and infirmities therefore the lord said to the blessed paul my grace is sufficient for thee for power is perfected in infirmity but the apostle rejoices thus saying most gladly therefore will i rather… Evagrius Scholasticus c. 536-c. 600PG 86:2451…truth, even if one speaks of the ineffable wisdom of God, who said to the divine apostle Paul: "For my power is made perfect in weakness." [II Cor. xii, 9.] For from those very causes through wh… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1665…pain and infirmities b for this reason the lord said to paul my grace is sufficient for thee for my power is perfected in infirmity when the devil left the lord then the angels came and… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:931…for this reason the apostle said most gladly therefore will i boast in my infirmities that the power of christ may rest upon me and after a few words when i am weak then am i… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:767…humility that he did not conceal it vers and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee truly so because you raise the dead heal the blind and perform all other signs for my… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1063…lord thrice that it might depart from me and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for power is made perfect in infirmity most gladly therefore will i glory rather in my infirmities… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1069…after i heard these things from god i glory more willingly in infirmities that the power of christ may dwell in me for by as much as temptations and afflictions are intensified by so much is… Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:915A…rd one's neighbor; there are times when he also glories in the Lord, according to Paul who says thus and glories in the Lord: “I will glory in my infirmities” (II Cor. XII, 9). 33. God does not look at the externa… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:933…the lord thrice that it might depart from me and he has said unto me my grace is sufficient for thee thrice instead of often i besought him and this also is a sign of humility… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:973…is fulfilled that which was said to him by the lord b my grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness text paul departed with barnabas to derbe and when they… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:174…wisdom of God. And this is that very thing which the Lord said to Paul: "My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made perfect in weakness." ⟦2 Cor. XII, 9⟧ True reason confirms that poverty and lack of learning wer… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:403B…power and wisdom of God. And this is that very thing which the Lord said to Paul: "My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made perfect in weakness." ⟦2 Cor. XII, 9⟧ True reason confirms that poverty and… Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 146:1229…the ineffable wisdom of god which long ago foretold through his apostle for my strength is made perfect in weakness for from the fact that on account of the feebleness of true knowledge certain parts have… John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:941…which he wrote concerning the holy spirit i will therefore gladly boast in my infirmities that the power of christ may dwell in me if however it is the spirit who dwells in us and through… John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:107…glory in a vain and false fortitude let him hear the apostle my strength is made perfect in weakness nor should medicine be neglected for the reason that the pestilence of some is incurable as the… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39…he would not be exposed to dangers he heard christ therefore saying my grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness ibid v after he knew therefore what the will of… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:163A…" (2 Cor 12:9-10). Therefore, when he was writing to som… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:167D…ed man also used to say: "Most gladly will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me"; and again, "When I am weak, then am I strong" (2 Cor. 12:9, 10), calling continuous temptations in… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:321A…t veritas magis effulgeret, per vincula, per carceres et ærumnas, angustiasque aucta, et majorem in modum evecta. Sic virtus Christi in infirmitate perficitur (2. Cor. 12. 9). Si enim vincula Paulum supplantassent… Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:333…i am weak then am i strong ii cor xii and again my strength is made perfect in weakness ibid and again exhorting the sick he said if ye endure chastening god dealeth with you as… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:505…the lord that it might depart from me and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for power is made perfect in infirmity ii cor xii and again concerning this same infirmity he… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:277…escape the hands of god h from the same on the text my grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made perfect in weakness h b that christ came he says from the father… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:549B…et before you." What is the table of the powerful man, if not the mind of Him who said (Phil. iv, 13): "I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me," and (II Cor. xii, 10): "When I am weak, then I am strong"? O… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:421…apostles while suffering countless insults for the sake of the truth say therefore i take pleasure in infirmities in insults in necessities in persecutions in anxieties for christ s sake d it is fitting to labor… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:537…own actions the struggles he underwent for piety which he enumerated saying therefore i take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches and so forth and these were the beginnings of his struggles but the finish of the… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:963C…rcomes his enemy in the infirmity of the body, and shows his strength in the contests of piety, according to those words: When I am weak, then I am powerful (II Cor. XII, 10). What a profit there is in this, if we… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1689…in infirmity and again i am pleased in my infirmities in contumelies in necessities in persecutions in distresses for christ for when i am weak then i am strong we ought therefore to receive with gratitude… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:381A…works than perhaps any other man of his age: so that he could say with Paul: "When I am weak, then am I powerful," for "strength is made perfect in weakness" (II Cor. XII, 10, 9). For nothing escaped him, not even… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:437…me for which cause i please myself in my weaknesses in insults in necessities in persecutions in distresses for christ's sake for when i am weak then… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:479B…s were proposed, he leaped with joy again, and writing to the Corinthians, he said: "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in persecutions" (2 Cor. xii, 10); saying that these things were the arm… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:443…is made perfect in infirmity and therefore i am pleased in my infirmities in reproaches in necessities in persecutions in distresses for christ for when i am weak then am i powerful cor do you see… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:471C…hould once again desire, and desire vehemently, was God's own work. And therefore he said, "I am well-pleased in infirmities, in afflictions, in persecutions" (2 Cor. xii, 10), due to ignorance. After he learned th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:515C…should fall by scourges, be afflicted with disgrace and ignominy, this I want. "For which reason I am pleased in weaknesses, in contumelies, in persecutions" (2 Cor. 12:10). O the grateful spirit of the servant!… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:677C…s that which the Apostle says: "Though our outer man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed" (2 Cor. 4:16); and, "When I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Cor. 12:10). Will you not disdain corruptible food… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:255B…t be worthy of greater admiration. For he says: "When I am weak, then I am powerful. My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor 12:10, 9). Therefore, they were admirable for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:597…in temptations in plots in deaths and indicating this he was saying therefore i take pleasure in infirmities then showing what kind of infirmity he calls it he did not say fever nor doubt regarding the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:369D…y bonds, are more courageous to speak the word without fear” (Phil. 1:14). And he himself again confesses this, saying: “For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Cor. 12:10). For this reason he also said, “But th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195…ness (2 Cor. 12:8–9). Wherefor, he says, I take pleasure in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake (2 Cor. 12:10). And hear him also saying: In the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:231…He bore these things with spirit, and says: "Therefore I take pleasure in mine infirmities" (II Cor. XII, 10); that is, I am well pleased and find r… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:959…course and reached the goal this is similar to the apostolic saying when i am weak then am i strong i will not gather their assemblies of blood nor will i remember their names with my… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:449…infirmity is a bodily affection he discusses things concerning it more clearly therefore i take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches in necessities in persecutions in distresses for christ's sake for when i am weak then am… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1507…well content in weaknesses in insults in distresses in persecutions in anguish for christ's sake for when i am weak then i am strong b to this the great peter too goaded by desire even though… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:743D…reatest trumpet of the preaching, cried out: "I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake" (II Cor. XII, 10). He did not say, I endure,… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:643A…41). And Paul, the champion of piety, exclaims: "I please myself in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ" (II Cor. XII, 10). Explaining the reason, he says: "For… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:723…i am pleased with my infirmities in persecutions in distresses for christ for when i am weak then am i powerful but this champion of orthodoxy or rather this egregious teacher demands a reward for the… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:931…power of christ may rest upon me and after a few words when i am weak then am i powerful but woe to us wretched ones because we have abandoned the life of the holy fathers… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:767…radiant through them vers for which cause i please myself in my infirmities in reproaches in necessities in persecutions in distresses for christ various readings there was no satan in iii kings chap v the word… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:769…a head cold as some triflers narrate with which he was afflicted for when i am weak then am i strong for where there is affliction there also is consolation and where there is consolation there… Tarasius of Constantinople c. 730-806PG 98:1417…action in divine things, he would interrupt the divine mysteries, but, strengthened by his labors and crying out with Paul: "When I am weak, then I am strong" (II Cor. XII, 10), he was fiercely devoted to divine wor… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:627…greater the cause for testing that is provided therefore the apostle says i take pleasure in infirmities in insults in hardships in persecutions in distresses for christ for when i am weak then i am strong… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1069…is let it dwell as a whole in a whole xii wherefore i take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches in necessities in persecutions in distresses for christ for when i am weak then am i powerful… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:933…of god s power to himself through the intensity of the afflictions therefore i take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches in necessities in persecutions in distresses for christ s sake i desired he says as a… Ephraem of Ainos fl. c. 1313PG 143:403B…ver, not even for a single day while you draw breath, should you omit prayer on account of infirmity; hear him who says: "When I am weak, then I am powerful." (2 Cor. 12:10) If you do this, you will receive great… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39…the lord thrice cor and when they were not removed he says therefore i take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches in persecutions ibid v c perhaps however what is said is not clear enough therefore it… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:167…infirmities that the power of christ may dwell in me and again when i am weak then am i strong cor calling continuous temptations infirmity but perhaps someone in this place will ask for what reason… Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:333C…t, being judged and chastened here, we remain uncondemned in the world to come. Whence also this blessed one boasted, saying: When I am weak, then am I strong (II Cor. xii, 10). And again: My strength is made perfec… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:377A…is necessity, says that it is foolishness for one to praise oneself; wherefore he also added, saying: I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me (2 Cor. 12:11). How then did the Prophet ignore t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:307D…fold I was pasturing the sheep of my father; and when a bear came, I tore it asunder with my hands" (1 Sam. XVII, 34-36). "I became foolish; you compelled me" (2 Cor. XII, 11). God also does this same thing, not sp… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:541…says: We commend not ourselves again, but give you occasion to glory (2 Cor. 5. 12); and after this: I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me (2 Cor. 12. 11). And he uses many such corrections. An… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:549…What he says is this: We do not compare ourselves with them, but with each other. For as he went on he said: "I am nothing behind the very outermost apostles" (2 Cor. 12:11); and in the former epistle: "I labored… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:583…xxvii h chapter v i have become a fool in glorying you compelled me for i ought to have been commended by you d having established the progression he again excuses himself and asks for pardon… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:449…bestows upon me true power having gone through these things he subjoined i am become a fool in glorying and he teaches the cause of this ye have compelled me that is by having believed the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:769…even overcame the judge vers i am become foolish in glorying you have compelled me for i ought to have been commended by you for i have done nothing less than those who are super apostles… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1069…weak then am i powerful i am become foolish in glorying you have compelled me for i ought to have been commended by you for i have attained nothing less than the apostles who are exceeding… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:935…therefore i also desired to say something about myself for your sake for i ought to have been commended by you it was proper he says that you rather should have recounted my deeds and praised… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:309…more (v. 23). And not even there did he stop, but after having recounted all his praises, he says: I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me (2 Cor. 12. 11). As if to say: I had no account of tho… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:17C…imself, that he too exhibited the signs, just as he says in the second Epistle to them: Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience (2 Cor. 12:12); and again, For what is it wherein ye… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:171A…an apostle of the world. Yet I do not say this, he says, nor do I fight and contend, but I put forward what is yours. "For the seal of my apostleship you are" (2 Cor. 12:12): that is, the demonstration. And if an… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:549…e former epistle: "I labored more abundantly than they all" (1 Cor. 15:10); and again: "Truly, the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience" (2 Cor. 12:12). So we compare ourselves with ourselve… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:583…he tempers his speech and says although i am nothing b yet the signs of an apostle were wrought among you do not consider he says whether i am of vile and little value but whether… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:451…and yet although i am nothing vers the signs a of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience in signs and wonders and mighty deeds do not look to me but examine… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:769…i am nothing yet the signs of the apostle were wrought in you in all patience in signs and wonders and mighty deeds for what is there in which you have been lessened beyond the other… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1069…although i am nothing the signs of the apostle were wrought upon you in all patience in signs and wonders and mighty deeds then that no one might think he was speaking of a bodily infirmity… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:937…the grace of god he explained at greater length hear therefore b in signs and wonders and mighty deeds what the difference is between a sign and a wonder has been stated elsewhere but lest anyone… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:17C…Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience (2 Cor. 12:12); and again, For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches? (2 Cor. 12:13). Or, as I said, he reminds them of his… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:585…what is there wherein ye were made inferior to other churches except that i myself was not burdensome to you with much gravity again he set the reproof and what follows is more burdensome forgive me… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:357…to jerusalem through the prophet ezekiel therefore my zeal shall depart from you and i will not be angry over you any more ezech xvi see the mercy and piety of the good god when he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:585…sweeter and more gentle how and in what manner behold this is the third time i am ready to come to you and i will not be burdensome to you c for i seek not yours… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:451…that he will observe this practice for the time to come vers behold the third time i am ready to come to you and i will not be a burden to you then he softens the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:769…forced to become foolish forgive me this injury vers behold this is the third time i am ready to come to you and i will not be burdensome to you for i do not seek what… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1071…i myself did not burden you forgive me this injustice behold for the third time i am ready to come to you and i will not burden you for i seek not yours but you for… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:937…did not deign to receive anything from them vers behold this is the third time i am ready to come to you and i will not be burdensome to you for i do not seek what… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:891…apostle says the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of god and children ought not to lay up treasure for their parents but the parents for the children if any one therefore is found to be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:485…to show that he did not spare. And do not think that the saying is a riddle, but hear him again saying: I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls (2 Cor. 12. 15). And addressing the Ephesians he said:… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:829B…e, they do not refuse even to die for the salvation of their inferiors, as the Apostle says: But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls (2 Cor. 12.15). If, therefore, these things are so, t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:861A…ople. The saints also were killed for the salvation of the same people, as the Apostle teaches us, saying: "And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you" (2 Cor. 12:15). Item, elsewhere: "For I am now ready… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:629A…apostles. For since they have obtained the foal, they now surrender everything, even as Paul also said: "I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls" (2 Cor. 12:15). But consider the gentleness of the fo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:491B…both loves them and is loved by them in return—though not in the same manner. Here also he says, "Though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved" (2 Cor. 12:15). But he says this at the end of the le… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:585…this therefore since there is a need to give i will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls for the law of nature bade the parents lay up for the children but i not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:757D…epay you the reward worthy of your labors. For this reason Paul, confident in these promises, says: But I most gladly will spend and be spent for your souls (2 Cor. XII, 15), speaking of the teaching to the Genti… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:327…his own even boasted of it when he said to the corinthians being crafty i caught you with guile c indeed the same man elsewhere confesses to the same corinthians that he feared to declare certain… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:589…unto the ages of ages amen h homily xxviii h cap v but be it so i did not burden you but being crafty i caught you with guile did i make a gain of you… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:451…them joy while showing his own most vehement love for them vers but be it so i did not burden you nevertheless being crafty i caught you with guile did i take advantage of you by… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1153…i have not burdened you but being crafty i caught you with guile what are you saying did you catch with guile those whom you caught for christ yes he… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1073…less b but suppose that i have not myself burdened you but being crafty i caught you with guile did i take advantage of you through any of those whom i have sent to you i… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:939…a vers but let it be i did not burden you but being crafty i caught you with guile did i take advantage of you by any of those whom i sent to you what he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:589…did not burden you but being crafty i caught you with guile did i make a gain of you by any of them whom i sent unto you i desired titus and with him i sent… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:589…gain of you by any of them whom i sent unto you i desired titus and with him i sent a brother did titus make a gain of you walked we not in the same spirit… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:1265A…t is a type of supplication to touch the feet, to prostrate oneself at the feet. "Ante Deum vobis loquor, utrosque in paradiso simul stare comperi." Thus Paul, 2 Cor. xii, 19: Κατενώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ λαλοῦμε… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:435…boasting and again do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you we speak before god in christ suspicion might arise as one who seeks honor from them he uses these words i fear lest… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:453…says you think that our excuse is an argument for our lowliness we speak before god in christ but we say these things with god as witness enlightened by the commands of the lord christ for… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:769…you again think that we are making our defense to you c we speak before god in christ but all things beloved are for your edification for i fear d… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:809A…kingdom of God (I Cor. vi, 9, 10)... TO THE CORINTHIANS II. Lest there be contentions, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults (II Cor. xii, 20). TO THE GALATIANS. Now the works of th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:483…what he said to the corinthians i fear he says lest perhaps when i come i shall not find you such as i wish cor… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:589C…do not burn?" (2 Cor. 11. 29). And again, "I fear that when I come, I may not find you such as I wish, and that I may be found by you such as you do not wish" (2 Cor. 12. 20). And after a little: "Lest when I come… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:679C…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 you such as I wish" [II Cor. XII, 20])—("I am afraid," he says, "lest while… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:435…seeks honor from them he uses these words i fear lest perhaps when i come i shall not find you such as i wish and i might be found by you such as you do not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:605…revenge all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled ib v and again i fear lest when i come i shall not find you such as i would and that i shall be found unto you such… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:481…and saying with the apostle lest perhaps when i come i will not find you such as i would and i will be found by you such as you would not a for which reason he… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:771…a lest when i come i shall not find you such as i wish and that i may be found by you such as you… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1075…all things beloved are for your edification for i fear lest perhaps when i come i shall not find you such as i wish and that i might be found by you such as you do… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1403…and i shall mourn for many of those who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and wantonness which they have committed just as samuel also mourned over the destruction of… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:777A…his deed (I Cor. v, 1, 2). Lest when I come again, my God should humble me, and I should mourn for many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented (II Cor. xii, 21). That one ought not to be silent when… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1211…ys, "The soul that sins, it shall die" (Ezech. XVIII, 4). We are to imitate him who said: "And I shall mourn for many of those who sinned beforehand" (II Cor. XII, 21). INTERROGATION CXCV. How does one do all things to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:305…also to the Corinthians, the same [apostle] said: "Lest by any means, when I come, I shall bewail many of them that have sinned before, and have not repented" (2 Cor. 12:21 and 13:2). And again: "As I have said b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1021C…ave departed in virtue. Thus also Paul does; for writing to the Corinthians he says: Lest, when I come to you, God may humble me, and I might mourn for many (2 Cor. 12:21). He did not say of those who have died… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:53…me and i shall mourn many of those who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed c show love toward the one who has sinned… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:283…testified when writing to the Corinthians thus: "Lest perhaps I should have to mourn many of those who have sinned before and have not done penance" (2 Cor. 12:21), showing that not so much those who sin, as those who do n… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:309B…shall mourn many of those who have not only sinned, but who have not repented of the licentiousness, and impurity, and fornication, which they have committed (2 Cor. 12. 21). And what time could be more fitting f… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:323…le and admirable man, when addressing the Corinthians, spoke: "Lest, when I come, I should bewail many of them that have sinned before, and have not repented" (2 Cor. 12:21). Though an intelligent man, he was a g… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:485…and I shall mourn many of those who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed (2 Cor. 12. 21). And writing to the Galatians he said:… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:589…and i may grieve for many of those who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness and lewdness and fornication that they committed ib v and you see him constantly in tears and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:603D…ore you, and I may mourn many of those who sinned before, and did not commit repentance for the uncleanness and fornication and lewdness which they committed" (2 Cor. XII, 21); and again to those who were involved… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:545D…he henceforth mourns the sins of others, just as Paul also says: "Lest, when I come, I will mourn many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented" (2 Cor. 12:21). Paul mourns those who have sinned and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:89D…rn for many, he says, not of those who have sinned before, but of those who have not repented of their uncleanness and filthiness which they have committed (2 Cor. 12:21). For the man who has used repentance a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:417…you and i shall mourn many of those who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication which they committed this therefore he also indicates here and though he speaks as one… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:419C…, when he said: "I do not want to see you now in passing"? Or is it in the same letter, when he said: "Lest when I come again, my God may humble me among you" (2 Cor. 12:21)? I wrote, therefore, he says, at the e… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:241B…, and I shall mourn for many of those who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they practiced (2 Cor. 12:21). That you may be, he says, blameles… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:71…sexual immorality as is not even named among the gentiles and again lest when i come again my god may humble me among you and i shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:453…these he reproached them for in the previous epistle as well ka' lest when i come again my god may humble me before you and i may mourn for many of those who have sinned before… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:549…this he also inserted these things in the letters written to them lest when i come again my god humble me among you and i shall bewail many of those who have sinned before and have… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:771…contentions emulations animosities dissensions detractions whisperings puffings up seditions among you vers lest when i come again my god humble me among you that which he ought to have placed in the first rank he places… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:935…he wrote however leading those who had sinned to repentance for if i come again my god will humble me and i shall mourn for many of those who have sinned before and have not repented… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1075…and i might mourn for many of those who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and wantonness which they have committed h we do not speak to you therefore for… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:941…were raising themselves against him out of esteem for the false apostles lest when i come again my god may humble me toward you that is the former things are enough but i fear lest having… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:361C…God will humble me, and I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and lasciviousness which they have committed (2 Cor. 12.21). See how even here he speaks of those…