Where the Fathers quote 2 Corinthians 5

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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1097expounds v.16“Ωστε ημεις απο του νυν ουδενα οιδαμεν κατα σαρκα· ει δε και εγνωκαμεν κατα σαρκα Χριστον αλλα νυν ουκετι γινωσκομεν.”50. On «Even if we have known Christ according to the flesh» John ChrysostomPG 64:25expounds v.17“ωστε ει τις εν Χριστω καινη κτισις· τα αρχαια παρηλθεν, ιδου γεγονε καινα τα παντα.”Discourse 8: On «If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, all things have become new» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:857expounds v.17“ωστε ει τις εν Χριστω καινη κτισις· τα αρχαια παρηλθεν ιδου γεγονε καινα τα παντα.”167. On the text «If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold all things have become new» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:1025expounds v.20“Υπερ Χριστου ουν πρεσβευομεν ως του Θεου παρακαλουντος δι᾿ ημων· δεομεθα υπερ Χριστου, καταλλαγητε τω Θεω·”232. Meaning of «We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: be reconciled to the Father» Maximus the ConfessorPG 90:405expounds v.21“τον γαρ μη γνοντα αμαρτιαν υπερ ημων αμαρτιαν εποιησεν ινα ημεις γενωμεθα δικαιοσυνη Θεου εν αυτω.”42. Interpretation of «He who knew no sin, He made to be sin for our sake»

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52Cor 5:5

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:429D…surrection more trustworthy, having said that the mortal is going to be swallowed up by life, he added: Now he who has wrought us for this very thing is God (2 Cor. 5:5). What he says is this: From the beginn… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:941…who prepares us for this inasmuch as he is god and gives us the earnest of the spirit therefore as a secure pledge of the incorruptibility to be given to us in the last times of… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:729A…rdened, not because we have a body, but because we are encompassed by one that is corruptible. • Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God. (2 Cor. 5:5) He shows that these things were prefig… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:729A…he says, for what God does, do not curiously scrutinize. Wherefore he says, "Now he that hath wrought." • And who hath given us the earnest of the Spirit. (2 Cor. 5:5) He frequently calls it an "earnest," w…

62Cor 5:6

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1493…and in a riddle but then face to face and furthermore while we are at home in the body we are away from the lord therefore we are well pleased to be away from the body… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:497…the spirit being therefore always of good courage and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are away from the lord for we walk by faith not by sight it is clear… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:739…according to john or not he himself knows only let us while we are at home in the body and away from him so as to be present with the lord not depart from the gospel… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:297B…walk by faith and not by sight. But we are of good courage," he says, "and have a good will to be absent rather from the body and to be present with the Lord" (2 Cor. 5. 6-8). What are we to do, men of little fait… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:731B…he Lord, leaving behind this earthly pilgrimage, and are transferred wholly to holiness. When we are, he says, in the body, we are pilgrims away from the Lord (2 Cor. 5:6). The law wishes these holy days to be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:469…in periods of relief but also in afflictions and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are away from the lord for we walk by faith not by sight we are of… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:407…the spirit b vv being therefore always confident and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the lord for we walk by faith not by sight we are confident… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:951A…9: explained as unlawfully, Thucyd. ei ti exedediētēto. ekdēmia, IV, 1119: simply, death; as ekdēmia enteuthen, I, 832, 918; III, 437; IV, 645. Confer to II Cor. v, 6, 7. ekdēmēsai, I, 459, to depart from… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:729A…whole. • Being confident then always, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. (2 Cor. 5:6-7) "Being confident," in the face of pers…

72Cor 5:7

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92Cor 5:9

Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1241A…must all be made manifest before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may render account through the body for what he has done, whether good or evil [II Cor. v, 9]. If the holy men are all intent upon t… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:409…to the former sequence for when he had said wherefore we labor that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him he necessarily showed the cause of this love c we are set on…

102Cor 5:10

112Cor 5:11

Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:423…that our ministry may not be blamed b knowing therefore the fear of the lord we persuade men but to god we are made manifest c caput iv if it happens that we fall into a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:323D…o not care. You have examples in the Scriptures. "For do I persuade men or God?" (Gal. 1:10) he says; and again: "We persuade men, but to God we are manifest" (2 Cor. 5:11). And Christ, concerning those who were… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:473…ages amen h homily xi h cap v knowing therefore the fear of the lord we persuade men but to god we are made manifest and i hope that we are made manifest in your consciences… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:407…their requital along with their bodies d v knowing therefore the fear of the lord we persuade men but we are made manifest to god this… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1485…we may be unexceptionable to all knowing therefore he says the fear of the lord we persuade men but to god we are manifest let us fear therefore as it has been said to scandalize anyone… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:731…have lapsed more diligent through the fear introduced knowing therefore the fear of the lord we persuade men but to god we are manifest and i hope that we are manifest also in your consciences knowing… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:973…according to what he did whether good or evil knowing therefore that terror of the lord we persuade men but to god we are made manifest i hope however that we are also made manifest in… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:851…are the mouths of the heretics stopped vers knowing therefore the fear of the lord we persuade men but we have been manifested to god and i hope we have been manifested also in your consciences…

122Cor 5:12

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:541…elf, saying: Do we begin again to commend ourselves? (2 Cor. 3. 1); and further on he says: We commend not ourselves again, but give you occasion to glory (2 Cor. 5. 12); and after this: I am become a fool i… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:467…a another for we do not commend ourselves again unto you but give you occasion to glory on our behalf that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:409…words as you know our aim correctly v we do not commend ourselves again unto you but give you occasion to glory on our behalf that you may have somewhat to answer them which glory in… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:731…removes the suspicion that he might appear to be praising himself who glory in appearance and not in heart that is in the things that are seen and for show… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:973…glorying on our behalf that you may have something against those who glory in appearance and not in heart for whether we are beside ourselves it is for god or whether we are sober it is…

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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:475…he also adds who reconciled us to himself through christ and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation for from this come all good things for to him who made us friends to the same also… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:327…o the Corinthians he said: He has set in us the ministry of reconciliation. And again, We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us (2 Cor. 5:18, 20); this he says here also, I suffer… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:943…things are from god who has reconciled us through christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation b further observe with me that although christ entrusted to the apostolic men the ministry of reconciliation… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:467…things he says are passed away behold all things are become new and all things are of god who hath reconciled us to himself by jesus christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:411…baptism we have put off the old age of sin a vers and all things are of god who hath reconciled us to himself by jesus christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation… John Maxentius fl. 519-533PG 86:149…creature old things are passed away behold all things are made new and all things are of god who hath reconciled us to himself by christ but if it still seems doubtful which god he says… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:979…called us through the slaughter and immolation of his son and having given to us the ministry of reconciliation o the depth of benevolence and philanthropy for it is not that after he sent his son… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:855…of god and all other things in the same way vers but all things are of god who hath reconciled us to himself by jesus christ all these things have been given to us by god…

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202Cor 5:20

212Cor 5:21

Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1515D…d: Yes. Manes said: Did Christ therefore sin, because He was baptized? Archelaus said: Far be it; rather, He was made sin for us, taking upon Himself our sins (II Cor. V, 21); on account of which He was born of a… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:755…knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of god in him but also he was a man in suffering and knowing how to bear infirmity and by his stripe… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1539…love of god in christ in vain for the same apostle says for he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of god in… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 37:189B…d will deny. Therefore this passage, The Word became flesh, seems to me to have the same force and meaning as that He is said to have become sin and a curse (II Cor. V, 21; Gal. III, 13); not that the Lord was c… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:325A…way the sin of the world (John I, 29); and Paul saying, Him who had not known sin, He made sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. V, 21); and again, Christ redeemed us from t… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:945…sin he made to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of god in him it is as if he were to say he prepared him who had never committed any sin to… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:467…us we pray you in christ's stead be ye reconciled to god for he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1337…no sin to be sin for our sake that we might become the righteousness of god in him do we then think that he became sin or is it rather that he was made like unto… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1449B…nto a curse, but rather the removal of sin or the curse that was brought about through him; and the expression, “Him who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us” (II Cor. v, 21), does not signify a change of righteou… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:319A…nation and judgment, we would imagine a conversion and change of the Word into flesh, and thus we would suppose that He himself had become sin and a curse (II Cor. 5, 21; Gal. 3, 13), if we did not attend to t… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:411…the things already said even the ignominy of the passion c vers for he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of god in… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:533A…t is altogether a serpent: shall it not then correctly be said to have the same appellation as the father of sin? But for our sake, as the divine Apostle says (II Cor. v, 21), He permitted the Lord to become sin,… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:845A…n. For the victim for sins bears the name of sin. And Paul also, using the language of the law, says: "Him who did not know sin, He made sin for our sake" [II Cor. v, 21]. For He was sacrificed for our sins as… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1187…he made him to be sin for us who knew no sin and that he became a curse for us and that the son himself… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:549…for him who knew no sin he hath made sin for us that we might be made the justice of god in him o immense stewardship o ineffable liberality him who knew no sin he made… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1027C…us, as he took upon himself what is said of us—sin, the curse, and similar things. For the Apostle says, "He who knew no sin, he made to be sin for our sake" (II Cor. v, 21). And again, "Christ redeemed us from t… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:387…christ became a curse for us and he who knew no sin made him to be sin for us we do not understand him to have become entirely curse and sin but that he took upon… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:169D…ed names, and not rather those that are harsher? They confess that Christ, through the flesh, was made a curse and became sin, as Scripture says (Gal. III, 13; II Cor. V, 21). They confess that He was tempted for…