1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ambrosiaster

AD 400
Christ did not win the victory for himself but for our benefit. For when he became a man, he remained God, and by overcoming the devil, he who never sinned gained the victory for us, who were bound in death because of sin. The death of Christ defeated the devil, who was forced to surrender all those who had died because of sin. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

Augustine of Hippo

AD 430
The crown could not have been given to one who was worthy of it, unless grace had been given to him when still unworthy.

John Chrysostom

AD 407
For the trophy He Himself erected, but the crowns He has caused us also to partake of. And this not of debt, but of mere mercy.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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