Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
What then? Even when men do evil, may we not revile them? Nay, but to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man. Hear the exhortation, To speak evil of no man. Our lips should be pure from reviling. For if our reproaches are true, it is not for us to utter them, but for the Judge to enquire into the matter. For why, he says, do you judge your brother? Romans 14:10 But if they are not true, how great the fire. Hear what the thief says to his fellow-thief. For we are also in the same condemnation. Luke 23:40 We are running the same hazard. If you revile others, you will soon fall into the same sins. Therefore the blessed Paul admonishes us: Let him that stands, take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12
