As you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Don’t doubt, Paul says, the hope which is to come: you see that the world is being converted. And why do we need to refer to the cases of others? What happened in your own case is independently a sufficient ground for belief, for “you knew the grace of God in truth”: that is, in works. So that these two things, viz. The belief of all, and your own too, confirm the things that are to come. Nor was the fact one thing, and what Epaphras said, another…. If this man be the minister of Christ, how do you say that you approach God by angels? “He has made known to us your love in the Spirit.” For this love is wonderful and steadfast. All other love has but the name…. For nothing, nothing is so strong as the bond of the Spirit.
