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Philippians 1:7

Even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; since as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my grace.

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

His chains are without doubt a “confirmation of the gospel.” How? Because if he had refused the bonds, he would have been seen as a deceiver. But the one who endures everything, including persecution and imprisonment, shows that he does not suffer them for any human reason but on account of God, who rights the balance…. See how absolutely he turns everything on its head. For what others might view as a weakness or reproach, this he calls confirmation. .

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