Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
It means those who hold that they are going to live and are among the saved. See what immediate prizes he sets before them: “The stars,” he says, “possess the principle of light and you the principle of life.” What is this “word of life”? It means having the seed of life, that is, the beginnings of life, possessing life itself. .
