For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
It is all too evident that our bodies have many defects. One is lame, one has crooked feet, another a withered hand, each a weakness in a different member. Nevertheless the person does not complain or cut off the defect. Rather he often treats it better than the other members—and all this quite reasonably, since it is his own. .
