And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, so that we may be also glorified together.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Notice how Paul gradually increases the attraction of the gift. For it is quite possible to be a child without being an heir…. Nor are we simply heirs; we are “fellow heirs with Christ.” See how concerned Paul is to bring us ever nearer to the Son! Homilies on Romans
