I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die and live with you.
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Ambrosiaster
AD 400
Paul wants them to realize in what frame of mind he is speaking to them. He is certainly not rejecting people whom he wants to have as sharers with him, but he is exhorting them to make themselves worthy of this sharing. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.