Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Some might think that these expressions of praise contradict the admonitions which have gone before. But this is not so, for they help the rebukes to be more acceptable by putting them in the wider context of Paul’s great love for the Corinthians.
