And saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that you should turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
See how on all occasions they are clean from the lust of glory, not only not coveting, but even repudiating it when offered: just as Peter also said, Why gaze ye on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made him to walk Acts 3:12? So these also say the same. And Joseph also said of the dreams, Is not their interpretation of God? Genesis 60:8 And Daniel in like manner, And to me also, not through the wisdom that is in me was it revealed. Daniel 2:30 And Paul everywhere says this, as when he says, And for these things who is sufficient? Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think (anything) as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God. 2 Corinthians 2:16; 3:5 But let us look over again what has been said.
