Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
For he who loves Christ also loves his flock.… David in this way came to be king, having been seen first to be affectionately-minded toward them. So much indeed, though yet young, did he grieve for the people, as to risk his life for them, when he killed that barbarian. … And Samuel too was very affectionate; when it was that he said, “But God forbid that I should sin in ceasing to pray to the Lord for you.” In like way Paul also, or rather not in like way but even in a far greater degree, burned toward all his subjects.
