Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
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Gaius Marius Victorinus
AD 400
He adds “with love undying,” or in imperishability. For his prayers are not only for the present life but for the coming one as well, which is contained in the hope and promise of Christ. –.
Why does he separate the two here, placing peace by itself, and grace by itself?
In uncorruptness, he concludes.
What is this, in uncorruptness? It either means, in purity; or else, for the sake of those things which are incorruptible, as, for example, not in riches, nor in glory, but in those treasures which are incorruptible. The in means, through. Through uncorruptness, that is, through virtue. Because all sin is corruption. And in the same way as we say a virgin is corrupted, so also do we speak of the soul. Hence Paul says, Lest by any means your minds should be corrupted. 2 Corinthians 11:3 And again elsewhere, he says, In doctrine, showing uncorruptness. For what, tell me, is corruption of the body? Is it not the dissolution of the whole frame, and of its union? This then is what takes place also in the soul when sin enters. The beauty of the soul is temperance, and righteousness; the health of the soul is courage, and prudence; for the base man is hideous in our eyes, so ...
