1 Corinthians 1:4 (WEB)
I always thank my God concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,
Fathers and councils · 2
Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“For though the Father gives it, through the Son is the gift; and though the Son be said to vouchsafe it, it is the Father who supplies it through and in the Son; for ‘I thank my God,’ says the Apostle writing to the Corinthians, ‘always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you in Christ Jesus.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 4.
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John Chrysostom
“Behold again he uses the saying, “in [His] Son,” for “through the Son,” against those who assert that this phrase is proper to the Spirit.” — editor's note: That is, the Macedonians or Pneumatomachi, who about the year 373 found great fault with St. Basil for using indifferently the two forms of doxology, sometimes…
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