1 Corinthians 1:9 (WEB)
God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Fathers and councils · 13
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Hear St. Paul saying, God is faithful.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 9.
Read the whole comment“How great a dignity the Lord bestows on you in transferring you from the order of Catechumens to that of the Faithful, the Apostle Paul shews, when he affirms, God is faithful, by Whom ye were called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 9.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For we find: “Faithful is God, through Whom ye were called into the fellowship of His Son.”” — editor's note: Or “into fellowship with His Son.” “Fellowship” in the orig. is communio (κοινωνία). 1 Cor. i. 9.
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John Chrysostom
“For he says, “God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son” ( 1 Cor. i. 9 ): and again, “By His will” ( 1 Cor. i. 1 , &c.); and in another place, “For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things.” ( Rom. xi. 26.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And the “by whom” is also applied to the Father, as when the Apostle saith, “By whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son” ( 1 Cor. i. 9 ): and, “By the will of the Father.”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For the Scripture is wont to say, “by whom,” for “of whom;”as when it saith, “I have gotten a man by God,”putting not the second cause, but the first; and again, “Is not the interpretation of them by God,”and, “God is faithful, by whom ye are called unto the fellowship of His Son.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 9.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
“If again thou dream that in the preposition by any subjection is implied, why does Paul use t of the Father? as, God is faith ful, by Whom ye were called into the fellowship of His Son; (1 Cor. 1:9) and again, Paul an Apostle by the will of God.” — the author cites it
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“(1 Cor. 1:9) Whoever then, our Lord says, cometh to Me, shall be saved, for to save such I took up flesh: For I came down from heaven not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
““God is faithful,” it is said, “by whom (δι᾽ οὖ) ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son,” and “Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by (διά) the will of God;” and again, “Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 9.
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John Cassian
“But as it is written: that eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what God hath prepared for them that love Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 6–9.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“When he says, We were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, and, God sent His Son to be the likeness of the flesh of sin, and again, God is faithful, by Whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son, is any loophole left for heretical misrepresentation?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 9.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Now His Word declares; and “God” Himself is “faithful.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 9, x. 13.
Read the whole comment“And “God,” who is known to those who love, “is love,” as “God,” who by instruction is communicated to the faithful, “is faithful;” and we must be allied to Him by divine love: so that by like we may see like, hearing the word of truth guilelessly and purely, as children who obey us.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 9, x. 13.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 6:35–40 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 1:3 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 1:3 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 6:35–40 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 6:35–40 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 6:35–40 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.6.