2 Corinthians 13:3 (WEB)
seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me who is not weak, but is powerful in you.
Fathers and councils · 29
Gregory of Nyssa
“On one side the Lord Himself, and he who has Christ speaking in him, enjoin us not to think of Him as a slave, but to honour Him even as the Father is honoured, and on the other side Eunomius brings his suit against the Lord,…” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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“The Godhead is mind and word: for “in the beginning was the Word” and the followers of Paul “have the mind of Christ” which “speaks” in them: humanity too is not far removed from these: you see in yourself word and understanding, an imitation of the very Mind and Word.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 16; and 2 Cor. xiii. 3
Read the whole comment - Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.19On Virginity
“If this teaching is true,—and it must be true because Wisdom is speaking there,—then there is no absurdity in supposing a double marriage also which answers in every detail to either man; and, maybe, if…” — editor's note: πάντως δὲ ἀληθὴς, κ. τ. λ. So Codd. Reg. and Morell., for πάντων. Gregory alludes to 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(2 Cor. 13:3.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Paul says to his hearers, Or seek ye a proof of Christ that speaketh in me?” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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Ambrose of Milan
“The Apostle was the mouth of Christ, for he said, “Ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment““I know,” he says, “a man, whether in the body or out of the body, I cannot tell, God knoweth, how he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable words.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“For having said: “Do ye seek a proof of Christ Who speaketh in me?” he says elsewhere: “For I think that I also have the Spirit of God.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.19Conference I
“And the chosen vessel: “Ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment “…whom he had passed in heart, should Himself pass into his heart: as the Apostle himself says of himself: “Do you seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment““Or do you seek a proof,” says the Apostle, “of Christ speaking in me?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.6Book II
“And what else does Paul mean when he says, “Your life is hid with Christ in God;” and again in another passage, “Do you seek a proof of Christ, who speaketh in me?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment - Origen, De Principiis IV.3Book IV
“…in respect of being the “Word” or “Wisdom,” or all other things, was in Paul, and that he therefore said, “Do you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me?” and again, “I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Hence that text, “Would you have proof of Christ, who speaketh in me?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“And again, when He spake in the Apostle, saying, “Would you receive a proof of Christ, who speaketh in me?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“For the Apostle Paul was one pillar of them when he said, “Would ye receive a proof of Him that speaketh in me—Christ?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“Without doubt God, now about to speak by a man’s ministry, as the Apostle saith, “Will ye to receive proof of Him that is speaking in me, Christ?” in His own person at first willed the words to be uttered, lest a man speaking His words should be despised as a man.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“When His saints and faithful disciples enter by the door, does not Christ enter by the door?” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“For He did not speak in contradiction to His Apostle, seeing that He Himself spoke “in” him also, as he says, “Would ye receive a proof of Christ, who speaketh in me?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“The Apostle says, “Would ye receive a proof of Christ who speaketh in me?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“Listen to Paul himself whom He sent; for Paul was specially sent as an apostle to the Gentiles; and it is Paul who, terrifying them not with himself but with Him saith, “Do ye wish to receive a proof of Him who speaketh in me, that is, of Christ?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment““Or would ye,” says the Apostle Paul, “have a proof of Him that speaketh in me, namely Christ.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“But would any one venture to say that the Holy Spirit reproveth the world through the disciples of Christ, and that Christ Himself doth not, when the apostle exclaims, “Would ye receive a proof of Him that speaketh in me, namely Christ?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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Jerome
“…men of this world, when the Apostle Paul, the chosen vessel the doctor of the Gentiles, who could boldly say: “Do ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me?” knowing that he really had within him that greatest of guests—when even he after visiting Damascus and Arabia “went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and abode with…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“So speaks the “chosen vessel” and the words are brought out from his treasure who could boldly say: “Do ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3, Vulg.
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Basil the Great
“So Paul speaks in Christ, saying “In the sight of God we speak in Christ,” and Christ in Paul, as he himself says “Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Yet the Apostle, who speaks as the mouthpiece of Christ, relating the work of our salvation through the Lord, describes the death of Christ as ‘stripping off from Himself His flesh, boldly putting to shame the powers and triumphing over them in Himself.’” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Now he is least of the apostles, now he offers a proof of Christ speaking in him; now he longs for departure and is being poured forth as a libation, now he thinks it more necessary for their sakes to abide in the flesh.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xiii. 3.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Hence Paul speaks, “Seek ye a proof of Christ who speaketh in me?” [2 Cor 13:3]” — the author cites it
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Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 16:5–11 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.
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Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.6.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.6.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.6.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.6.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 89.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 89.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.6.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.19.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.