I give thanks to my God always for you, for the grace of God that is given you in Christ Jesus,†5 That in all things you are made rich in him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;6 As the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,7 So that nothing is wanting to you in any grace, waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ.8 Who also will confirm you unto the end without crime, in the day of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is surely noteworthy that nobody doubted that it was kept by a Christian and Apostolic ordinance. So St. Paul argues from its Christian observance, in his rebuke of the Corinthians.
And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city.2 And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.3 And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth.4 And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?5 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?6 But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.7 And he arose, and went into his house.8 And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.
Mystically; When driven out of Judæa, He returns into His own city; the city of God is the people of the faithful; into this He entered by a boat, that is, the Church.
In this paralytic the whole Gentile world is offered for healing, he is therefore brought by the ministration of Angels; he is called Son, because he is God’s work; the sins of his soul which the Law could not remit are remitted him; for faith only justifies. Lastly, he shews the power of the resurrection, by taking up his bed, teaching that all sickness shall then be no more found in the body.
It is a very fearful thing to be seized by death while the sins are yet unforgiven by Christ; for there is no way to the heavenly house for him whose sins have not been forgiven. But when this fear is removed, honour is rendered to God, who by His word has in this way given power to men, of forgiveness of sins, of resurrection of the body, and of return to Heaven.
About CSB. A personal translation of the New Testament, rendered directly from the public-domain Greek in a literary style — not a scholarly critical edition, and not for liturgical or doctrinal authority. It is one reader's work, offered for enjoyment; where it matters, weigh it against an established translation. (Placeholder text — final wording to come.)