Thomas Aquinas, on 2Cor 3:4

“And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.”

“Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Above, the Apostle excused himself, that he was not seeking his own glory, because he did not need it; here he proves that he is not seeking his own glory. Indeed, everything good he does he attributes not to himself but to God. In regard to this he does two things: first, he attributes all the good he has and does to God; secondly, he gives the reason for this. He says, therefore: I say that we do not need letters of recommendation and that you are our letter ministered by us. Nor do we seek our glory, but Christ's. Such is the confidence, i.e. to say such things, that we have through Christ toward God, i.e., we refer it to God. Or I have such confidence in God, by whose power I say these things, because he works in me, and the confidence we have through Christ, through whom we have access to the Father, as it says in Romans (5:2), who unites us to God: "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord" (Jer. 17:7). And I have this confidence because I am united to God through Christ: "I will act confidently in him" (Ps. 11:6, Vulgate).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.