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Theophylact of Ohrid, on Phil 2:16
Theophylact of Ohrid · c. 1055–1107
Phil 2:16 · Douay-Rheims
“Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ, because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.”
On this verse:
“"Holding forth the word of life," that is, having within yourselves the seed of life and intending to continue living thus, and already now having within yourselves the pledge of salvation. Or: just as luminaries shine and enliven bodies by warming them, so you too strive to be a life-giving force for the rest of mankind. "To my boasting in the day of Christ." Let your virtue, he says, be such that it not only leads you to life, but also shows me more glorious at the coming of Christ. "I did not run in vain nor labor in vain." My glory consists in the fact that I raised you to be such people, and that my labor among you was not in vain.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.