Theophylact of Ohrid, on 1Thess 3:9

“For what thanks can we return to God for you, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for you before our God,”

“Such, he says, is our joy over you, that we are not even able to worthily thank God for you. Your progress we consider a gift of God. For such a lofty feeling is not characteristic of the human soul or of human effort. That is why, being obliged to thank Him, we cannot find a worthy thanksgiving.”

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