Romans 4:4
Douay-Rheims
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.
John Chrysostom
Then is not this last the greatest? he means. By no means: for it is to the believer that it is reckoned. But it would not have been reckoned, unless there were something that he contributed himself. And so he too hath God for his debtor, and debtor too for no common things, but great and high ones. For to show his high-mindedness and spiritual understanding, he does not say "to him that believeth" merely.
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A.D. 407 · on Rom 4:4 (Homily on Romans VIII)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.