Theophylact of Ohrid, on Rom 4:7

“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.”

“For if he who receives forgiveness by grace is blessed, then far more blessed is he who has shown faith and been justified by it. Why, he says, do you hesitate over the fact that he receives forgiveness of sins by grace? You see that he who has received remission by grace is called blessed; for the prophet would not have called him blessed if he did not know that he possesses great glory: for blessedness is something exceedingly important and higher than righteousness itself; it is the summit of all the good things we receive from God.”

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