Ephesians 3:1 Douay-Rheims

For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles;

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

For what could be better than those bonds which always in his Epistles he prefers to all things else, saying, "Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ:" and again, "On this account I am bound with this chain, but the word of God is not bound;" and, "Even unto bonds, as an evil-doer." The punishment was twofold. For if indeed he had been so bound, as with a view to his good, the thing would have carried with it some consolation: but now he is bound both "as an evil-doer," and as with a view to very ill consequences; yet for none of these things cared he.

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A.D. 407 · on Eph 3:1 (Homily on Acts 52)

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