Theophylact of Ohrid, on Phil 3:10

“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death,”

“So, knowledge comes through faith. For what reasoning will prove the resurrection to us? None, but faith. If the resurrection is known by faith, then how will the greater thing—the birth—be known by the mind? But why is it greater? Because there are many examples of resurrection, since many were raised even before Christ. But no one was born of a virgin. Therefore the righteousness that is from God consists in faith, that is, it rests upon it and has it as its foundation. He said: "and the power of the resurrection." Indeed, great power is needed in order to rise again. And on the other hand, the resurrection gives us power to walk along the same path by which Christ walked. Being persecuted and oppressed, he says, we become partakers of the sufferings of Christ. For if we did not believe that we would reign with Him, we would not endure so much and so greatly. Note that the one who suffers most truly believes in the resurrection of Christ. Listen further. That is, becoming completely like Him. As He suffered from people, so I too must suffer. Because persecutions and sufferings depict the image of His death, and we, so to speak, become christs insofar as we suffer. Do you see how great is the dignity of sufferings?”

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