2 Timothy 2:9
Douay-Rheims
Wherein I labour even unto bands, as an evildoer; but the word of God is not bound.
John Chrysostom
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 2Tim 2:9 (Homily on Acts 52)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.