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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"From henceforth let no man trouble me." This he says not as though he were wearied or overpowered; he who chose to do and suffer all for his disciples' sake; he who said, "Be instant in season, out of season;" (2 Tim. iv: 2.) he who said, "If peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth, and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil;" (2 Tim. ii: 25, 26.) how shall he now become relaxed and fall back? Wherefore does he say this? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He says this not as one who is weary and despairing. For how could this be possible for one who exhorts: "be instant in season and out of season" (2 Tim. 4:2); but rather out of a desire that the decrees given by him be unshakeable, and that the Galatians not expect anything different from him, but be convinced that this is how he preaches. In justification, he says, against those who say to you that I am a hypocrite and in other places preach circumcision — I have wounds and afflictions for the sake of Christ. …
Ignatius of Antioch
I have learned that certain of the ministers of Satan have wished to disturb you, some of them asserting that Jesus was born [only] in appearance, was crucified in appearance, and died in appearance; others that He is not the Son the Creator, and others that He is Himself God over all. Others, again, hold that He is a mere man, and others that this flesh is not to rise again, so that our proper course is to live and partake of a life of pleasure, for that this is the chief good to beings who are in a little while to perish. …
Western Saints
Jerome
From now on, let no one bother me. Not as if he has failed in teaching; but so that even a farmer will have this labor, if the little plants he has planted wither; and a shepherd will have worry, if the sheep he has gathered are torn apart. Therefore, it is better read in Greek, 'From now on, let no one present me with labor;' lest of course I have the need to work among you again. It is better for the teacher to excel in labor, who lives and feels differently than the teacher who has taught and done otherwise. …
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, "From henceforth let no man be troublesome to me", he admonishes them to bother him no more. He says therefore: "From henceforth let no man be troublesome to me." This can be explained in two ways. In one way, from henceforth can be taken as one word [amodo] that the sense is: "From henceforth", i.e., from now on. In another way it might be taken as two words [de cetero], so that the sense is: Let no man be troublesome to me about anything else. …
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