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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Not glorying beyond" our "measure," that is, "in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto further abundance, so as to preach the Gospel even unto the parts beyond you, and not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand." He sets forth a large accusation of them on these grounds, both that they boasted of things without their measure, and of other men's labors; and that whilst the whole of the toil was the Apostles', they …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He shows that those people boast in the labors of the apostles and boast without measure, that is, excessively and in others' labors. But we are not like that; rather, having reached you, we boldly say that we have reached you. In this we hope, without doubt, in God (for Paul did not intend to put himself forward) — that, having sufficiently taught and increased your faith, we will be magnified among you. …
Clement of Alexandria
The primacy of knowledge the apostle shows to those capable of reflection, in writing to those Greeks of Corinth, in the following terms: "But having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be magnified in you according to our rule abundantly, to preach the Gospel beyond you." He does not mean the extension of his preaching locally: for he says also that in Achaia faith abounded; and it is related also in the Acts of the Apostles that he preached the word in Athens. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Therefore he draws the conclusion, saying: therefore, when I glory in you, I am not glorying beyond measure. Hence he says: We do not boast beyond limit, in other men's labours, where someone else laid the foundation of faith. Then when he says, but our hope is that as your faith increases, our field among you may be greatly enlarged, he shows that he is not going beyond the measure, when he glories about the future. …
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