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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
I ask, he says, do not force me to make strong use of my power (for by the word "boldness" he means his power), "which I intend to use," that is, which I suppose, think, or intend, since I am being compelled to do so, to use against those who slander us, as if we are hypocrites and boasters; for this is what the words mean: "that we walk according to the flesh." Notice that he calls boldness the intention to respond to certain people, although he intends to do this not for his own sake, but for the sake of the preaching. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, I beg of you, he refuses to make a test. For they believed that the Apostle acted humbly among them because of fear; hence, he says: you believe so, but I beg of you—since you would like to experience whether I, if it were necessary, would do when I am present as I do in my absence. …
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