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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
What are "these"? Faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, love, which must not only exist but also increase. For if acquiring them is profitable, then increasing them is far more profitable. What then is the benefit of them? That the one who has them is safe at the second coming of the Lord. …
Oecumenius
For if these things are with you and abound, you will be neither idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. "For if these things are with you and abound." What are these? Faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, love, which must not only be present but also abound. For if presence is beneficial, much more is abundance or wealth. What, then, is the benefit that follows from these? To have security for the second coming of the Lord. …
Western Saints
Bede
For if all these things are present with you and abound, not empty, etc. He said if they abound, if with superior virtue they prevail against the wars of vices.
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