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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"That He would grant you according to the riches of His glory that ye may be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith." Mark with what insatiable earnestness he invokes these blessings upon them, that they may not be tossed about. But how shall this be effected? By the "Holy Spirit in your inward man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith." How again shall this be? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
What then do I pray for you? That God, who is rich and desires the glorification of His name, would grant you to be strengthened in the struggle against temptations, so as not only not to be troubled by them, but also to endure them. And he is not satisfied with the expression "to be strengthened," but adds "with might," asking for abundant blessings for them. How then "to be strengthened"? "By His Spirit," for He is the one who grants strength. As Isaiah also calls Him "the Spirit of might."
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Next (v. 16), he discloses what he prays for: First, he does this. Secondly, he shows through whom he can ask for what he desires (3:16b). Thus he says: I ask that you do not give up, but be steadfast like men. Yet I know that by yourselves you cannot achieve this without God's gift, so I beg that he would grant it to you since "every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights" (Jas. 1:17). …
Bonaventure
For the origin is not through human investigation, but through divine revelation, which flows from the Father of lights, from whom all paternity in heaven and on earth is named, from whom through his Son, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit flows into us, and through the Holy Spirit, dividing and distributing gifts to each one as he wills, faith is given, and through faith Christ dwells in our hearts. This is the knowledge of Jesus Christ, from which originally flows the firmness and understanding of all sacred Scripture.
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