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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are just." What is "Finally"? It stands for, "I have said all." It is not the word of one that is in haste, and has everything to do with present things. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He speaks as if in haste and as having nothing more to do with the present circumstances. "Whatever is true": that is, everything virtuous, for evil is a lie, just as the enjoyment of it is a lie. "Whatever is honorable": against those who think about earthly things. "Whatever is pure": against those whose god is the belly. "Whatever is lovely": that is, to God and to people. And the latter means not to offend anyone. …
Clement of Alexandria
But they have a purification, with a view to committing this immorality; their baptism means passing from self-control to fornication. They maintain that one should gratify the lusts and passions, teaching that one must turn from sobriety to be incontinent. They set their hope on their private parts. Thus they shut themselves out of God's kingdom and deprive themselves of enrolment as disciples, and under the name of knowledge, falsely so called, they have taken the road to outer darkness. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, finally brethren, he puts order into their activity by urging them to do good; first, he mentions the object of action, namely, the good which is done; secondly, the mover to action; thirdly, the act itself; fourthly, the fruit of the act. These four things are mentioned here. For the object of a good act is either the object of the intellect or of the affections: the object of the intellect is the true; the object of the affections is the good. …
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