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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"By Whom we have received grace and Apostleship for obedience to the faith." See the candor of the servant. He wishes nothing to be his own, but all his Master's. And indeed it was the Spirit that gave this. Wherefore He saith, "I have many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Note the gratitude. Nothing, he says, is ours, but everything has been received by us through the Son. I received the apostleship and grace through the Spirit. "He," says the Lord, "will guide you" (John 16:13). And the Spirit says: "Set apart for Me Saul and Barnabas" (Acts 13:2), and: "to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom" (1 Cor. 12:8). What does this mean? That what belongs to the Spirit belongs to the Son and vice versa. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
After commending Christ in his origin and power, he now commends him in his liberality, which is shown by the gifts he conferred on believers. And he sets out two gifts. One is common to all believers, namely grace, by which we are restored. We receive this from God through Christ; hence, he says, through whom we believers have received grace; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17); and below: by whom also we have access through faith to this grace wherein we stand (Rom 5:2). …
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