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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But we will not glory beyond our measure:" as they do. For it is probable that in their boasting they said, 'we have converted the world, we have reached unto the ends of the earth,' and vented many other such like big words. 'But not so we,' he says, "But according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you." So that his humility is evident on either hand, both in that he boasted nothing more than he had wrought, and that he refers even this itself to God. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
For, boasting, they perhaps said: "we have reached the ends of the earth and converted the world." But we, he says, are not like that. Just as God divided vineyards among farmers, so also He divided the world among us, the apostles. Therefore, we will boast according to the measure of the portion that God assigned to us. And what is this measure? That of reaching even as far as you. Therefore, since this is our measure, we boast even as far as you.
Cyprian
In the Epistle of Peter to them of Pontus: "Nor let any of you suffer as a thief, or a murderer, or as an evil-doer, or as a minder of other people's business,
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Having indicated the reason behind the things he had said, the Apostle now explains that reason. For he had said that he measures himself by himself and did not go beyond that measure. But a person could be excessive in two ways in glorying and commending himself. First, in regard to that about which he glories; for example, if he glories about something he does not have. Secondly, in regard to that in which he glories; for example, if a person has something from someone else, but glories in himself as though he has it of himself. …
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