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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorifying." Seest thou how glorying is not "after the Lord?" For He saith, "When ye shall have done all, say, We are unprofitable servants." Howbeit, by itself indeed it is not "after the Lord," but by the intention it becomes so. And therefore he said, "That which I speak," not accusing the motive, but the words. Since his aim is so admirable as to dignify the words also. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
What I say, he says, is not according to the Lord, that is, these words, but the purpose of these words is entirely in the Lord. And he did not say: in foolishness, but: "as if in foolishness." For to appear, and not actually to be in foolishness — that is my boast. And lest you think that he everywhere speaks as a fool and not according to the Lord, he says: "what I shall say," and not my other words.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, What I am saying, he assigns the reason for what he had said. But he had said three things, for which he wishes to give a reason. First, for the fact that he supposed it was foolish to commend himself; secondly, why he wishes to glory (v. 18); thirdly, that they should bear with him (v. 19). …
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