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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Lest by any means if there come with me any from Macedonia, we, (that we say not ye,) should be put to shame in this confidence." The shame is greater when the spectators he has arrayed against them are many, even those same persons who had heard his boasting. And he did not say, 'for I am bringing with me Macedonians;' 'for there are Macedonians coming with me;' lest he should seem to do it on purpose; but how said he? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Again he returns to the same subject and expresses his concern with greater force, persuading them with human considerations. For there is greater shame when one is disgraced before the faces of strangers. Perhaps, he says, you are counting on me as someone familiar to you; but think of the Macedonians who may come with me, which is likely. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Secondly, when he says, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be, he urges them to give in the proper way. First, he urges them to give readily; secondly, that they may give abundantly (v. 5); thirdly, that they may give cheerfully (v. 7). In regard to the first he does two things. First, he mentions how to give; secondly, he assigns the reason (v. 4). …
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