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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Truly it is a most joyful thing to find a person walking without stumbling in the course of faith in Christ according to His commandment. And what is this commandment? The one about which Christ speaks in the Gospel: "He who loves Me will keep My commandments" (John 14:23). He calls Christ Father here, because He is also the father of those sons who by the dispensation were given to Him by the Father, as it is said: "Behold, I and the children whom God has given me" (Isa. 8:18). Note here also the authenticity of the present epistle. …
Oecumenius
I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, as we received a command from the Father. "I was very glad." For certainly, the greatest cause of joy is to find someone who walks without offense in the straight path of faith in Christ according to His command. But what is that command? It is what Christ says in the Gospels: "Whoever loves me will keep my commandments." (Jn. …
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