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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
He who called you, called you not to such fluctuations, he did not lay down a Law, that you should judaize. Then, that no one might object, "Why do you thus magnify and aggravate the matter by your words; one commandment only of the Law have we kept, and yet you make this great outcry?" hear how he terrifies them, not by things present but future.
Theophylact of Ohrid
That is, this attention to deceivers is not from Christ; for He did not call you to that end, that you should give heed to those who incline toward Judaism.
Oecumenius
"This persuasion," that is, being persuaded to be circumcised by those who tell you. "This does not come from Christ, who calls you to His faith." So he said. You are not called by Christ for that reason, so as to be persuaded by those who give such counsel. For calling belongs to God alone, but the being persuaded belongs to those who hear.
Western Saints
Jerome
Your persuasion is not from the one who called you. In the Latin manuscripts, I found it written as follows: Your persuasion is from God, who called you. Indeed, I think that 'from the one' was originally written and gradually, due to similarity, 'from God' became more frequent, because it is 'from the one.' But even so, the meaning cannot stand, as he had just accused them of not obeying the truth, showing that it is within their power to obey or not to obey, now on the contrary he asserts that their persuasion and …
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, "Consent to no one," he removes the obstacle. First, on their part; Secondly, on God's part (v. 10); Thirdly, on the Apostle's part (v. 11). On their part when he says, "Consent to no one." Herein he shows what is required on their part to overcome this obstacle, namely, that henceforth they not give their consent to any deceiver: "We are not of the night nor of the darkness; therefore, let us not sleep" (1 Thes 5:5); "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them" (Eph 5:11); …
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