Sahdona the Syrian

7th century · AD 649 · Syriac & Oriental · 20 passages

In his own words on 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 4:6
Our hearts had been submerged in darkness.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
We should accordingly worship and glorify him who raised our dust to such state, recounting ceaselessly the holiness of him who mingled our spirit with his Spirit and mixed into our bodies the gift of his grace, causing the fire of his Holy Spirit to burst into flame in us. For "he has shone out in our hearts" which had been submerged in darkness.
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2 Corinthians 6:2
If we go on crying out and do not receive any answer, this is for our advantage: instead of losing heart and growing weary, we should go on brazenly asking God, for it is certain that "at an acceptable time" and at the appropriate hour he will answer us and deliver us.
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2 Corinthians 9:15
We should be discerning and aware of the grace that has been effected in us, giving thanks for it to the Maker, praising God for this great and "ineffable gift" to us. We should put aside from ourselves any hateful habits of slackness and neglect which only destroy our lives; instead, we should persevere from the beginning to the end of the times of our offices. And we should behave with all the greater awe and love during the great and perfect mysteries of our salvation, standing firmly before God continually with wakefulness of heart in spiritual service, resembling servants who are eagerly at the ready to serve their master.
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Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.