2 CORINTHIANS 10:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.”
You are judging by appearances. If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do — Paul's opponents *dokéō*, seem/appear, to claim exclusive *Christou*, belonging to Christ. But *homoíōs*, equally, Paul's *antilēmma*, laying hold of/belonging, to Christ is legitimate. Authority lies not in *appearance* (*prosōpon*, face/surface) but in *reality* (*ergon*, work).
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 10:7
What one may especially admire in Paul among other things is this, that when he has fallen upon an urgent necessity for exalting himself, he manages both to accomplish this point, and also not to appear offensive to the many on account of this egotism; a thing we may see particularly in his Epistle to the Galatians. For having there fallen upon such an argument, he provides for both these points; a matter of the very utmost difficulty and demanding much prudence; he is at…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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