Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Corinthians 11:16

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 2, page 578, footnote 3 (Image)

Augustine: The City of God, Christian Doctrine

Examples of True Eloquence Drawn from the Epistles of Paul and the Prophecies of Amos. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1943 (In-Text, Margin)

... countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things which are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities.”[2 Corinthians 11:16-30] The thoughtful and attentive perceive how much wisdom there is in these words. And even a man sound asleep must notice what a stream of eloquence flows through them.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 7, page 205, footnote 5 (Image)

Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen

Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen. (HTML)

In Defence of His Flight to Pontus, and His Return, After His Ordination to the Priesthood, with an Exposition of the Character of the Priestly Office. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 2548 (In-Text, Margin)

3. For my present position is due, my good people, not to inexperience and ignorance, nay indeed, that I may boast myself a little,[2 Corinthians 11:16] neither is it due to contempt for the divine laws and ordinances. Now, just as in the body there is one member which rules and, so to say, presides, while another is ruled over and subject; so too in the churches, God has ordained, according either to a law of equality, which admits of an order of merit, or to one of providence, by which He has knit all together, that those for whom such treatment is beneficial, should be subject ...