Commentary on 2 Corinthians

Methodius of Olympus (260–311)

Set me free from the yoke of condemnation, and place me under the yoke of justification. Deliver me from the yoke of the curse, and of the letter that killeth;

Today the accomplishment of that ancient and true counsel is, in fact and deed, gloriously manifested to the world. Today, without any covering,

So also the mercies of God entirely dissolve death, and assist the human race, and nourish the light of the heart.

Now the followers of Origen bring forward this passage, "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved"

The apostle here calls "clothing."

Will receive our souls; so when this perishable life shall be dissolved, we shall have the habitation which is before the resurrection-that is, our souls shall he with God, until we shall receive the new house which is prepared for us, and which shall never fall. Whence also "we groan ""not for that we would be unclothed "as to the body, "but clothed upon"

For the "house in heaven "with which we desire to be "clothed "is immortality; with which, when we are clothed, every weakness and mortality will be entirely "swallowed up "in it, being consumed by endless life. "For we walk by faith, not by sight; "

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