2 Coríntios 11

Philoxenus of Mabbug

2 Coríntios 11:3

And again Paul saith, "I fear lest, as the serpent led Eve astray in its guile, your mind should be corrupted from the simplicity that is towards Christ;" and here again he teacheth us that whosoever believeth in Christ, it is meet for him to abide in His doctrine. And he sheweth us also by his words that until Eve had forsaken simplicity towards the commandment of God she did not receive the guile of the cunning of the Tempter. — 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 4 -- On Faith: First Discourse on Simplicity

2 Coríntios 11:6

For the wisdom of God flourisheth not by these things, that is the study and care of earthly thoughts, but all its meditation is upon spiritual things, and its motions and thoughts are above the world, even as the Apostle himself testified concerning himself, "I am a fool to the wisdom of the world, but by my knowledge I possess the wisdom which is above the world." — 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 4 -- On Faith: First Discourse on Simplicity

2 Coríntios 11:27

And he was occupied in fasting and prayer during the whole of the remaining period of his life after his election, even as he himself testifieth everywhere concerning his fasting, and his prayer, and his many tribulations which he bore for the sake of the Gospel, and with all his other labours and afflictions he reckoned frequent fasting, saying, "In fasting often, in watching often, in hunger often, in cold and in nakedness." — 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence