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From the Commentary on the Corinthians
\nby Saint Cyril of Alexandria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Those who have a sure hope, guaranteed by the Spirit, that they will rise again lay hold of what lies in the future as though it were already present . . The light of the Only-begotten has shone on us, and we have been transformed into the Word, the source of all life. While sin was still our master, the bonds of death had a firm hold on us, but now that the righteousness of Christ has found a place in our hearts we have freed ourselves from our former condition of corruptibility.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that none of us lives in the flesh any more, at least not in so far as living in the flesh means being subject to the weaknesses of the flesh, which include corruptibility. Once we thought of Christ as being in the flesh, but we do not do so any longer, says Saint Paul .. for having died once, he will never die again, death has no power over him any more. His death was a death to sin, which he died once for all; his life is life with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Christ has in this way become the source of life for us, we who follow in his footsteps must not think of ourselves as living in the flesh any longer, but as having passed beyond it. Saint Paul\u2019s saying is absolutely true that when anyone is in Christ he becomes a completely different person: his old life is over and a new life has begun. We have been justified by our faith in Christ and the power of the curse has been broken. Christ\u2019s coming to life again for our sake has put an end to the sovereignty of death. We have come to know the true God and to worship him in spirit and in truth, through the Son, our mediator, who sends down upon the world the Father\u2019s blessings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so Saint Paul shows deep insight when he says: This is all God\u2019s doing: it is he who has reconciled us to himself through Christ. For the mystery of the incarnation and the renewal it accomplished could not have taken place without the Father\u2019s will. Through Christ we have gained access to the Father, for as Christ himself says, no one comes to the Father except through him. This is all God\u2019s doing, then. It is he who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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