The world would love its own (ο κοσμος αν το ιδιον εφιλε). Conclusion of secondclass condition (determined as unfulfilled), regula…

If you were of the world. If you were motivated by the principles of the world. If, like them, you were vain, earthly, sensual, given to p…

If you were of the world, the world would love its own.—The force of the expression indicates the utter selfishness of th…

You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: t…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Our Lord had said, I have ordained you that you should go and bring forth fruit. Love is this f…

Jesus’ choice of the disciples has set them apart for a different kind of life and for a different purpose. Therefore, the world will exclude them.…

If you were of the world. This is another consolation, that the reason why they are hated by the world is that they have been sep…

If you were of the world
Belonged to the world, were of the same spirit and principles with it, and pursued the same…

How little do many people think, that in opposing the doctrine of Christ as our Prophet, Priest, and King, they prove themselves ignorant of the on…

1. After presenting the image of the vine and the branches and explaining how the branches are united to the vine, our Lord now explains the…