Christ as Teacher and Master. - ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books 1–10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10

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31. Christ as Teacher and Master.

It is plain to all how our Lord is a teacher and an interpreter for those who are striving towards godliness, and on the other hand a master of those servants who have the spirit of bondage to fear,⁴⁶⁰²

⁴⁶⁰² Rom. viii. 15.
who make progress and hasten towards wisdom, and are found worthy to possess it. For⁴⁶⁰³

⁴⁶⁰³ John xv. 15; θέλει for ποτεῖ.
“the servant knoweth not what the master wills,” since he is no longer his master, but has become his friend. The Lord Himself teaches this, for He says to hearers who were still servants:⁴⁶⁰⁴

⁴⁶⁰⁴ John xiii. 13.
“You call Me Master and Lord, and you say well, for so I am,” but in another passage,⁴⁶⁰⁵

⁴⁶⁰⁵ John xv. 15.
“I call you no longer servants, for the servant knoweth not what is the will of his master, but I call you friends,” because⁴⁶⁰⁶

⁴⁶⁰⁶ Luke xxii. 28.
“you have continued with Me in all My temptations.” They, then, who live according to fear, which God exacts from those who are not good servants, as we read in Malachi,⁴⁶⁰⁷

⁴⁶⁰⁷ i. 6.
“If I am a Master, where is My fear?” are servants of a master who is called their Saviour.
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