Chrysostom first explains the effect this “induere” produces in us. As is evident from the context and the explanation of Chrysostom given above, the words ἐνδύσασθε … Χριστόν are intended by the Apostle to refer to the acquisition or practice of virtue. Therefore, Chrysostom, in his explanation, likewise refers to virtue. To the words, he gives us the Lord Himself for a garment, the King Himself, he adds: for he who has put Him on, possesses virtue in its entirety—Ὁ γὰρ τοῦτον περιβεβλημένος,
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