with the exception that in this case our conformity with Christ is explained, not as an assimilation of Christ’s virtues, but as a participation of His nature. In both cases, the nature of the conformity is determined by the context of the phrase. Commenting on the following verse of the Epistle (Gal. 3:28), Chrysostom, not only emphatically repeats and elucidates our participation in Christ’s nature, but adds a further effect thereof; namely, that we are all one in Christ—the Christians by Baptism
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