Chrysostom: Who Took the First Steps?

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Can you see how great God’s love is for us? Who was the offended party? He was. Who took the first steps toward reconciliation? He did. Some will say that he sent the Son in his place, but this is a misunderstanding. Christ did not come apart from the Father who sent him. They were both involved together in the work of reconciliation.
— Thomas Oden, ed., “Chrysostom,” in Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: 1-2 Corinthians (New York, NY: Routledge, 1999), 248, NPNF 1 12:333.