Homilies on First Corinthians

“According to the Grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise master-builder I laid a foundation.”

In this place he calls himself wise, not exalting himself, but to give them an ensample, and to point out that this is a wise man's part, to lay a foundation. You may observe as one instance of his modest bearing, that in speaking of himself as wise, he allowed not this to stand as though it were something of his own; but first attributing himself entirely unto God, then and not till then calls himself by that name. For, “according to the Grace of God,” says he, “which was given unto me.” Thus, at once he signifies both that the whole is of God; and that this most of all is Grace, viz. the not being divided, but resting on One Foundation.

7. “Another builds thereon; but let each man take heed how he builds thereon.”

Here, I think, and in what follows, he puts them upon their trial concerning practice, after that he had once for all knit them together and made them one.