[annalex]

it is necessary, that by the afflictions of the pious, the body of the Church should be brought to its perfection, inasmuch as the members are conformed to their head

OK. That is as bland as Barnes (if that were the whole idea, St. Paul is a bad writer) but unobjectionable.

Papists, however, gather from this that the saints are redeemers, because they shed their blood for the expiation of sins.

Really? We also, I take it, offer the Eucharist in the name of saints?

For someone who wasted his life "reforming" the Church, Calvin could get out more.

[Mr Rogers]

“Papists, however, gather from this that the saints are redeemers, because they shed their blood for the expiation of sins. / Really? We also, I take it, offer the Eucharist in the name of saints?”

Sorry - in scripture, the word saint applies to ALL believers. And you are the one trying to apply the suffering of Paul as merit to the sins of others...