Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Vol.
Courts mean the wider spaces of a house.
He who stands in the courts is not straitened, is not confined, in some fashion is enlarged. Remain in this enlargement, and thou canst love thy enemy, because thou lovest not things in which an enemy could straiten thee. Stand in charity, and thou standest in the courts. Breadth lies in charity, straitness in hatred. It is easy to bless by day.