Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

1 Chronicles 17

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 64, footnote 15 (Image)

Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

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Epistle to the Magnesians: Shorter and Longer Versions (HTML)

Chapter XII.—Ye are superior to me. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 721 (In-Text, Margin)

... again, “Declare thou first thine iniquities, that thou mayest be justified;” and again, “When ye shall have done all things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants;” “for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.” For says [the Scripture], “God be merciful to me a sinner.” Therefore those great ones, Abraham and Job, styled themselves “dust and ashes” before God. And David says, “Who am I before Thee, O Lord, that Thou hast glorified me hitherto?”[1 Chronicles 17:16] And Moses, who was “the meekest of all men,” saith to God, “I am of a feeble voice, and of a slow tongue.” Be ye therefore also of a humble spirit, that ye may be exalted; for “he that abaseth himself shall be exalted, and he that exalteth himself ...