Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ecclesiastes 9:11

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 7, page 342, footnote 3 (Image)

Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen

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On the Words of the Gospel, 'When Jesus Had Finished These Sayings,' Etc.--S. Matt. xix. 1. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 3833 (In-Text, Margin)

... that is, not of him that willeth only, nor of him that runneth only, but also of God. That sheweth mercy. Next; since to will also is from God, he has attributed the whole to God with reason. However much you may run, however much you may wrestle, yet you need one to give the crown. Except the Lord build the house, they laboured in vain that built it: Except the Lord keep the city, in vain they watched that keep it. I know, He says, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,[Ecclesiastes 9:11] nor the victory to the fighters, nor the harbours to the good sailors; but to God it belongs both to work victory, and to bring the barque safe to port.