Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
1 Thessalonians 2:18
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 9, page 342, footnote 9 (Image)
Chrysostom: On the Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises, Select Homilies and Letters, Homilies on the Statutes
The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch. (HTML)
Homily I (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 1074 (In-Text, Margin)
... dangers. Do thou too imitate these saints, and cease not from good works, so long as thou art able; and although thou seest the devil thwarting thee ten thousand times, never fall back! Thou perchance, bearing with thee thy wealth, hast met with shipwreck; but Paul carrying the word, far more precious than all wealth, was going to Rome, and was wrecked; and sustained innumerable hardships. And this he himself signified, when he said, “Many times we desired to come unto you, but Satan hindered us.”[1 Thessalonians 2:18] And God permitted it; thus revealing the more abun dantly His power, and showing that the multitude of things which the devil did, or prevented from being done, neither lessened nor interrupted the preaching of the Gospel. On this account Paul gave ...
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 389, footnote 6 (Image)
Jerome: Letters and Select Works
Treatises. (HTML)
Against Jovinianus. (HTML)
Book II (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 4683 (In-Text, Margin)
... be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” And again: “There hath no temptation taken you, but such as man can bear; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.” And, “Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.” And to the Galatians: “Ye were running well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?” And elsewhere:[1 Thessalonians 2:18] “We would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.” And to the married he says: “Be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.” And again: “But I say, walk by the Spirit and ye shall not ...
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 425, footnote 1 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
The Works of John Cassian. (HTML)
The Conferences of John Cassian. Part II. Containing Conferences XI-XVII. (HTML)
Conference XIII. The Third Conference of Abbot Chæremon. On the Protection of God. (HTML)
Chapter VI. That without the grace of God we cannot make any diligent efforts. (HTML)
... when we could use such opportunities, but by a chapter of accidents we are often very much against our will kept away from the salutary ordinances so that we have to pray to the Lord for opportunities of place or time in which to practise them. And it is clear that the ability for these is not sufficient for us unless there be also granted to us by the Lord an opportunity of doing what we are capable of (as the Apostle also says: “For we wanted to come to you once and again, but Satan hindered us”[1 Thessalonians 2:18]), so that sometimes we find for our advantage we are called away from these spiritual exercises in order that while without our own consent the regularity of our routine is broken and we yield something to weakness of the flesh, we may even against ...