Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

1 Thessalonians 3:4

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 205, footnote 5 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 2915 (In-Text, Margin)

... for we rejoice in the aid of the Lord who warns us by His prophet: “fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings; for the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool”: and she quoted His own words, “In your patience ye shall win your souls”: as well as those of the apostle, “the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us”: and in another place, “we are to suffer affliction”[1 Thessalonians 3:4] that we may be patient in all things that befall us, for “he that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.”