2 Peter 2:8
For in sight and hearing he was just: dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- aspectu enim, et auditu justus erat : habitans apud eos, qui de die in diem animam justam iniquis operibus cruciabant.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ὁ δίκαιος ἐγκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν—
The Fathers on this verse
Sulpitius Severus The Doubtful Letters of Sulpitius Severus, Chapter X
Wherefore , I beseech you, O virgin, do not flatter yourself on the ground of your purity alone, and do not trust in the perfection of one member; but according to the Apostle, maintain the sanctity of your body throughout. Cleanse thy head from all defilement, because it is a disgrace that it, after the sanctifying oil has been applied to it, should be polluted with the juice or powder of either crocus, or any other pigment, or should be adorned with gold or gems or any other earthly ornament, because it already shines with the radiance of heavenly adornment. It is undoubtedly a grave insult to Divine grace to prefer to it any mundane and worldly ornament. …
St Gregory the Great Book XI, To Theoctista, Patrician
Consider, I pray you, where patience would be, if there were nothing to be endured. I suspect that there is no Abel without having a Cain for his brother. For if the good were without the bad, they could not be perfectly good, since they would not be purged: and the very society of the bad is the purgation of the good. There were three sons of Noe in the ark, one of whom was a derider of his father, who, though in himself he was blessed, still received a sentence of condemnation in his son. Abraham had two sons before he took Cethura to wife; and yet his carnal son persecuted the son of promise ( Genes. ix .). This the great teacher expounds, saying, As he who is after the flesh persecuted him that is after the Spirit, even so it is now ( Gal. iv. 29 ). Isaac had two sons; but one, who was spiritual, fled before the threats of his carnal brother. …