Ezechiel 18:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What is the meaning?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς μὲ λέγων
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר
The Fathers on this verse
Tertullian On Monogamy, Chapter VII
After the ancient examples of the patriarchs, let us equally pass on to the ancient documents of the legal Scriptures, that we may treat in order of all our canon. And since there are some who sometimes assert that they have nothing to do with the law (which Christ has not dissolved, but fulfilled), sometimes catch at such parts of the law as they choose; plainly do we too assert that the law has deceased in this sense, that its burdens, according to the sentence of the apostles, which not even the fathers were able to sustain, have wholly ceased: such (parts), however, as relate to righteousness not only permanently remain reserved, but even amplified; in order, to be sure, that our righteousness may be able to redound above the righteousness of the scribes and of the Pharisees. If “righteousness” must, of course chastity must too. …