1 Corinthians 4:8 (WEB)
You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“You deserve to be told, with the Corinthians, “Ye are already perfect, ye are already made rich: ye reign without us, and I would that ye did reign, that we might also reign with you”—since true and…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 8.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…persecution, you should not now, when our emperors are at one with us as to true religion, reign apart from us, but that we, to use the apostle’s phrase, should reign with you, our prayer was, if it were possible, all in company to leave our churches, and rather gratify our longing to see you than consult their…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 8
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Tertullian
“For, by this time, in this respect as well as others, “you are reigning in wealth and satiety”—not making inroads upon such sins as fasts diminish, nor feeling need of such revelations as xerophagies extort, nor apprehending such wars of your own as Stations dispel.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 8.
Read the whole comment“Again, of how open censure (does) the free expression (find utterance), how manifest the edge of the spiritual sword, (in words like these): “Ye are already enriched! ye are already satiated! ye are already reigning!” and, “If any thinks himself to know, he knoweth not yet how it behoves him to know!”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 8, inaccurately.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History V.9.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 12.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 12.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 12.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History V.9.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History V.9.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History V.9.