1 Samuel 2:30 (WEB)
“Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now the LORD says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
Fathers and councils · 11
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.19Conference XXIV
“For, as the Lord says, “A city set on an hill cannot be hid,” because “them that love Me,” saith the Lord, “will I honour, and they that despise Me shall be contemned.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 30.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“If any one should be tempted to unbelief, let him look at what occurs now near the tomb and the statue of Constantine, and then he must admit the truth of what God has said in the Scriptures, “Them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 30
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John Chrysostom
“For, He saith, “Them that honor Me, I will honor.” ( 1 Sam. ii. 30 .)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““For them that glorify me,” saith He, “I will glorify; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 30. [“Shall be despised,” according to the form given in the text. But in the LXX. the last verb is not the same as the preceding one.—R.]
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Jerome
“This is what the Lord promised when He said: “Them that honour me I will honour.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 30.
Read the whole comment“We read of Eli the priest that he became displeasing to God on account of the sins of his children; and we are told that a man may not be made a bishop if his sons are loose and disorderly.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 27–36.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…warns, and promises to those who glorify Him a reward in their turn, saying, “Them that glorify me I will glorify, and he who despiseth me shall be despised.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 30.
Read the whole comment“Let not our doings be degenerate from the Spirit; so that we who have begun to be heavenly and spiritual, may consider and do nothing but spiritual and heavenly things; since the Lord God Himself has said, “Them that honour me I will honour; and he that despiseth me shall be despised.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 30.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Neither does He lie Who saith, “Them that glorify Me I glorify”; and “I have glorified Thee,” is said by our Lord to the Father; and again He says, “Glorify Thou Me with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Sam. ii. 30.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“The former things were owing to our wickedness, the present things to the adorable Trinity: the former for our cleansing, the present for My glory, Who will glorify them that glorify Me, and I will move to jealousy them that move Me to jealousy.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 30.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And it shall come to pass that he who is left in thine house shall come to worship him with a piece of money, saying, Put me into one part of thy priesthood, that I may eat bread.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 27–36.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.19.