2 Corinthians 10:15 (WEB)
not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And if Paul say to the Corinthians, For we came even as far as unto you in preaching the Gospel of Christ, having hope when your faith increases to preach the Gospel in the regions beyond you, thou seest manifestly that as far as implies not the end, but has something following it.” — editor's note: Ib. x. 14, 15, 16.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…himself from the second, again he takes possession of another’s, casting an evil eye all around him upon the cities of other men, and thinking that godliness consists in wealth and in the greatness of cities, and making light of the heritage of God to which he had been appointed; not knowing that ‘where’ even ‘two…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 5; Matt. xviii. 20; 2 Cor. x. 15; 1 Cor. vii. 27.
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First Council of Nicaea (325)
- First Council of Nicaea (325), First Council of Nicaea, Excursus on the Use of the Word “Canon.”Editor's excursus
“The original sense, “a straight rod” or “line,” determines all its religious applications, which begin with St. Paul’s use of it for a prescribed sphere of apostolic work (2 Cor. x. 13, 15), or a regulative principle of Christian life (Gal. vi. 16).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“The primacy of knowledge the apostle shows to those capable of reflection, in writing to those Greeks of Corinth, in the following terms: “But having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be magnified in you according to our rule abundantly, to preach the Gospel beyond you.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. x. 15, 16.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in First Council of Nicaea, Excursus on the Use of the Word “Canon.”.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.