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The Ark Passes Over the Jordan, James Tissot

Deuteronomy 30:14

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Deuteronomy 30:14 (WEB)

But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

  • Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.36Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

    “For the truth is unsophisticated (ἀσχημάτιστος); and “the word is nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart,” as the same apostle declares, being easy of comprehension to those who are obedient.” — editor's note: Rom. x. 8; Deut. xxx. 14.

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Ambrose of Milan

  • “Let us then not keep the Lord’s money buried and hidden in the flesh; nor let us hide our one talent in a napkin; but like good money-changers let us ever weigh it out with labour of mind and body, with an even and ready will, that the word may be near, even in thy mouth and in thy heart.” — editor's note: Deut. xxx. 14.

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Hilary of Poitiers

Gregory of Nyssa

  • ““But,” says the Apostle, “the word is nigh thee;” the grace begins at home; there is the manufactory of all the virtues; there this life has become exquisitely refined by a continual…” — editor's note: Rom. x. 8: ἐλλύς σου τὸ ῥ& 210·μά ἐστιν, ἐν τῷ στόματί σου καὶ ἐν τῇ καρδί& 139· σου. Cf. Deut. xxx. 14.

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  • Romans 10:8 takes up the words of Deuteronomy 30:14 (9 words in common).

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