Ecclesiastes 11:9 (WEB)
Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
Fathers and councils · 2
Cyril of Jerusalem
“This coming of the Lord, and the end of the world, were known to the Preacher; who says, Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and the rest; Therefore remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh;…and remember thy Creator…or ever the evil days come,.…or ever the sun, and the light,…” — editor's note: Eccles. xi. 9. The Preacher’s description of old age and death is interpreted by Cyril of the end of the world, as it had been a century before by Gregory…
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Gregory the Great
“Which thing is the sooner evident, if we adduce the words of Solomon, who says, Rejoice O young man in thy adolescence (Eccles. xi. 9).” — the author cites it
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