Ecclesiastes 3:1 (WEB)
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Fathers and councils · 11
Gregory of Nyssa
“It is not in time, but time flows from it; whereas the creation, starting from a manifest beginning, journeys onward to its proper end through spaces of time; so that it is possible, as Solomon somewhere says, to detect in it a beginning, an end, and a middle; and mark the sequence of its history by divisions of time.” — editor's note: Compare Eccles. iii. 1–11; and viii. 5, “and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.”
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Jerome
“Let us come to Ecclesiastes and adduce a few corroborative passages from him also.“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.”” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 1, 2, sqq.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.12Conference XXI
“…speak; a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace;” and below: “For there is a time,” it says, “for everything and for every deed.”” — editor's note: Eccl. iii. 1–8, 17.
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Ambrose of Milan
““To everything there is a time,” as it is written: “It is time for Thee, Lord, to work.”” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 1.
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Tertullian
“…for the purpose of conducting disciplehood into “all truth” through the gradations of the times (according to what the preacher says, “A time to everything”), impose by this time a final bridle upon the flesh, no longer obliquely calling us away from marriage, but openly; since now more (than ever) “the time is…” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“In short, the preacher says, “A time to everything.”” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 1, briefly.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Nor is it, perchance, unreasonable that my arguments should yield and submit to them both, for there is a time to be conquered, as I also think there is for every purpose, and it is better to be honorably overcome than to win a dangerous and lawless victory.” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“Such were his surroundings when he approved the wise counsel of Solomon that there is a time to every purpose: so he hid himself for a while, escaping during the time of war, to show himself when the time of peace came, as it did soon afterwards.” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“As of even honey repletion and satiety, though it be of honey, produce vomiting; and, as Solomon says and I think, there is a time for every thing, and that which is good ceases to be good if it be not done in a good way; just as a flower is quite out of season in winter, and just as a man’s dress does not…” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“And let there be to thee also a time for war and a time for peace; a time to marry, and a time to abstain from marrying; a time for friendship, and a time for discord, if this be needed; and in short a time for everything, if you will follow Solomon’s advice.” — editor's note: Eccl. iii. 1. sq.
Read the whole comment“His reproofs gave rise to no arrogance, his relaxation to no dissipation, but avoiding excess in either, he made use of both in reason and season, according to the rules of Solomon, who assigns to every business a season.” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 1.
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Cross-references · 15
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Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 1.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 1.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.
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