Ecclesiastes 3:17 (WEB)
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”
Fathers and councils · 3
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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Jerome
“…did so because Christ had not yet broken open the door of paradise, nor quenched with his blood the flaming sword and the whirling of the guardian cherubim.” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 24: cf. Ezek. i. 15–20. Here as in his Comm. on Eccles. iii. 16–22, Jerome follows Origen, who, in his homily de Engastrimytho, lays down that until…
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Tertullian
“But “in due time we shall reap;” because in Ecclesiastes it is said, “For everything there will be a time.”” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 17.
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