Ecclesiastes 4:9 (WEB)
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
““Two,” we read, “are better than one.…for if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow.…a three fold cord is not quickly broken, and a brother that helps his brother shall be exalted.”” — editor's note: Eccl. iv. 9–12. The last clause is Jerome’s own.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.23On Virginity
““Two are better than one,” says the Preacher; but a single one is easily vanquished by the foe who infests the path which leads to God; and verily “woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.”” — editor's note: Ecclesiastes iv. 9.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
“Again He sends the Apostles two and two that they might become more active; for, as says the Preacher, “Two are better than one.” [Eccles 4:9] But if He had sent more than two, there would not have been a sufficient number to allow of their being sent to many villages.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 6:6–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 6:6–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 6:6–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 6:6–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 6:6–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 6:6–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 6:6–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.23.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.23.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.23.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.23.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.23.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.23.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.23.