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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

Galatians 4:16

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Galatians 4:16 (WEB)

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Catechism · 1

  • §1972Article 1 · The Moral LawRead at vatican.va

    The New Law is called a law of love because it makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear; a law of grace, because it confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and…

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Cyprian of Carthage

  • “And if, for the present, certain of our brethren seem to be made sorry by us, let us nevertheless remain in our wholesome persuasion, knowing that an apostle also has said, “Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 16.

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Clement of Alexandria

  • “Wherefore the apostle himself also in every case uses stringent language to the Churches, after the Lord’s example; and conscious of his own boldness, and of the weakness of his hearers, he says to the Galatians: “Am I your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 16.

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