Hebrews 11:36

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions III.7Book III

  “…and another in another; according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, and all those commended by the mouth of God were righteous, but were judged unrighteous by foolish men, judging out of man’s judgment, and gauging by the petty standard of their own manners the manners of the whole…” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 8–40.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 8

  “But if before the day of your contest, of the mercy of God, peace shall supervene, let there still remain to you the sound will and the glorious conscience.” — editor's note: [He contemplates the peace promised in Ep. viii. supra. But note the indomitable spirit with which, for successive ages, the Church supplied her martyrs. Heb.…

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 27

  “( Ver.” — the author cites it

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 139

  ““For some had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, and others were sawn asunder and were slain with the sword.”” — editor's note: cf. Heb. xi. 36, 37.

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule III.7Part III

  “…trial of mockings and scourgings, yea moreover of bonds and imprisonment; they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword (Ibid. xi. 36, 37): and again, Remember those who were set over you, who spoke to you the Word of God, whose faith follow, looking to the end of their…” — the author cites it

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.15Book IV

  “Wherefore also, having encompassing us such a cloud,” holy and transparent, “of witnesses, laying aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, let us run with patience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 36–40, xii. 1, 2.

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• Hebrews 13:7

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.7.

• 1 John 4:4

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• Psalm 116:15

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• Isaiah 7:13

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• Isaiah 7:14

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• Lamentations 3:26

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• Matthew 10:19

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• Matthew 10:20

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• Romans 1:14

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.7.

• Romans 8:18

  Cited together in Letters Letter 139.

• 1 Corinthians 9:24

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• 1 Corinthians 9:25

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• 1 Corinthians 10:13

  Cited together in Letters Letter 139.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:4

  Cited together in Letters Letter 139.

• 2 Timothy 4:6

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• 2 Timothy 4:8

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.

• Hebrews 8:13

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.7.