Isaiah 43:2

• §218Paragraph 1 · I Believe in GodRead at vatican.va

  “…love. and thanks to the prophets Israel understood that it was again out of love that God never stopped saving them and pardoning their unfaithfulness and sins.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 43:1-7; Hos 2.

Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Repentance I.14Book I

  “Let us not then suffer this fire to approach the bosom of our minds and the depths of our hearts, lest we burn up the covering of our inmost hearts, and lest the devouring fire of lust consume this outward garment of the soul and its fleshy veil, but let us pass through the fire.” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 2.

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.2Book VII

  “And through the prophet the Lord promises saying, When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not overflow thee (Isai. xliii. 2).” — the author cites it

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 11

  “And if thou passest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, and the flame shall not burn thee; for I, the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, am He who maketh thee safe.”” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 1–3.

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 21

  “For I said the Prophet said unto Israel, as from the mouth of God:—If thou shalt pass through the sea, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not overflow thee; and if thou shalt walk upon fire, thou shalt not be burned, and the flame shall not search thee; because the Lord thy God is with thee.” — editor's note: Is. xliii. 2, 3.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.9Book I

  ““And if they pass over, they shall not slip,” saith the Lord.” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 2.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies V.3Book V

  “In reply to him, it has, says he, been declared, “Israel, thou art my child: fear not; even though thou passest through rivers, they shall not drown thee; even though thou passest through fire, it shall not scorch thee.”” — editor's note: Isa. xli. 8; xliii. 1, 2.

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• Isaiah 50:11

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• Matthew 5:28

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• 1 Corinthians 6:18

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• 1 Corinthians 7:9

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• 2 Corinthians 12:7

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• 1 Timothy 5:23

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• Genesis 39:7

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• Exodus 3:3

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• Deuteronomy 4:37

  Cited together in Catechism §218.

• Deuteronomy 7:8

  Cited together in Catechism §218.

• Deuteronomy 10:15

  Cited together in Catechism §218.

• Psalm 27:2

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• Psalm 124:4

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• Proverbs 6:2

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• Proverbs 6:25

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• Proverbs 6:27

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.

• Proverbs 6:28

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.