Isaiah 43:25 (WEB)
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
Fathers and councils · 9
Ambrose of Milan
“We have a good Lord, Whose will it is to forgive all, Who called you by the prophet, and said: “I, even I, am He that blotteth out transgressions, and I will not remember, but do thou remember, and let us plead together.”” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 25 [LXX.]. St. Ambrose, taking the Septuagint reading, makes the contrast to be between man’s remembering and God’s forgetting. But the contrast in…
Read the whole comment“You have blotted it out, indeed, in your breasts and minds, but the Word of God is not blotted out, the Holy Spirit is not blotted out, but turns away from impious minds; not grace but iniquity is blotted out; for it is written: “I am He, I am He that blot out thine iniquities.”” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 25.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.6Conference XX
“…contrary we are bidden carefully to preserve the remembrance of them, as the Lord says: “And thine iniquities I will not remember: but do thou recollect them?”” — editor's note: Is. xliii. 25, 26.
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“…and as a mist thy sins:” and again: “I even I am He that blotteth out thine iniquities for mine own sake, and thine offences I will no longer remember;” and so, when he is freed from the “cords of his sins,” by which “everyone is bound,” he will with all thanksgiving sing to the Lord: “Thou hast broken my…” — editor's note: Is. xliv. 22; xliii. 25.
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“…and puny efforts with the utmost bounty, and says: “I even I am He that blotteth out thine iniquities for Mine own sake, and I will remember thy sins no more.”” — editor's note: Is. xliii. 25.
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John Chrysostom
“I do not say our sins, for (He says) “Remember thou first, and I will not remember.” ( Isa. xliii. 26, 25 , LXX.) I mean for instance, Let us no longer remember rapacity, but even restore the former [plunder].” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“We read in prophecy, “I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions;” [Isa 43:25] so the Scribes regarding Him as a man, and not understanding the words of God, charged Him with blasphemy.” — the author cites it
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Gregory the Great
“Whence also the Lord says through the prophet, And I will not be mindful of thy sins, but be thou mindful of them (Isai. xliii. 25, 26).” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nyssa
““God is a righteous Lord, and there is no injustice in Him;” and all other sayings of the like kind which are scattered for our instruction throughout the Scripture;—if you live amidst such things as these, you are a…” — editor's note: These quotations are from the LXX. of Ps. cxlv. 16; ciii. 12 (Is. xliii. 25); Joel ii. 13; Ps. vii. 11 (Heb. “God is angry every day”); xcii. 15.
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Cross-references · 46
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.30.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 9:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 9:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 9:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.30.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.30.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.30.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.30.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.30.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.6 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.30.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.30.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.