Isaiah 64:6 (WEB)
For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Fathers and councils · 3
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.4Conference XXIII
“Finally as our goodness turns to badness in the eyes of the Highest so also our righteousness when set against the Divine righteousness is considered like a menstruous cloth, as Isaiah the prophet says: “All your righteousness is like a menstruous cloth.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 6.
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“We are all become as one unclean, and all our righteousnesses as filthy rags.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 5, 6.
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Tertullian
“We are corrupt—earthen vessels.” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 6.
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Cross-references · 19
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.4.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.4.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.4.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.4.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.4.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 10.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.17.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.17.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.17.