James 4:14

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions I.13Book I

  “Yet whence was this unless from the sin and vanity of this life? for I was “but flesh, a wind that passeth away and cometh not again.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxviii. 39, and Jas. iv. 14.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 144

  “It is even a vapour, which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”…Work then, though it be in the night, with thine hands, that is, by good works seek God, before the day come which shall gladden thee, lest the day come which shall sadden thee.” — editor's note: Jas. iv. 14.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74

  ““For what is your life?” saith Holy Scripture; “it is a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”” — editor's note: Jas. iv. 14.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 133

  “But now ye rejoice in your boastings; all such rejoicing is evil.”” — editor's note: Jas. iv. 13–16.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11

  ““But Christians concern themselves about posterity”—to whom there is no to-morrow!” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. vi. 34; Jas. iv. 13–15.

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• Psalm 39:12

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.

• Psalm 60:11

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.

• Psalm 78:39

  Cited together in Confessions I.13.

• Isaiah 40:6

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.

• Isaiah 40:7

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.

• Matthew 6:34

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.

• John 5:2

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.

• Philippians 1:23

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.

• 2 Timothy 2:3

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.

• 2 Timothy 2:4

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.

• Hebrews 2:10

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.

• Hebrews 11:13

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.

• James 1:10

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.