Jeremiah 1:10

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus IV.1Book IV

  “See, I have set thee this day over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, and to build and to plant.”” — editor's note: Cf. Jer. i. 9, 10.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.3Conference XIV

  “And this we do not gather from our own conjecture, but are taught by the words of Him who alone knows the strength and method of His work: “Behold,” He says: “I have set thee this day over the nations and over kingdoms, to root up, and to pull down, and to waste, and to destroy, and to build and to plant.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 10.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 51

  “Thence is that voice of the Lord, “I will smite and I will heal.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 10.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 89

  “For unless there were some who were destroyed to be rebuilt, Jeremiah would not have written, “See, I have this day set thee to throw down and to build.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 10.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 244

  “Had he not been endowed with the grace bestowed upon Jeremiah to pull down and build again, to root out and to plant, he certainly would not have rooted the one out and planted the other.” — editor's note: cf. Jer. i. 10.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 90

  “The Lord has said to his prophet “See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms to root out and to pull down and to destroy and…to build and to plant.”” — editor's note: Jer. i. 10.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 18

  “Isaiah, again, who beheld the glory of the Seraphim, and after him Jeremiah, who was entrusted with great power against nations and kings; the one heard the divine voice and was cleansed by a live coal for his prophetic office, and the other was known before his formation and sanctified before his birth.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 10.

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35Part III

  “For hence it is that it is said to Jeremiah when sent to preach, See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to scatter, and to build, and to plant (Jer. i. 10).” — the author cites it

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• Acts 2:22

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• Acts 2:23

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• Acts 2:37

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• Acts 22:8

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• 1 Corinthians 3:9

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.1.

• 1 Corinthians 5:4

  Cited together in Letters Letter 90.

• 1 Corinthians 5:5

  Cited together in Letters Letter 90.

• 2 Corinthians 10:5

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.1.

• Ephesians 1:23

  Cited together in Letters Letter 90.

• Ephesians 5:27

  Cited together in Letters Letter 90.

• 2 Peter 2:21

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• Jude 1:12

  Cited together in Letters Letter 244.

• Revelation 3:2

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• Genesis 11:4

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.1.

• Deuteronomy 1:17

  Cited together in Letters Letter 244.

• Psalm 17:3

  Cited together in Letters Letter 244.

• Psalm 17:4

  Cited together in Letters Letter 244.

• Proverbs 18:9

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.