Matthew 12:37 (WEB)
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Fathers and councils · 19
Augustine of Hippo
““Out of thy mouth thou shalt be justified, and out of thy mouth thou shalt be condemned.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 37.
Read the whole comment“And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself shall be brought to desolation;” and so on, down to the words, “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 23–37.
Read the whole comment“And when therefore He referred all either right actions or sins to the bringing forth of the word, “By thy mouth,” He says, “thou shalt be justified, and by thy mouth thou shalt be condemned,” intending thereby not the visible mouth, but that which is within and invisible, of the thought and of the heart.” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 37
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John Chrysostom
““For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 37.
Read the whole comment“Yea, and “in the power of the tongue are death and life;”and, “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 37.
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Basil the Great
“For it is said “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 37.
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Tertullian
“…not merely by deeds, but likewise by words, (for, just as it is written, “Behold the man and his deeds;” so, “Out of thy own mouth shalt thou be justified”), we ought to remember that, even in words, also the inroad of idolatry must be foreguarded against, either from the defect of custom or of timidity.” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 37.
Read the whole comment“…than of denying them: so that even then was initiated the evangelic doctrine, “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 37.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Now what ought we to learn before everything else, but to be silent, that we may be able to speak? lest my voice should condemn me, before that of another acquit me; for it is written: “By thy words thou shalt be condemned.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xii. 37.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And again, “By thy speech thou shalt be justified,” He says, “and by thy speech thou shalt be condemned.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 37.
Read the whole comment“Righteousness, accordingly, is not constituted without discourse.” — editor's note: [Matt. xii. 37.]
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Cyprian of Carthage
“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 36, 37.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Lord follows up what He had said before by moving their fears, shewing that they that have thus sinned shall receive the most extreme punishment, “I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they…
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And the meaning is; If every idle word which does not edify the hearers is not without danger to him that speaks it, and if each man shall render an account of his words in the day of judgment, how much more shall…
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He said not ‘which ye have spoken,’ but makes His teaching of universal application to the whole race of mankind, and at the same time His words less grievous to them that heard them. By an “idle word” is meant one…
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Or such as lacks either rightness in itself, or reasons of just necessity;
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being spoken without the profit of either the speaker or hearer; as if laying aside weighty matters we should speak of frivolous trifles, or relate old fables. For he that deals in buffoon jests to create laughter,…
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The words which here follow depend on those that went before; “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” There is no doubt but that every man shall he condemned for his evil…
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See that this sentence is not a burdensome one. The Judge will pass sentence not according to what any other has said concerning you, but according to what you have yourself spoken. They that are accused then have no…
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Cross-references · 38
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.9.
Cited together in Letters Letter 226.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.10.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in Letters Letter 226.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 226.
Cited together in Letters Letter 226.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.10.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.25.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.25.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.25.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.25.
Cited together in The Instructor II.6.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.14.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.14.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.14.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.9.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.14.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.10.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.10.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.10.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.10.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.10.
Cited together in The Instructor II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.
Cited together in The Instructor II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.2.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.14 and 1 other place.