Revelation 2:26 (WEB)
He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
Fathers and councils · 1
“For avoiding it, remedies cannot be lacking; since, even if they be lacking, there remains that one by which you will be made a happier magistrate, not in the earth, but in the heavens.” — editor's note: i.e., Martyrdom (La Cerda, quoted by Oehler). For the idea of being “a magistrate in the heavens,” [sitting on a throne] compare such passages as Matt. xix.…
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