Revelation 22:14 (WEB)
Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
Fathers and councils · 6
Athanasius of Alexandria
“And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come; and let him that heareth say, Come; and let him that is athirst, Come; and whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.’” — editor's note: Rev. xxii. 13–17
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Jerome
“He does not mean the gates which we see to-day in dust and ashes; the gates he means are those against which hell prevails not and through which the multitude of those who believe in Christ enter in.” — editor's note: Rev. xxii. 14.
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Tertullian
“Dogs, sorcerers, fornicators, murderers, out!”—of course, such as do not act according to the precepts; for to be sent out is the portion of those who have been within.” — editor's note: Rev. xxii. 14, 15.
Read the whole comment“Therefore He did not actually curse Adam and Eve, for they were candidates for restoration, and they had been relieved by confession.” — editor's note: Ipsum. [Comp. Heb. ix. 8, and Rev. xxii. 14.]
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“All these are a training from God for us, and a healing for our weakness, restoring the old Adam to the place whence he fell, and conducting us to the tree of life, from which the tree of knowledge estranged us, when partaken of unseasonably, and improperly.” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 7; xxii. 14.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have power over the tree of life.”” — editor's note: Rev. xxii. 13, 14.
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Cross-references · 12
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 Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.
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 Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.23.