Romans 11:36 (WEB)
For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
Fathers and councils · 26
Augustine of Hippo
“For it is this same Trinity that is signified when an apostle says, “For of Him, and in Him, and through Him, are all things.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36
Read the whole comment“Or should I not rather say, that I could not exist unless I were in Thee from whom are all things, by whom are all things, in whom are all things?” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
Read the whole comment“Hence when the Apostle had said, “Of whom are all things, by whom are all things, in whom are all things,” he is believed to have conveyed an intimation of the Very Trinity; and yet he did not add, to Them be glory; but, “to Him be glory.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
Read the whole comment“Amen.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36
Read the whole comment“…God, not only the Father, but also the Son and the Holy Spirit, “of whom are all things, and through whom are all things, and in whom are all things;” although “the invisible things of God, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power…” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36
Read the whole comment“So the Father is omnipotent, the Son omnipotent, and the Holy Spirit is omnipotent; yet not three omnipotents, but one omnipotent: “For of Him are all things, and through Him are all things, and in Him are all things; to whom be glory.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36
Read the whole comment“Amen.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36, in A.V.
Read the whole comment“For what is there that is not in Him, of whom it is divinely written, “For of Him, and through Him, and in Him, are all things”?” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36
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Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.65Book VI
“…things,” abandoning (in so speaking), I know not how, all his principles; while our Paul declares, that “of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things,” showing that He is the beginning of the substance of all things by the words “of Him,” and the bond of their subsistence by the expression “through Him,” and…” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“…in the bosom of the Father, Who sustains all things, by the word of His power, the creator of the ages, from Whom and through Whom and in Whom are all things, Who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and hath meted out heaven with the span, Who measureth the water in the hollow of his hand, Who holdeth in His hand…” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. xi. 36
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“And they state that it was clearly on this account that Paul said, “And He Himself is all things;” and again, “All things are to Him, and of Him are all things;” and further, “In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead;” and yet again, “All things are gathered together by God in Christ.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
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John Damascene
“Amen.” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
Read the whole comment“For He Himself is existence to all, since all things that are, are in Him, not only because it was He that brought them out of nothing into being, but because His energy preserves and maintains all that He made: and in especial the living creatures.” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Nay, so far is such difference from being present, that the same Apostle has said that all things are “of” Him, by Whom are all things, as followeth: “For of Him and through Him and in Him are all things.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
Read the whole comment“For assuredly when Paul said, “Who served the creature more than the Creator,” he neither denied the Father to be the Creator, from Whom are all these things, nor yet the Son, through Whom are all things.” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
Read the whole comment“Those particles, then, are not as it were in opposition to each other, but are as it were allied and agreed, so as often to suit even one Person, as it is written: “For of Him, and through Him, and in Him are all things.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
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Tertullian
“…to grieve, at the restoration of Israel, if it be true, (as it is), that the whole of our hope is intimately united with the remaining expectation of Israel.” — editor's note: Comp. Rom. xi. 11–36.
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Basil the Great
“The blessed Paul brings both phrases to bear upon one and the same subject, in the words “of him and through him and to him are all things.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
Read the whole comment“…deeds, and exalted by all who acknowledge Him as Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, “through whom [by whom, A.V.] are all things, and for whom are all things.”” — editor's note: Heb. ii. 10. cf. Rom. xi. 36, to which the reading of two manuscripts more distinctly assimilates the citation. The majority of commentators refer Heb. ii. 10,…
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Amen.” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
Read the whole comment“To Him be the glory for ever and ever.” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 33–36.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…barbarian, Scythian, bond or free (which are badges of the flesh), but might bear in ourselves only the stamp of God, by Whom and for Whom we were made, and have so far received our form and model from Him, that we are recognized by it alone.” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
Read the whole comment“…Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him;” at other times he brings together the one Godhead, “For of Him and through Him and in Him are all things;” that is, through the Holy Ghost, as is shown by many places in Scripture.” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
Read the whole comment“And this is proved by the fact that They are again collected into one, if you will read—not carelessly—this other passage of the same Apostle, “Of Him and through Him and to Him are all things; to Him be glory forever, Amen.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Because from Him, and through Him, and in Him, are all things: to Him be glory for ever and ever.”” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 33–36.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…because neglecting to praise and glorify God, who is alone perfect and good, “of whom are all things, and by whom are all things, and for whom are all things,” they invest with divine honours men wallowing in an execrable and abominable life, and, what is the principal thing, liable on this account to the judgment of…” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 36.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.10.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54 and 1 other place.
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Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.12.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.8.
Cited together in Confessions I.2.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.
Cited together in Confessions I.2.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.65 and 1 other place.