Romans 15:4 (WEB)
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Fathers and councils · 7
Gregory the Great
“…since Paul says, Whatsoever things are written are written for our instruction, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope (Rom. xv. 4).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Of this testimony Paul the Apostle hath also made use (there hath been read but now the very lesson), and saith, “Whatsoever things aforetime have been written, have been written that we might be instructed.”…Why “Thee”?” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 4.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore all things which were written aforetime were written in order that we might be taught thereby, and were our figures, and happened in a figure in the case of these men.” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 4
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John Chrysostom
“And again Christ said, “Ye do err not knowing the Scriptures” ( Matt. xxii. 29 ): and again Paul said, “That through patience and comfort of the Scriptures we may have hope.” ( Rom. xv. 4.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Hearest thou not Paul say, that “they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come; that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope”? ( 1 Cor. x. 11; Rom. xv. 4 .)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And Paul declared this when he said, “Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written aforetime for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” ( Rom. xv. 4, 1 Cor. x. 11.)” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
““For what things the Scripture speaks were written for our instruction, that we, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, might have the hope of consolation.”” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 4.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 3.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII II.29.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 3.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII II.29.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 3.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII II.29.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 3.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII II.29.