Romans 8:36 (WEB)
Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Catechism · 1
“For St. Paul, this trust is bold, founded on the prayer of the Spirit in us and on the faithful love of the Father who has given us his only Son.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 10:12-13; 8:26-39.
Fathers and councils · 12
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…says in the Epistle addressed to the Romans, “As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long, we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 36.
Read the whole comment““For we have been counted,” says the Apostle Paul, “all the day long as sheep for the slaughter;” that is, consecrated [to God], and ministering continually to our faith, and persevering in it, and abstaining from all avarice, and not acquiring or possessing treasures upon earth.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 36.
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Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §14On Proverbs
“And the phrase, “She hath killed her beasts,” denotes the prophets and martyrs who in every city and country are slain like sheep every day by the unbelieving, in behalf of the truth, and cry aloud, “For thy sake we are killed all the day long, we were counted as sheep for the slaughter.”” — editor's note: Ps. xliv. 2; Rom. viii. 36.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Nay, in all these things we overcome on account of Him who hath loved us.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 35–37.
Read the whole comment“But in all these things we are more than conquerors for His sake who loved us.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 35–37.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For that which he inserted in his Epistle, is said here: “For Thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 36.
Read the whole comment“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us:” not through ourselves, but, “through Him that loved us.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 35–39
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Jerome
“As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 35, 36.
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Leo the Great
“But in all these things we overcome through Him that loved us.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 35–37.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“As it is written, ‘For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 35, 36
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Tertullian
Chapter XIV.—The Divine Power Shown in Christ’s Incarnation. Meaning of St. Paul’s Phrase. Likeness of Sinful Flesh. No Docetism in It. Resurrection of Our Real Bodies. A Wide Chasm Made in the Epistle by Marcion’s…
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Clement of Alexandria
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through Him that loved us.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 36, 37.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together with
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 7.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 7.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 15.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 15.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.19.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 7.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §14.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §14.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §14.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 7 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 7 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §14.
Quotes
Romans 8:36 takes up the words of Psalm 44:22 (15 words in common).