Romans 9:2

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 88

  “We read of the Apostle Paul, a chief member in this body, and we hear him confessing that his soul was full of such evils, when he says, that he feels “great heaviness and continual sorrow in heart for his brethren according to the flesh, who are Israelites.”” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 2, 4.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Patience Chapter 22

  “…through joy, of which he says, “In hope rejoicing, in tribulation patient;” whether through sorrow, with which he says he had great grief for his brethren; in whatever way it endure what bitterness and hardships soever, it is the love of God which “endureth all things,” and which is not shed abroad in our hearts…” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 2

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIV.9Book XIV

  “…jealousy lest their minds should be corrupted from the chastity that is in Christ; having great heaviness and continual sorrow of heart for the Israelites, because they, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness…” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 2.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.17Book XX

  “Was not the Apostle Paul himself a citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem, and was he not so all the more when he had heaviness and continual sorrow of heart for his Israelitish brethren?” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 2.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 5

  “But so far am I from being irritated at their abuse, that, were it not for the fact that their loss causes me “heaviness and continual sorrow,” I could almost have said that I was grateful to them for the blasphemy, as though they were agents for providing me with blessing.” — editor's note: cf. Rom. ix. 2.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.13Book V

  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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• 1 Corinthians 15:55

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• 2 Corinthians 5:4

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• Revelation 21:2

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• Revelation 21:3

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• Revelation 21:4

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• Revelation 21:5

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• Psalm 6:6

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• Psalm 38:9

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• Psalm 39:2

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• Psalm 42:3

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• Isaiah 45:8

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• Romans 8:23

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