Sirach 18:7 (WEB)
When a man has finished, then he is just at the beginning. When he stops, then he will be perplexed.
Fathers and councils · 2
“For “when a man hath done, then he beginneth.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xviii. 7
Read the whole comment“…who are “always learning, and never coming to a knowledge of the truth;” but rather as the preacher saith, “When a man hath finished, then he beginneth;” till we reach that life where we shall be so filled, that our natures shall attain their utmost capacity, because we shall have arrived at perfection, and no…” — editor's note: Ecclus. xviii. 7.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 63.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 63.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 63.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1 and 1 other place.