Wisdom 6:18 (WEB)
And love is observance of her laws. To give heed to her laws confirms immortality.
Fathers and councils · 3
Athanasius of Alexandria
“…to Him that is (and if he still preserved this likeness by keeping Him in his knowledge) he would stay his natural corruption, and remain incorrupt; as Wisdom says: “The taking heed to His laws is the assurance of immortality;” but being incorrupt, he would live henceforth as God, to which I suppose the divine…” — editor's note: Wisd. vi. 18.
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Clement of Alexandria
““And the care of discipline is love,” as Wisdom says; “and love is the keeping of the law.”” — editor's note: Wisd. vi. 17, 18.
Read the whole comment“The desire of wisdom leads, then, to the kingdom.”” — editor's note: Wisd. vi. 17–20.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
