Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
KJV
Greek original
Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἐν σταδίῳ τρέχοντες πάντες μὲν τρέχουσιν εἷς δὲ λαμβάνει τὸ βραβεῖον οὕτως τρέχετε ἵνα καταλάβητε
Louis Segond 1910
Ne savez-vous pas que ceux qui courent dans le stade courent tous, mais qu'un seul remporte le prix? Courez de manière à le remporter.
KJV
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
elight. Therefore there is no need for comprehension as a third. On the contrary, The Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 9:24 ): "So run that you may comprehend [Douay: 'obtain']." But happiness is the goal of the spiritual race: hence he says ( 2 Tim. 4:7,8 ): "I have fought a good fight, I…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
r from tending to beatitude, and a comprehensor from having already obtained beatitude, according to 1 Cor. 9:24 : "So run that you may comprehend [Douay: 'obtain']"; and Phil. 3:12 : "I follow after, if by any means I may comprehend [Douay: 'obtain']". Now man's perfect beatitud…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
rther, comprehension is required for the perfection of beatitude: "So run that you may comprehend" ( 1 Cor. 9:24 ). Therefore we should reckon a fourth dowry Objection 5: Further, Anselm says (De Simil. xlviii) that the following pertain to the soul's beatitude: "wisdom, friendsh…
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