But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
mais la parure intérieure et cachée dans le coeur, la pureté incorruptible d'un esprit doux et paisible, qui est d'un grand prix devant Dieu.
KJV
But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ii, 54), inasmuch as humility is nothing else than a moderation of spirit: wherefore it is written ( 1 Pet. 3:4 ): "In the incorruptibility of a quiet and meek spirit." Reply to Objection 1: The theological virtues, whose object is our last end, which is the first principle in ma…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 157 (Migne)
cordis est homo in incorruptibilitate quieti et modesti Spiritus, qui in conspectu Dei locuples est (I Pet. III, 4) , pergit ubi vita est, et sicut in profundissimum infernum descendunt omnia reprobi inlecebris carnis abstracti et illecti (Job XVII, 16; Jac. I, 14) , ut nec hoc…
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