Translations
Louis Segond 1910
La fin de toutes choses est proche. Soyez donc sages et sobres, pour vaquer à la prière.
KJV
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
KJV
Greek original
Πάντων δὲ τὸ τέλος ἤγγικεν σωφρονήσατε οὖν καὶ νήψατε εἰς προσευχάς
Patristic reading
2Polycarp
Epistula ad Philippenses
διὸ ἀπολιπόντες τὴν ματαιότητα τῶν πολλῶν καὶ τὰς ψευδοδιδασκαλίας ἐπὶ τὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἡμῖν παραδοθέντα 1 Pet. 4, 7 λόγον ἐπιστρέψωμεν, νήφοντες πρὸς τὰς εὐχὰς Mt. 6, 18 καὶ προσκαρτεροῦντες νηστείαις, δεήσεσιν αἰτούμενοι τὸν παντεπόπτην θεὸν μὴ εἰσενεγκεῖν ἡμᾶς Mt. 26. 41; Mk. 14,…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
s (viii) it would seem that solicitude does not belong to prudence. On the contrary, It is written ( 1 Pet. 4:7 ): "Be prudent . . . and watch in prayers." But watchfulness is the same as solicitude. Therefore solicitude belongs to prudence. I answer that, According to Isidore (E…
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