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Pray without ceasing.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Priez sans cesse.

KJV

Pray without ceasing.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ly. For our Lord said ( Lk. 18:1 ): "We ought always to pray, and not to faint": and it is written ( 1 Thess. 5:17 ): "Pray without ceasing." I answer that, We may speak about prayer in two ways: first, by considering it in itself; secondly, by considering it in its cause. The no…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew

    as consisting in pious and good acts, concerning which the Apostle speaks, “Pray without ceasing.” [ 1 Thess. 5:17 ] 22. And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, “The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. 23. And they shall kill him, and the third day…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 88 (Migne)

    Deum rogavimus, nisi et ei in praesenti oratione vacemus, propter illud, sine intermissione orantes (I Thess. V, 17) . Item hic advertendum est quod postquam ad Christum pervenimus, et mundum cum pompis suis rejecimus, non nobis necesse sit ad escam amplius [Col. 0322A] quam quo…

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