For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
pour les rois et pour tous ceux qui sont élevés en dignité, afin que nous menions une vie paisible et tranquille, en toute piété et honnêteté.
KJV
For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
r whom this sacrifice is offered, namely, for the whole Church, and "for those set in high places" ( 1 Tim. 2:2 ), and, in a special manner, of them "who offer, or for whom the mass is offered." Secondly, he commemorates the saints, invoking their patronage for those mentioned ab…
Clement of Alexandria + Hermas + Tatian
ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire)
6:17 Acts 7:24 Romans 8:38 10:3 1 Corinthians 11:10 2 Corinthians 5:16 5:16 6:11 6:11 Galatians 5:24 1 Timothy 2:2 2:6 3:16 5:8 5:10 5:21 6:13 Hebrews 1:1 1 Peter 1:3 1:10 1:12 1:19 1:20 1:23 1:25 2:5 2:9 2:9 3:10 3:12 3:15 3:18 3:20 4:5 4:6 4:13 4:17 5:10 5:13 1 John 2 3 4:18 5…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 119 (Migne)
his qui in sublimitate sunt, ut quietam et tranquillam vitam agamus in omni pietate et castitate (I Tim. II, 2) , ne quisquam, sicut se habet humanae cogitationis infirmitas, aestimaret non esse ista facienda pro iis a quibus persecutionem patiebatur Ecclesia, cum membra Christ…
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