And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Et, sans contredit, le mystère de la piété est grand: celui qui a été manifesté en chair, justifié par l'Esprit, vu des anges, prêché aux Gentils, cru dans le monde, élevé dans la gloire.
KJV
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Pseudo-Justinus Martyr
Epistula ad Diognetum
ούμενος, οἳ πιστοὶ λογισθέντες ὑπ̓ αὐτοῦ ἔγνωσαν Jo. 1, 9 πατρὸς μυστήρια; οὗ χάριν ἀπέστειλε λόγον, I Tim. 3, 16 ἵνα κόσμῳ φανῇ, ὃς ὑπὸ λαοῦ ἀτιμασθείς, διὰ ἀποστόλων κηρυχθείς, ὑπὸ ἐθνῶν ἐπιστεύθη. I Jo. 1, 1; οὗτος ὁ ἀπ̓ ἀρχῆς, ὁ καινὸς φανεὶς καὶ παλαιὸς εὑρεθεὶς καὶ πάντοτε…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Historia Ecclesiastica
θολικὸν ἔχοντα καὶ συγκαταριθμούμενον ἡμῖν, τὸν δ’ ἐξορχησάμενον τὸ μυστήριον καὶ ἐμπομεπεύσαντα cf. 1 Tim. 3, 16 τῆ μιαρᾷ αἱρέσει τῇ Ἀρτεμᾶ (τί γὰρ οὐ χρὴ μόλις τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ δηλῶσαι;) οὐδὲν δεῖν ἡγούμεθα τούτων τοὺς λογισμοὺς ἀπαιτεῖν." Εἶτ᾿ ἐπὶ τέλει τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ταῦτ᾿ ἐπι…
Epiphanius
Panarion (Adversus Haereses)
ν 7ff vgl. Panarion| haer. 48, 9, 8ff; II 231, 22ff u. περὶ πίστεως c. 21, 6. 8f — 9 I Tim. 3,2 – 10 I Tim. 3, 8 – 16ff vgl. Eusebius demonstr. ev. I 9, 21; S. 43, 3ff Heikel πλὴν ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἱερωμένοις καὶ περὶ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ θεραπείαν ἀσχολουμένοις ἀνέχειν λοιπὸν σφᾶς αὐτοὺς προσήκ…
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