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For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

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Louis Segond 1910

Car tout ce que Dieu a créé est bon, et rien ne doit être rejeté, pourvu qu'on le prenne avec actions de grâces,

KJV

For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Patristic reading

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  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    On Faith

    e rejected if it is received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer" (1 Timothy 4:4-5). God also instituted and blessed marriage at the beginning of humanity (Genesis 2:22). That is why the Apostle says: "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed…
  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    On Faith

    e rejected if it is received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer" (1 Timothy 4:4-5). God also instituted and blessed marriage at the beginning of humanity (Genesis 2:22). That is why the Apostle says: "Marriage is honorable among all, and…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    On the contrary, Every being that is not God is God's creature. Now every creature of God is good ( 1 Tim. 4:4 ): and God is the greatest good. Therefore every being is good. I answer that, Every being, as being, is good. For all being, as being, has actuality and is in some way…

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