For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
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Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Et quand même je me glorifierais un peu trop de l'autorité que le Seigneur nous a donnée pour votre édification et non pour votre destruction, je ne saurais en avoir honte,
KJV
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
e being, not a master, but a dispenser, his power is given "unto edification, not for destruction" ( 2 Cor. 10:8 ), and consequently, just as he cannot command that which is in itself displeasing to God, namely, sin, so neither can he forbid what is in itself pleasing to God, nam…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
the Church regarding matters which involve derision of the faith and of His sacraments, according to 2 Cor. 10:8 : "Of our power which the Lord hath given us unto edification, and not for your destruction." But it would lead to mockery of this sacrament if the priest were to wish…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ower of the ministers of the Church was given them, not "unto destruction," but "unto edification" ( 2 Cor. 10:8 ). But it would be conducive to destruction, if satisfaction, which was intended for our good, inasmuch as it serves for a remedy, were done away with. Therefore the p…
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