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As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

comme attristés, et nous sommes toujours joyeux; comme pauvres, et nous en enrichissons plusieurs; comme n'ayant rien, et nous possédons toutes choses.

KJV

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.

Patristic reading

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  • Pseudo-Justinus Martyr

    Epistula ad Diognetum

    . ἀγαπῶσι πάντας, καὶ ὑπὸ πάντων διώκονται. II Cor. 6, 9 ἀγνοοῦνται, καὶ κατακρίνονται: θανατοῦνται, II Cor. 6, 10 καὶ ζωοποιοῦνται. πτωχεύουσι, καὶ πλουτίζουσι πολλούς: πάντων ὑστεροῦνται, καὶ ἐν πᾶσι περισσεύουσιν. ἀτιμοῦνται, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἀτιμίαις δοξάζονται. βλασφημοῦνται, καὶ…
  • Pseudo-Justinus Martyr

    Epistula ad Diognetum

    ς δοξάζονται. βλασφημοῦνται, καὶ δικαιοῦνται. I Cor. 4, 12 λοιδοροῦνται, καὶ εὐλογοῦσιν: ὑβρίζονται, II Cor. 6, 10 καὶ τιμῶσιν. ἀγαθοποιοῦντες ὡς κακοὶ κολάζονται: κολαζόμενοι χαίρουσιν ὡς ζωοποιούμενοι. ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων ὡς ἀλλόφυλοι πολεμοῦνται καὶ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων διώκονται: καὶ τὴν αἰτ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    rom Dt. 28:1-14 ; whereas many kinds of trouble ensue to those who observe the New Law, as stated in 2 Cor. 6:4-10 : "Let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses," etc. Therefore the New Law is more burdensome…

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