Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
KJV
Greek original
ὁ δὲ ἐπιχορηγῶν σπόρον τῷ σπείροντι καὶ ἄρτον εἰς βρῶσιν χορηγήσει καὶ πληθυνεῖ τὸν σπόρον ὑμῶν καὶ αὐξήσει τὰ γενήματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὑμῶν
Louis Segond 1910
Celui qui Fournit de la semence au semeur, Et du pain pour sa nourriture, vous fournira et vous multipliera la semence, et il augmentera les fruits de votre justice.
KJV
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
Objection 3: Further, the increase of charity is God's work, even as the causing of it, according to 2 Cor. 9:10 : "He will increase the growth of the fruits of your justice." Now when God first infuses charity, He puts something in the soul that was not there before. Therefore a…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)
: Qui dat semem serenti, et panem ad manducandum praestabit, et augebit incrementa frugum justitiae (II Cor. IX, 10) . Sed si lector altius velit considerare, omnia haec in quibus hospitalitas humanitatis commendatur, magnum et evidens ostendunt sacramentum. Jam enim supra pericu…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
de arantibus dicit: «Debet enim in spe qui arat, arare, et qui triturat in spe fructus percipiendi (II Cor. IX, 10) .» Qui igitur tormenta prius fidelibus irrogaverat, et per fidem postmodum flagella libenter portat, profecto bene ligatus sub aratro desudat ad segetem, qui viveba…
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