Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with power:
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Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
C'est pourquoi aussi nous prions continuellement pour vous, afin que notre Dieu vous juge dignes de la vocation, et qu'il accomplisse par sa puissance tous les desseins bienveillants de sa bonté, et l'oeuvre de votre foi,
KJV
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with power:
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ith. Therefore neither is confession an act of faith. On the contrary, A gloss explains the words of 2 Thess. 1:11, "and the work of faith in power" as referring to "confession which is a work proper to faith." I answer that, Outward actions belong properly to the virtue to whose…
Thomas Aquinas
On Nature and Grace
egarded as acts of faith. Hence neither is confession an act of faith. On the other hand: a gloss on II Thess. 1:11 , “and the work of faith with power,” says: “that is, confession, which is properly the work of faith.” I answer: outward acts are properly the acts of that virtue…
Thomas Aquinas
On Nature and Grace
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