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Acts 5:38Acts.5.38

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et maintenant, je vous le dis ne vous occupez plus de ces hommes, et laissez-les aller. Si cette entreprise ou cette oeuvre vient des hommes, elle se détruira;

KJV

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    t of God, since it often comes to naught through his leaving the religious life; for it is written ( Acts 5:38,39 ): "If this counsel or this work be of God, you cannot overthrow it." Therefore it would seem that one ought to make a searching inquiry before entering religion. Obj…

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