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Louis Segond 1910
Conduisez-vous avec sagesse envers ceux du dehors, et rachetez le temps.
KJV
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
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Summa Theologica
refore wisdom is merely contemplative, and not practical or active. On the contrary, It is written ( Col. 4:5 ): "Walk with wisdom towards them that are without." Now this pertains to action. Therefore wisdom is not merely speculative, but also practical. I answer that, As August…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)
rendi], sed vocandi et alliciendi quaerendo opportunitates, sicut ait Apostolus: «Redimentes tempus (Coloss. IV, 5) .» Redimere tempus est, quando aliquis quaerendo opportunitatem temporis, quo possit peccatorem redarguere, convenienter admonere, sive comedendo [Col. 0917C] cum…
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