And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Soyez bons les uns envers les autres, compatissants, vous pardonnant réciproquement, comme Dieu vous a pardonné en Christ.
KJV
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
. Hence the Apostle calls remission a forgiving: "Forgive one another, as Christ has forgiven you" ( Eph. 4:32 ). Hence it is clear that mercy does not destroy justice, but in a sense is the fulness thereof. And thus it is said: "Mercy exalteth itself above judgement" ( James 2:1…
Thomas Aquinas
On Nature and Grace
himself. He who forgives something in a sense gives it. Thus the apostle calls forgiveness a gift in Eph. 4:32 : “forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Migne: “Give without stint, as Christ hath given to you.” It is plain from this that mercy do…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)
orum miserebitur Deus (Matth. V, 7) . Paulus: Estote, inquit, in invicem benigni et misericordes (Ephes. IV, 32) . Induite vos sicut electi Dei, viscera misericordiae (Coloss. III, 12) . Augustinus in libro de Sermone Domini in monte (cap. 2) : «Beatos, inquit, esse dicit q…
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