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Hebrews 10:38Heb.10.38

Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et mon juste vivra par la foi; mais, s'il se retire, mon âme ne prend pas plaisir en lui.

KJV

Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ul is the form of the body. But Scripture attributes a soul to God; for it is mentioned in Hebrews ( Heb. 10:38 ), where God says: "But My just man liveth by faith; but if he withdraw himself, he shall not please My soul." Therefore God is composed of matter and form. Objection 2…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ent," which refers especially to faith, by which man receives spiritual life, according to Habac 2 ( Heb. 10:38 ; cf. Habac 2:4 ): "But (My) just man liveth by faith"; and Baptism is a sort of protestation of faith; whence it is called the "Sacrament of Faith." Likewise Dionysius…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    On Nature and Grace

    Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him” ( Heb. 10:38 ). Hence God is composed of matter and form. 2. Again, according to 1 De Anima, texts 12, 14, 15, anger, joy, and the like are passions of the composite. Scripture ascr…

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