For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Or les hommes jurent par celui qui est plus grand qu'eux, et le serment est une garantie qui met fin à tous leurs différends.
KJV
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.
Origen
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
Weish. Sal. 1, 5. – 15 I Kor. 12, 3. – 20 Matth. 12 31; vgl. Mark. 3, 29. – 27 Hebr. 6, 4 – 6. – 32 Hebr. 6, 4 – 34 Joh. 7, 39. 4 vorζητήσεις eini Initiale ausrad. | 6 ἄξιος, corr. V | 11 δεδολισμένης, corr. We | 14 ἁμαρτωλοῦ We| 20. 22 Die Citate zeigen eine Mischform aus Mark.…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
crifices, is mentioned in the precepts of the decalogue. Reply to Objection 3: As the Apostle says ( Heb. 6:16 ), "men swear by one greater than themselves; and an oath for confirmation is the end of all their controversy." Hence, since oaths are common to all, inordinate swearin…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
'By God,' what else does he mean but that God is his witness?" I answer that, As the Apostle says ( Heb. 6:16 ), oaths are taken for the purpose of confirmation. Now speculative propositions receive confirmation from reason, which proceeds from principles known naturally and infa…
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