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James 1:17Jas.1.17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

toute grâce excellente et tout don parfait descendent d'en haut, du Père des lumières, chez lequel il n'y a ni changement ni ombre de variation.

KJV

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Patristic reading

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  • Isidorus Hispalensis

    De Ecclesiasticis Dogmatibus (Incertus)

    sti ? et illud : Omne datum bonum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum (Jac. 1, 17); et illud : Nemo habet quidquam, nisi illi datum fuerit desuper (Joan. at, 27). CAP. L. — Voluntas hominis post baptismum. Hoc etiam secundum fidem catholicam credimus…
  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    pes scandalum faciens corpori pedi: » necessarius mihi non es«, et praecidens repellat eum a se. 11 Jac. 1, 12 – 19. 25ff. 32f. 36 I. Kor. 12, 21 23 τι Kl nach lat. τὸ M H 34 εὑρεθείη] + in ecclesia lat.; gr. läßt auch S. 246f die “Kirche“ fort 24 <manus> Kl nach Diehl vgl. gr. 2…
  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    εθείη ποὺς σκάνδαλον τοῦ ὅλου γινόμενος σώματος, λεγέτω ἡ κεφαλὴ τῷ τοιούτῳ ποδί· »χρείαν σου οὐκ 11 Jac. 1, 12 – 19. 25ff. 32f. 36 I. Kor. 12, 21 23 τι Kl nach lat. τὸ M H 34 εὑρεθείη] + in ecclesia lat.; gr. läßt auch S. 246f die “Kirche“ fort 24 <manus> Kl nach Diehl vgl. gr.…

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