Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Approchez-vous de Dieu, et il s'approchera de vous. Nettoyez vos mains, pécheurs; purifiez vos coeurs, hommes irrésolus.
KJV
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
movement. But these are said of God in Scripture, "Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you" ( James 4:8 ). Therefore God is mutable. On the contrary, It is written, "I am the Lord, and I change not" ( Malachi 3:6 ). I answer that, From what precedes, it is shown that God is…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
in luctum convertatur, et gaudium in moerorem. Humiliamini in conspectu Domini, et exaltabit vos (Jac. IV, 7-9) . [Col. 1023A] CAP. VIII. Nunc autem cum violenter in ecclesias irruunt, cum se turbae fidelium indisciplinate et improbe permiscent, cum ipsis sacerdotibus, nisi i…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 130 (Migne)
est legislator et judex, qui potest perdere et liberare. Tu autem quis es qui judicas proximum tuum (Jac. IV, 4-13) . Agite nunc, divites, plorate ululantes in miseriis vestris quae advenient vobis. Divitiae vestrae putrefactae sunt et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt. Aur…
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