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Luke 18:8Luke.18.8

‹I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?›

KJV

Greek original

λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν ἐν τάχει πλὴν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐλθὼν ἆρα εὑρήσει τὴν πίστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je vous le dis, il leur fera promptement justice. Mais, quand le Fils de l'homme viendra, trouvera-t-il la foi sur la terre?

KJV

‹I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?›

Patristic reading

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  • Florus of Lyon

    Book against John Scotus

    lfilled now, where He says: "Do you think, when the Son of Man comes, He will find faith on earth?" (Luke 18:8). And what the Apostle, in whom the same Lord spoke, sternly warns, saying: "For there will be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their o…
  • Venerable Bede

    On the Six Days of Creation

    , for it is about this that the Lord says: "When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" Luke 18:8. After this evening, morning will come when the Lord Himself will come in glory. Then those to whom it was said: "Be perfect, as your Father in heaven is perfect" Matthe…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    cool by the length of time, for the charity of many will grow cold at the end of the world. Hence ( Lk. 18:8 ) it is written: "But yet the Son of Man, when He cometh, shall He find think you, faith on earth?" Reply to Objection 1: Charity does not put off bringing assistance to a…

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