Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly beloved.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
C'est pourquoi, mes bien-aimés, et très chers frères, vous qui êtes ma joie et ma couronne, demeurez ainsi fermes dans le Seigneur, mes bien-aimés!
KJV
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly beloved.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ords of a preacher. But such goods as these redound to the merit of the preacher, as is evident from Phil. 4:1 : "My dearly beloved brethren, my joy and my crown." Therefore the consequences of an action increase its goodness or malice. Objection 3: Further, punishment is not inc…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 164 (Migne)
es mei charissimi et desideratissimi, gaudium meum et corona mea, sic state in Domino, charissimi. (Phil. IV, 1) .» Alteram vero pro vitiis et malignis spiritibus superatis, qua quidem Christi confessores coronantur. «Quatuor quoque circulos aureos praeparabis, et pones eos in…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 164 (Migne)
ad fidem converterat, ait: «Fratres mei, gaudium meum et corona mea, sic state in Domino charissimi (Phil. IV, 1) .» Hoc igitur modo locutionis illi, qui sunt causa coronae, accipiuntur pro ipsa corona. Possumus autem per coronam ipsam victoriam intelligere, quae videlicet ipsius…
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