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Romans 4:7Rom.4.7

[Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Heureux ceux dont les iniquités sont pardonnées, Et dont les péchés sont couverts!

KJV

[Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Patristic reading

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  • Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)

    Epistula I ad Corinthios

    s re#3uired. ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ ἀγάπης, εἰς τὸ ἀφεθῆναι ἡμῖν δἰ ἀγάπης τὰς ἁμαρτίας. γέγραπται Ps. 32, 1, 2; Rom. 4, 7-9 γάρ: Μακάριοι, ὦν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι καὶ ὧν ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι: μακάριος ἀνήρ, οὖ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται κύριος ἁμαρτίαν, οὐδέ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ δόλος: οὗτος…
  • ORIGENES

    Commentarii in Romanos

    ος ουν καταργειται;» αλλα «Νομον ουν καταργουμεν;» Ὅμοιον δε και το «Ἀλλα νομον ιστανομεν». Tome VI [Rom. 4, 1–8] «Τι ουν ερουμεν ευρηκεναι Ἀβρααμ τον προπα τορα ημων κατα σαρκα;» δυο προειπων ειναι νομους, ων τον μεν ετερον νομον εργων ωνομασεν, τον δε ετερον νομον πιστεως, και…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ore his sins return. Objection 4: Further, past sins are covered by grace, as the Apostle declares ( Rom. 4:7 ) where he quotes Ps. 31:1 : "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered." But a subsequent mortal sin takes away grace. Therefore the sin…

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