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Bede, on Jas 4:2
Bede · A.D. 673–735
Jas 4:2 · Douay-Rheims
“You covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and can not obtain. You contend and war, and you have not, because you ask not.”
On this verse:
“You quarrel and fight, and you do not have because you do not ask. You quarrel, he says, and fight for temporal glory, and you are not able to obtain this, precisely because you do not care to ask the Lord, so that he himself might bestow upon you whatever is beneficial. For if you were to ask him with pious intention, he would grant you both the earthly necessities for temporal use and the heavenly goods for eternal enjoyment.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.