Patristic A.D. 254
“This is similar to what Paul says elsewhere: "these things were written down for our instruction." … "Encouragement of the Scriptures" is given not to those who neither believe nor understand them but only to those who do.”
Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Rom 15:4 (COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS)
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