Philippians 1:23
Douay-Rheims
But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better.
Tertullian
Impatience is a bad omen for our hope. It puts our faith in doubt. We wound Christ when we do not accept with equanimity his calling people away, treating them as though they were to be pitied. "I long," says the apostle, "to be taken up and be with Christ." How much better is the wish that he expresses!
Source details
A.D. 220 · on Phil 1:23 (ON PATIENCE 9.4-5)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.