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Gaius Marius Victorinus, on Phil 2:27
Gaius Marius Victorinus · c. A.D. 290–364
Phil 2:27 · Douay-Rheims
“For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him; and not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.”
On this verse:
“Note what benefits we experience from the Lord even in this life. Hence we ought not hurry to death. For even if this world is a hotbed of sin and therefore to be shunned, yet the desire to live in the world comes from your nature and is not sin. Life ought to be desired. So it is right to say "God had mercy on him."”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.