Philippians 3:8
Douay-Rheims
Furthermore I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ:
Tertullian
Accordingly he subjoins withal a reason, that "we are called in peace unto the Lord God; "and that "the unbeliever may, through the use of matrimony, be gained by the believer." The very closing sentence of the period confirms (the supposition) that this is thus to be understood.
Source details
A.D. 220 · on Phil 3:8 (To His Wife Book II)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.