2 Timothy 4:16
Douay-Rheims
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their charge.
Augustine of Hippo
For we owe "fruits" to those who minister spiritual doctrine to us through their understanding of the divine mysteries. We owe these to them as men. We owe these fruits also to "the living souls" since they offer themselves as examples for us in their own continence.
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A.D. 430 · on 2Tim 4:16 (Confessions 13.25.38)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.