Hebrews 11:39
Douay-Rheims
And all these being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise;
Augustine of Hippo
Now this would be no praise for faith, nor would it be faith at all, if people were in believing to follow after rewards that they could see—in other words, if the reward of immortality were bestowed on believers in this present world.
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A.D. 430 · on Heb 11:39-40 (ON THE MERITS AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND ON INFANT BAPTISM 2.50)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.