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Andreas of Caesarea, on Jas 4:3
Andreas of Caesarea · c. A.D. 563–637
Jas 4:3 · Douay-Rheims
“You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.”
On this verse:
“It appears that some ask but do not receive. God ignores those who attack him and those who ask wrongly, according to their own desires. But someone will say that even those who ask for divine wisdom and virtue do not receive them. In reply it must be said that such people may be worthy to receive these good things, but they must do so in the right way. Perhaps they want such things merely for the pleasure of having them, and if so, they will not get them.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.