1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Profitable. But quite the reverse both for this world and for the next. It is a dreadful crime.”
The interpretation timeline
1 Maccabees 2:21
Douay-Rheims
God be merciful unto us: it is not profitable for us to forsake the law, and the justices of God:
1 witness
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.