The interpretation timeline

Heb 13:6

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Patristic · 1 Orthodox · 1 Catholic

Heb 13:6 · Douay-Rheims
“So that we may confidently say: The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man shall do to me.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
407
A.D.
John Chrysostom Patristic
A.D. 347–407
“"So that we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me." Again consolation in their trials. ... "For He hath said," and He doth not lie, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we boldly say, The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me." Thou hast the promise from Himself: do not doubt henceforward. He has promised; make no question. But this, "I will never leave thee," he says not concerning money only, but concerning all other things also. "The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me"; with good reason. This then also let us say in all temptations; let us laugh at human things, so long as we have God favorable to us. For as, when He is our enemy, it is no gain, though all men should be our friends, so when He is our friend, though all men together war against us, there is no harm. "I will not fear what man shall do unto me."”
Source
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Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1126
A.D.
Theophylact of Ohrid Orthodox
c. 1055–1107
“Since God Himself said this, it is undoubtedly true. And so, let us boldly say again that the plunderers of our possessions will not constrain us.”
1274
A.D.
Thomas Aquinas Catholic
1225–1274
“And what shall we say? The words of Ps. 117 (v. 6): 'The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me.' He is a helper inasmuch as He delivers from evil: 'A helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly' (Ps. 45:2); therefore, I will not fear what man shall do to me, i.e., any carnal adversary: 'Who are you to be afraid of a mortal man?' (Is. 51:12); or the devil who is called a man overcome by a man, as Scipio was called African, because he was defeated in Africa: 'A hostile man has done this' (Mt. 13:28).”
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Modern · 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.