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Tob 4:11

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 4:11 · Douay-Rheims
“For alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Sin, provided faith, &c., be not wanting. (Menochius) — When the Scripture seems to attribute salvation to one virtue, to faith, repentance, &c., it always presupposes that the heart is free from all mortal guilt. (Haydock) — Alms deeds may procure a fresh supply of graces. (Menochius) — Darkness, or hell, which is thus represented, Matthew viii. 12., and xxii. 13., and Ephesians vi. 12.”
Source
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.