“Such are God's ways of ordering: the very things by which we are hurt, by these same are…”
Such are God's ways of ordering: the very things by which we are hurt, by these same are we benefited.
John Chrysostom · Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles · NPNF1 XI, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XLIX (on Acts XXIII. 6-8)
On Paul setting the Pharisees and Sadducees against each other in the council: the danger he was in is what got him out of it.
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Read in Walker, Sheppard & Browne, NPNF series 1 vol. 11 (1889) · J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, revised by George B. Stevens
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