Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Vol. 06 — [330] Tolerare; Vulgate, sustinere.
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[331] 1 Cor. x. 13. [332] Trench, giving the essence of Augustin's discussion, says, "God does tempt quite as truly as the devil tempts; all the difference lies in the end and aim with which they severally do it,--the one tempting to deceive, the other to approve: Satan, to their ruin; God, to their everlasting gain." [333] Alford and other modern commentators agree with Augustin in explaining apo tou ponerou "of evil;" Bengel, Meyer, Schaff, and others (see Revised Version) make the form masculine,--"the Evil One." [334] Rom. viii. 24. _______________________________________________…
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