ACC ~ 2 Timothy 3 v13a

UNENDING STRIFE. CHRYSOSTOM: Do not allow yourself to be distressed, he says, if some people prosper, while you are in the midst of suffering. Such is the nature of the case. From my own instance you may learn that it is impossible for man, in his warfare with the wicked, not to be exposed to tribulation. One cannot be in combat and live luxuriously. One cannot be wrestling and feasting. HOMILIES ON 2 TIMOTHY 8.

DO NOT REMAIN STATIONARY. AUGUSTINE: Make progress, make progress in well-doing, for, according to the apostle, there are certain people who go from bad to worse. If you are progressing, you are advancing. Progress in well-doing, progress in good faith, progress in good deeds. Keep singing. Keep advancing. Do not wander. Do not return. Do not remain stationary. SERMONS 256.

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