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1 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will touch them.
1 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will touch them.
2 In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died. Their departure was considered a disaster,
2 In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died. Their departure was considered a disaster,
3 and their travel away from us ruin, but they are in peace.
3 and their travel away from us ruin, but they are in peace.
4 For even if in the sight of men they are punished, their hope is full of immortality.
4 For even if in the sight of men they are punished, their hope is full of immortality.
5 Having borne a little chastening, they will receive great good; because God tested them, and found them worthy of himself.
5 Having borne a little chastening, they will receive great good; because God tested them, and found them worthy of himself.
6 He tested them like gold in the furnace, and he accepted them as a whole burnt offering.
6 He tested them like gold in the furnace, and he accepted them as a whole burnt offering.
7 In the time of their visitation they will shine. They will run back and forth like sparks amongst stubble.
7 In the time of their visitation they will shine. They will run back and forth like sparks among stubble.
8 They will judge nations and have dominion over peoples. The Lord will reign over them forever.
8 They will judge nations and have dominion over peoples. The Lord will reign over them forever.
9 Those who trust him will understand truth. The faithful will live with him in love, because grace and mercy are with his chosen ones.
9 Those who trust him will understand truth. The faithful will live with him in love, because grace and mercy are with his chosen ones.
10 But the ungodly will be punished even as their reasoning deserves, those who neglected righteousness and revolted from the Lord;
10 But the ungodly will be punished even as their reasoning deserves, those who neglected righteousness and revolted from the Lord;
11 for he who despises wisdom and discipline is miserable. Their hope is void and their toils unprofitable. Their works are useless.
11 for he who despises wisdom and discipline is miserable. Their hope is void and their toils unprofitable. Their works are useless.
12 Their wives are foolish and their children are wicked.
12 Their wives are foolish and their children are wicked.
13 Their descendants are cursed. For the barren woman who is undefiled is happy, she who has not conceived in transgression. She will have fruit when God examines souls.
13 Their descendants are cursed. For the barren woman who is undefiled is happy, she who has not conceived in transgression. She will have fruit when God examines souls.
14 So is the eunuch which has done no lawless deed with his hands, nor imagined wicked things against the Lord; for a precious gift will be given to him for his faithfulness, and a delightful inheritance in the Lord’s sanctuary.
14 So is the eunuch which has done no lawless deed with his hands, nor imagined wicked things against the Lord; for a precious gift will be given to him for his faithfulness, and a delightful inheritance in the Lord’s sanctuary.
15 For good labours have fruit of great renown. The root of understanding can’t fail.
15 For good labors have fruit of great renown. The root of understanding can’t fail.
16 But children of adulterers will not come to maturity. The seed of an unlawful union will vanish away.
16 But children of adulterers will not come to maturity. The seed of an unlawful union will vanish away.
17 For if they live long, they will not be esteemed, and in the end, their old age will be without honour.
17 For if they live long, they will not be esteemed, and in the end, their old age will be without honor.
18 If they die young, they will have no hope, nor consolation in the day of judgement.
18 If they die young, they will have no hope, nor consolation in the day of judgment.
19 For the end of an unrighteous generation is always grievous.
19 For the end of an unrighteous generation is always grievous.
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Ye have read and heard, "As gold in the furnace hath He tried them, and received them as a burnt-offering." See what ye shall be among the treasures of God.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For "the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God;" and if of the righteous, then those children's souls also; for neither are they wicked: and the souls too of sinners are straightway led away hence.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The divine Scripture likewise saith that the souls of the just are in God's hand and death cannot lay hold of them.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
Truly when the Scripture was speaking of persecution, it said, "Like gold in a furnace it hath proved them" (speaking of Martyrs being slain), "and as the holocaust's victim it hath received them." Hear how even the tongue of flatterers is of such sort: "The proving," he saith, "of silver and of gold is fire; but a man is proved …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… to those who sleep in the tomb, whom God hath not yet remembered: since the righteous are among the latter, of whom, even though God hath not yet called them to the resurrection, it is said, that their "souls are in the hands of God," that is, that "they dwell under the defence of the Most High; and shall abide …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)