Nilus of Ancyra→Theocles|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same person.
How gracious is the much-experienced Sirach [Jesus son of Sirach, author of Ecclesiasticus], when he composes and writes profitable words! For "he who loves his own son," he says, "will continually supply him with stripes" [Sirach 30:1]. And we, assuredly, through genuine faith are sons of the Most High God; and we are chastened, but we are not put to death; and we are cast down, but we are not destroyed [cf. 2 Corinthians 6:9; 4:9]. For the bush, though once it burned, was not burned up [Exodus 3:2].
How gracious is the much-experienced Sirach [Jesus son of Sirach, author of Ecclesiasticus], when he composes and writes profitable words! For "he who loves his own son," he says, "will continually supply him with stripes" [Sirach 30:1]. And we, assuredly, through genuine faith are sons of the Most High God; and we are chastened, but we are not put to death; and we are cast down, but we are not destroyed [cf. 2 Corinthians 6:9; 4:9]. For the bush, though once it burned, was not burned up [Exodus 3:2].
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