“If fear of God comes from knowledge but knowledge is going to pass away, as Paul says, then we shall be completely destroyed when there is no knowledge. All that we are will be gone, and we shall be in a state no better but much worse than irrational beings. For in knowledge we have the advantage over them, whereas in…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — AGAINST THE ANOMOEANS, HOMILY 1:9
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13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
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11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
12And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
— Ecclesiastes 12:13 —
14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.