“"The sufferings of the present time cannot be compared with the future glory that will be revealed in us." But it remains hidden until it is revealed. And precisely because it is hidden, "in the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died." But, by the fact that it is concealed, does it thus also remain hidden to God…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — SERMON 306:1.1
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2In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,
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1But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
— Wisdom of Solomon 3:2 —
3And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
4For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.