2 Timothy 4:2
We pray that words may be given to us, as it is written in the book of Jeremiah, "The Lord said to the prophet: 'Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth as fire. See, I have set thee this day over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, and to build and to plant.'"
For we need words now that will root out of every wounded soul the disgraces spoken against the truth. We also need thoughts that will pull down all edifices based on false opinions. And we require a wisdom that will throw down all high things that rise against the knowledge of God.
Just as we must not stop rooting out and pulling down the hindrances that have just been mentioned, we must, in place of what has been rooted out, plant the plants of God's field. In place of what has been pulled down, we must raise the building of God and the temple of His glory. For that reason, we must also pray to the Lord who gave the gifts named in the book of Jeremiah. Pray that He may grant us words for building up the temple of Christ, for planting the spiritual law, and for teaching others to do the same.
—Origen
Readings taken from Day by Day with the Early Church Fathers
We pray that words may be given to us, as it is written in the book of Jeremiah, "The Lord said to the prophet: 'Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth as fire. See, I have set thee this day over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, and to build and to plant.'"
For we need words now that will root out of every wounded soul the disgraces spoken against the truth. We also need thoughts that will pull down all edifices based on false opinions. And we require a wisdom that will throw down all high things that rise against the knowledge of God.
Just as we must not stop rooting out and pulling down the hindrances that have just been mentioned, we must, in place of what has been rooted out, plant the plants of God's field. In place of what has been pulled down, we must raise the building of God and the temple of His glory. For that reason, we must also pray to the Lord who gave the gifts named in the book of Jeremiah. Pray that He may grant us words for building up the temple of Christ, for planting the spiritual law, and for teaching others to do the same.
—Origen
Readings taken from Day by Day with the Early Church Fathers
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