I owe what service I can do to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians, to the learned, and to the illiterate.

How then can we assert, "that Abraham our father obtained this from circumcision?"

because a sensual disposition of mind is averse to God: for it is not subject to the divine law, nor indeed can it be.

for we are saved but by hope: but hope supposes things not yet present; for how can a man hope for what he has now in possession?

The spirit likewise softens our afflictions: for being at a loss to apply for the most proper relief; the spirit it self affects us with those pious ejaculations, which we can't well express.

What shall we conclude then from this? if God be for us, who can be against us?

But you will object, why does he then find fault? for "who can resist his will?"

nay, even the Jews, if they don't continue still incredulous, shall be grafted in: since divine power can graft them in again.

do all you can to live peaceably, if it be possible, with all mankind.