“For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”
For we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world — the stoic-inflected wisdom: human existence begins and ends in material nakedness (gymnos). Nothing is portable beyond this life; therefore acquisitiveness is absurd.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 6:7
A teacher has need not only of authority, but of gentleness, and not only of gentleness, but of authority. And all these the blessed Paul teaches, at one time saying, “These things command and teach” 1 Timothy 4:11; at another, “These things teach and exhort.” For if physicians entreat the sick, not for the benefit of their own health, but that they may relieve their sickness, and restore their prostrate strength, much more ought we to observe this method, of entreating those…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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