Love Song: Augustine's Confessions for Modern Man
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32. Revelation 21:2, rsv.
33. 2 Corinthians 1:22, neb.
34. Psalm 116:13, kjv.
35. Psalm 62:1-2, rsv.
36. Matthew 11:28, kjv.
37. Matthew 11:29, kjv.
38. Matthew 11125, neb.
39. 1 Corinthians 15:9, kjv.
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1. Jeremiah 33:11; Psalm 116:16-17.
2. Cf. Psalm 76:1.
3. 1 Corinthians 13:12.
4. 1 Corinthians 5:7.
5. As Augustine indicates, Simplicianus also played important roles in the conversions of Victorinus and Ambrose. He was later elected Bishop of Milan and died in 400.
6. 1 Corinthians 7:8.
7. The books Augustine read were chiefly the writings of Plotinus
(205-270) and his pupil, Porphyry (232-303).
8. Cf. Colossians 2:8.
9. Matthew 11:25.
10. Ephesians 1:6.
11. Psalm 144:5, neb.
12. Luke 12:9.
13. Luke 15:7, rsv.
14. Julian, known as the Apostate, actually reigned as emperor only from 361 to 363.
15. Cf. Galatians 5:17, kjv.
16. Ephesians 5:14, rsv.
17. Romans 7:22-23, neb.
18. Romans 7:24-25, neb.
19. Psalm 19:14.