For, when we were come into Macedonia, our body had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
Without were fightings. Unbelievers were openly hostile.
Within were fears. I was inwardly anxious, both because of false brethren and of weak Christians, lest they should be led to fall away through our persecutions (Anselm and Ambrose).
