Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
Concerning all I make prayer that thou mayest prosper and be well, &c. The meanin Isaiah , I wish that thou in all things mayest be well and prosper, as now indeed thy soul, i.e. thou thyself, art well and dost prosper in all things. For God does prosper thee in all things both in mind and body. He blesses and enlarges thy family, thy servants, thy friends, thy riches, and all that thou hast, because thou expendest it in God"s service, and in providing for the ministers of the Church and the poor. Thus God blessed all good men, and made a hedge about His friends in the old time, as Abraham (Gen. xxii17), and many more.
