And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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Gregory The Dialogist
AD 604
By a “cord,” faith is expressed, as Solomon witnesses, who says, “A threefold cord is not easily broken” because the faith in truth that is woven by the mouth of preachers from the knowledge of the Trinity remains firm in the elect. It is broken only in the heart of the reprobate. .