And he said,
The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
It is also agreeable .
for the Father is incomprehensible; but in regard to His love, and kindness, and as to His infinite power, even this He grants to those who love Him, that is, to see God, which thing the prophets did also predict. "For those things that are impossible with men, are possible with God.".
Wherefore also the Lord declares, "The things which are impossible with men, are possible with God."
; who can be ignorant of it? Who also can be unaware that "the things which are impossible with men are possible with God? ".
And, "The things very difficult with men are easy with God."
But the power of God is shown in this, that, first of all, He creates out of nothing, according to His will, the things that are made. "For the things which are impossible with men are possible with God."