Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
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Basil the Great
AD 379
He conquers who does not yield to those who lead on by force, but he is more than conqueror who voluntarily invites sorrows for a demonstration of his endurance.
They did not merely conquer but did so in a wondrous way, so that it might become clear that those who plotted against them were at war with God and not just with men. Look how the Jews were at a loss: “What are we to do with these men?” Homilies on Romans
