Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory… The people of Verona, when they saw Dante in the streets, used to say, "See, there is the man that was in hell! " Ah, yes, he had been in hell; — in hell enough, in long severe sorrow and struggle; as the like of him is pretty sure to have been. Commedias that come out divine, are not accomplished otherwise. Thought, true labour of any kind, highest virtue itself, is it not the daughter of Pain ? Born as out of the black whirlwind;-true effort, in fact, as of a captive struggling to free himself: that is Thought. In all ways we are "to become perfect through suffering." (T. Carlyle.) Parallel Verses KJV: For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. |
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