WIST Quotations

Bible, Vol. 2. New Testament -- Book 9. Letter to the Galatians 6: 2 (Gal 6:2) [KJV (1611)]

Dave — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:09:22 +0000

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

[Ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσετε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Book 9. Letter to the Galatians 6: 2 (Gal 6:2) [KJV (1611)]
(Source)

See Thomas à Kempis (c. 1420).

(Source (Greek)). Other translations:

You should carry each other's troubles and fulfil the law of Christ.
[JB (1966)]

Carry each other's burdens; that is how to keep the law of Christ.
[NJB (1985)]

Help carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will obey the law of Christ.
[GNT (1992 ed.)]

Carry each other’s burdens and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.
[CEB (2011)]

Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]

Inge, William Ralph -- “Bishop Gore and the Church of England,” Edinburgh Review (Jan 1908)

Dave — Mon, 04 May 2020 17:19:49 +0000

Jesus Christ chose to be born of poor and humble parents, in a land remote from the centre of political or intellectual influence, and in the circle of labouring men. He chose to belong to the class of the respectable artisan, and most of the twelve Apostles came from the same social level. In His teaching He plainly associated blessedness with the lot of poverty, and extreme danger with the lot of wealth. All through the New Testament the assumption is that God is on the side of the poor against the rich. As Jowett once said, there is more in the New Testament against being rich, and in favour of being poor, than we like to recognise.

William Ralph Inge (1860–1954) English prelate [Dean Inge]
“Bishop Gore and the Church of England,” Edinburgh Review (Jan 1908)
(Source)

Reprinted in Outspoken Essays: First Series (1911).

Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament -- Book 23. Isaiah 9: 6ff (Isa 9:6) [tr. KJV (1611)]

Dave — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:16:42 +0000

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulders; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

כִּֽי־יֶ֣לֶד יֻלַּד־לָ֗נוּ בֵּ֚ן נִתַּן־לָ֔נוּ וַתְּהִ֥י הַמִּשְׂרָ֖ה עַל־שִׁכְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ פֶּ֠לֶא יוֹעֵץ֙ אֵ֣ל גִּבּ֔וֹר אֲבִי־עַ֖ד שַׂר־שָׁלֽוֹם׃

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 23. Isaiah 9: 6ff (Isa 9:6) [tr. KJV (1611)]
(Source)

(Source (Hebrew)). Other translations:

For there is a child born for us, a son given to us and dominion is laid on his shoulders; and this is the name they give him: Wonder-Counsellor, Mighty-God, Eternal-Father, Prince-of-Peace.
[JB (1966), 9:5]

A child is born to us!
A son is given to us!
And he will be our ruler.
He will be called, “Wonderful Counselor,”
“Mighty God,” “Eternal Father,”
“Prince of Peace.”
[GNT (1976)]

For a child has been born for us,
a son given to us;
authority rests upon his shoulders,
and he is named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
[NRSV (1989 ed.)]

For a child has been born to us,
A son has been given us.
And authority has settled on his shoulders.
He has been named
“The Mighty God is planning grace;
The Eternal Father, a peaceable ruler.”
[RJPS (2023 ed.), 9:5]

Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Journal (1838)

Dave — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 01:58:31 +0000

They will have Christ for a Lord and not for a Brother. Christ preaches the greatness of man, but we hear only the greatness of Christ.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Journal (1838)

Carlyle, Thomas -- Remark (1850-01-12)

Dave — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 21:43:34 +0000

If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify Him. They would ask Him to dinner, and hear what He had to say, and make fun of it.

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Remark (1850-01-12)
(Source)

Remark quoted by Joseph Neuberg in a letter to his sister. The letter was published in an essay (1884-08), "Carlyle and Neuberg," MacMillan's Magazine, Vol. 50. The author is not noted, but was a friend of Neuberg and his sister.

The same letter is cited in David A. Wilson, Life of Carlyle, Vol. 4 "Carlyle at His Zenith (1848-1853), ch. 10 (1927).

Lewis, C.S. -- Mere Christianity, “Let’s Pretend” (1952)

Dave — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:56:36 +0000

When a young man who has been going to church in a routine way honestly realises that he does not believe in Christianity and stops going — provided he does it for honesty’s sake and not just to annoy his parents — the spirit of Christ is probably nearer to him then than it ever was before.

C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) English writer, literary scholar, lay theologian [Clive Staples Lewis]
Mere Christianity, “Let’s Pretend” (1952)
(Source)

Coffin, William Sloane -- Credo, “Faith, Hope, Love” (2004)

Dave — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:45:29 +0000

The first of the four cardinal virtues of the Roman Catholic Church is “prudentia,” which basically means damn good thinking. Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.

William Sloane Coffin, Jr. (1924–2006) American minister, social activist
Credo, “Faith, Hope, Love” (2004)
(Source)