Matthew 13:27

Cyprian Epistle V

the honourable glories of many and good confessors are tarnished;[10]

Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John

And they said to Him, Lord, wilt Thou, then, that we go and root them up? And He said, Nay, but let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, that they gather the tares and make bundles of them, and burn them with fire everlasting, but that they gather the wheat into my barns."[42]