The Apostolic Fathers

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

by Irenaeus
55 chapters Read aloud, 39 min
Right-clickPress and hold any paragraph, or tap its ¶ number, for notes, highlights and slides.

Fragment 15

When, in times of old, Balaam spake these things in parables, he was not acknowledged; and now, when Christ has appeared and fulfilled them, He was not believed. Wherefore [Balaam], foreseeing this, and wondering at it, exclaimed, “Alas! alas! who shall live when God brings these things to pass?”