WTF does "there but for the grace of God go I" mean
"im lucky im not that guy"
"christ, glad I'm not him, thanks god"
>>25186763You also get Alec Guinness as Father Brown recommended to you on youtube?
>>25186763"I'm glad I'm not that retard"
>>25186768How does it mean that?
>>25186777It was the grace of God, who ordains all things, that my fate wasn't the same as that fellow who's leaving.
>>25186763"[that guy] would be me if not for the grace of god"
>>25186763It’s not so much “Thank God I’m not that guy” as it is “I would have been exactly the same as that guy had not God, in His mercy, poured out His grace on me.”It’s a paraphrase of 1 Cor 15:8-10
>>25186763>filtered by the subjunctivemany such casesthere but for the grace of god go i
I always thought it was "they are but for the grace of God go I"
>>25186763I would have gone over there instead of over here if God didn’t send Grace, a big fat bitch, to stand in my way.
Dare but four da grace ah gahd
>>25186763If circumstances were different, I could be in the same position as that poor unfortunate.>>25186777>There, but for the grace of God, go I>But for the grace of God, there go I>If it wasn't for the grace of God, that could be me>Thank God that's not me
>>25186763i don't know
>>25186763it meams life sucks
