1 Corinthians 15:50

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I

And they assert that this very great error prevailed among his disciples, that they imagined he had risen in a mundane body, not knowing that "flesh[325]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

Among the other [truths] proclaimed by the apostle, there is also this one, "That flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God."[58]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

But if they cast out the Spirit, and remain in their former condition, desirous of being of the flesh rather than of the Spirit, then it is very justly said with regard to men of this stamp, "That flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of God; "[66]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

Then, again, as the wild olive, if it be not grafted in, remains useless to its lord because of its woody quality, and is cut down as a tree bearing no fruit, and cast into the fire; so also man, if he does not receive through faith the engrafting of the Spirit, remains in his old condition, and being [mere] flesh and blood, he cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Rightly therefore does the apostle declare, "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; "[71]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II "For flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."[255]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III "Hoc autem dico, fratres, quod caro et sangnis regnum Dei non possunt possidere, neque corruptio possidet incorruptionem."[208]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

For what are this next words? "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God."[473]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

there is to be no flesh, how then shall it put on incorruption and immortality? Having then become something else by its change, it will obtain the kingdom of God, no longer the (old) flesh and blood, but the body which God shall have given it. Rightly then does the apostle declare, "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; "[482]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

(since this substance enters not the kingdom of Gods[577]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

-he shows that when he wrote the words, "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,"[661]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

But "flesh and blood," you say, "cannot inherit the kingdom of God."[339]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh " connects what follows with the preceding words) "that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,"[363]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

they will rise again for the judgment, because they rise not for the kingdom. Again, I will say, "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; "[371]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

Otherwise, if they say that you are not in Christ, let them also say that Christ is not in heaven, since they have denied you heaven. Likewise "neither shall corruption," says he, "inherit incorruption.[384]

Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II

also present themselves to the rising bodies, and will recognise their several places. But nothing can rise except flesh and spirit sole and pure.[70]

Origen Against Celsus Book V

t meaning of the passage, which was not adapted to the simpler class of believers, and to the understanding of the common people, who are led by their faith to enter on a better course of life, he was nevertheless obliged afterwards to say (in order that we might not misapprehend his meaning), after "Let us bear the image of the heavenly," these words also: "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."[78]

Methodius From the Discourse on the Resurrection

For He truly was made man, and died, and not in mere appearance, but that He might truly be shown to be the first begotten from the dead, changing the earthy into the heavenly, and the mortal into the immortal. When, then, Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,"[43]

Methodius From the Discourse on the Resurrection "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."[97]

Methodius From the Discourse on the Resurrection

a man not far removed either from the times or from the virtues of the apostles, says that that which is mortal is inherited, but that life inherits; and that flesh dies, but that the kingdom of heaven lives. When then, Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven,"[103]