1 Peter 1:19

Tertullian On Modesty

And, for fear you should fly to that statement for a licence to fornication, on the ground that you will be sinning against a thing which is yours, not the Lord's, he takes you away from yourself, and awards you, according to his previous disposition, to Christ: "And ye are not your own; "immediately opposing (thereto), "for bought ye are with a price"-the blood, to wit, of the Lord:[174]

Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV

For when God was about to smite the Egyptians, to secure the Hebrews from that infliction He had enjoined them to slay a white[359]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II

Let the bishop pray for the people, and say: "Save Thy people, O Lord, and bless Thine inheritance, which Thou hast obtained with the precious blood of Thy Christ, and hast called a royal priesthood, and an holy nation."[255]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

A man, therefore, could not give anything as an exchange for his own life, but God gave an exchange for the life of us all, "the precious blood of Christ Jesus,"[180]