Colossians 1:2
Cyprian Treatise IV On the Lord's Prayer Wherefore the apostle anxiously and carefully warns us, saying, "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same; "[88]... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise IV On the Lord's Prayer Wherefore the apostle anxiously and carefully warns us, saying, "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same; "[88]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V This shall now be proved even by the apostle, when he says: "For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; which is come unto you, as it is unto all the world."[866] The First Epistle of Clement Co... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V For there is an instruction of the perfect, of which, writing to the Colossians, he says, "We cease not to pray for you, and beseech that ye may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye may walk worthy of the L... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity For it is our duty so to walk in the Lord's discipline as is "worthy,"[58]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III plainly indicating one God, who did by the prophets make promise of the Son, and one Jesus Christ our Lord, who was of the seed of David according to His birth from Mary; and that Jesus Christ was appointed the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of hol... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians through grace, in one faith of God the Father, and of Jesus Christ His only-begotten Son, and "the first-born of every creature,"[142] Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans For I have observed that ye are perfected in an immoveable faith, as if ye were nailed... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians and, "By Him were all things created that are in heaven, and on earth, visible and invisible; and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist."[17] Epistle of Barnabas Thou hast in this also [an indication of] the glory of Jesus; for in Him and to Hi... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Clement Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord continually proves to us that there shall be a future resurrection, of which He has rendered the Lord Jesus Christ the first-fruits[101] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II Then, at last, He came on to death itself, that He might be "the first-born f... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V Now how will he be proved to have been before all things, who appeared after all things? Who can tell whether he had a prior existence, when he has found no proof that he had any existence at all? In what way also could it have "pleased (the Father) that in Him sho... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V could the rival and the destroyer of the Creator have been willing that His fulness should dwell in his Christ? To whom, again, does He "reconcile all things by Himself, making peace by the blood of His cross,"[880]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And for this cause the apostle, in the Epistle to the Colossians, says, "And though ye were formerly alienated, and enemies to His knowledge by evil works, yet now ye have been reconciled in the body of His flesh, through His death, to present yourselves holy and ch... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V But you must not on this account suppose that on every mention of His body the term is only a metaphor, instead of meaning real flesh. For he says above that we are "reconciled in His body through death; "[886]... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians your prayers; in contrast to their error, be ye stedfast[72] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven."[363]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V that the Church is the body of Christ, so here also (the apostle) declares that he "fills up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in his flesh for His body's sake, which is the Church."[885] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians Where is the boasting of those who are styled prudent? For our God, Jesus Christ, was, according to the appointment[125] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V And again he says, "According to the disposition of the grace of God which is given me, that ye may f... [ Continue Reading ]
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VI And the apostle (uses these words) "The mystery which was not made known to former generations."[95] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV But I think that they were turned away from them by divine providence, that they might not know the truth, becaus... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V And, on the other hand, there is "the riches of the glory of the mystery in the Gentiles," which is faith and hope in Christ; which in another place he has called the "foundation."[113]... [ Continue Reading ]