Colossians 3:5

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V " And what these are he himself explains: "Fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence; and covetousness, which is idolatry."[88]

Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, and concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience,"[130]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

And to the Gnostic false opinion is foreign, as the true belongs to him, and is allied with him. Wherefore the noble apostle calls one of the kinds of fornication, idolatry,[279]

Tertullian On Idolatry

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Tertullian On Modesty

He demonstrates, too, to the Colossians what "members" they are to"mortify" upon earth: "fornication, impurity, lust, evil concupiscence," and "base talk."[210]

Origen Against Celsus Book V

and desire "to mortify our members that are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence; "[169]

Origen Against Celsus Book VII

and "mortify your members which are on the earth,"[88]

Cyprian Epistle LI

And again: "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; putting off fornication, uncleanness, and evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which are the service of idols: for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God."[56]

Lactantius Divine Institutes Book VI

But God has appointed fixed limits to all of these; and if they pass these limits and begin to be too great, they must necessarily pervert their nature, and be changed into diseases and vices. And it is a matter of no great labour to show what these limits are.[147]

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs III

The offerings of the Lord will ye rob, and from His portion will ye steal; and before ye sacrifice to the Lord, ye will take the choicest parts, in despitefulness eating them with harlots. Amid excesses[24]