Ephesians 4:16

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

) which had been found, making in His own person the first-fruits of the resurrection of man; that, as the Head rose from the dead, so also the remaining pan of the body-[namely, the body] of everyman who is found in life-when the time is fulfilled of that condemnation which existed by reason of disobedience, may arise, blended together and strengthened through means of joints and bands[373]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

-this man will first of all "hold the head, from which the whole body is compacted and bound together, and, through means of every joint according to the measure of the ministration of each several part, maketh increase of the body to the edification of itself in love."[450]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

This, too, I may confidently say: he who has likened the unity of our body throughout its manifold and divers members to the compacting together of the various gifts of the Spirit,[366]

Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Of this same thing to the Ephesians: "Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun set upon your wrath."[418]