John 6:27

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "Labour," says the Lord, "not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth to everlasting life."[14]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

Servator autem de liberorum procreatione nil dixit, sed ad impertiendum ac communicandum cos hortatur, qui solum opibus abundare, egentibus autem nolebant opem ferre. Quamobrem dicit: "Operamini non cibum, qui petit; sed eum, qui manet in vitam aetenam."[156]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

ue philosophy, having delineated as well as possible the ethical argument conveyed in them, and having exhibited what the Gnostic is in his life, proceed to show the philosophers that he is by no means impious, as they suppose, but that he alone is truly pious, by a compendious exhibition of the Gnostic's form of religion, as far as it is possible, without danger, to commit it to writing in a book of reference. For the Lord enjoined "to labour for the meat which endureth to eternity."[2]

Tertullian On Fasting

teaching "to labour for the meat which is permanent unto life eternal; "[106]

Cyprian Treatise IV On the Lord's Prayer

To those who seek God's kingdom and righteousness, He promises that all things shall be added.[57]

Methodius Oration on the Psalms

For just as in a golden chain the links are so intimately joined and connected together, as that the one holds the other, and is fitted on to it, and so carries on the chain-even so the miracles that have been handed down by the holy Gospels, one after the other, lead on the Church of God, which delights in festivity, and refresh it, not with the meat that perisheth, but with that which endureth unto everlasting life.[3]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II

Follow therefore your trades as by the by, for your maintenance, but make the worship of God your main business; as also our Lord said: "Labour not for the meat which perishes, but for that which endureth unto everlasting life."[265]

The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity

workmen who "work not for the food that perisheth, but for that food which abideth unto life eternal; "[133]