Matthew 5:28

First Apology of Justin " And, "If thy right eye offend thee, cut it out; for it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of heaven with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into everlasting fire." And, "Whosoever shall marry her that is divorced from another husband, committeth adultery."[19]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

And, "he who has looked upon a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart; "[207]

Shepherd of Hermas Vision First

or when spoke I an unseemly word to you? Did I not always think of you as a lady? Did I not always respect you as a sister? Why do you falsely accuse me of this wickedness and impurity? "With a smile she replied to me, "The desire of wickedness[9]

Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fourth "I charge you," said he, "to guard your chastity, and let no thought enter your heart of another man's wife, or of fornication, or of similar iniquities; for by doing this you commit a great sin. But if you always remember your own wife, you will never sin. For if this thought[1]

Theophilus to Autolycus Book III

And the voice of the Gospel teaches still more urgently concerning chastity, saying: "Whosoever looketh on a woman who is not his own wife, to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."[25]

Athenagoras A Plea for the Christians "For," saith He, "he that looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery already in his heart."[123]

Athenagoras A Plea for the Christians

On behalf of those, then, to whom we apply the names of brothers and sisters, and other designations of relationship, we exercise the greatest care that their bodies should remain undefiled and uncorrupted; for the Logos[126]

Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen "thou shalt not lust, for by lust alone thou hast committed adultery."[151]

Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III

Men, therefore, affording to women a noble example of truth, ought to be ashamed at their stripping before them, and guard against these dangerous sights; "for he who has looked. curiously," it is said, "hath sinned already."[58]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II

The Gnostic, therefore, will abstain from errors in speech, and thought, and sensation, and action, having heard "that he that looks so as to lust hath committed adultery; "[112]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II "And he that looketh so as to lust"[139]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II

And those are not reckoned that are not the effect of choice; "for he who has lusted has already committed adultery,"[149]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

Hoc autem dicit: "Quicunque respicit ad concupiscentiam, jam moechatus est."[10]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

generatio creatura Omnipotentis, qui nunquam ex melioribus ad deteriora deduxerit animam); sed ad eos, qui sensibus seu cogitationibus aberraverant, ad nos, inquam, venit Servator: qui quidem ex nostra in praeceptis inobedientia corrupti sunt, dum nimis avide voluptatem persequeremur; cum utique protoplastus noster ternpus praevenisset, et ante debitum tempus matrimonii gratiam appetiisset et aberrasset: quoniam "quicunque aspicit mulierem ad concupiscendum eam, jam moechatus est eam"[172]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

Is ipse ergo erat Dominus, qui tunc quoque damnabat cupiditatem, quae praevenit matrimonium. Cum ergo dicit Apostolus: "Induite novum hominem, qui secundum Deum creatur,"[173]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

For, expounding the words, "But i say unto you, he that looketh on a woman to lust after, hath committed adultery,"[178]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII

Now the Scripture, showing that sinning is foreign to him, sells those who have fallen away to strangers, saying, "Look not on a strange woman, to lust,"[136]

Tertullian On Idolatry

even in concupiscence,[6]

Tertullian On Idolatry

Enough, that the Lord has said faults are committed in the mind and the conscience. If concupiscence or malice have ascended into a man's heart, He saith it is held as a deed.[175]

Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

when, lastly, "he who looketh on a woman so as to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart,"[104]

Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

The emotions of sin, indeed, when not resulting in effects, are usually imputed to the soul: "Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after, hath already in his heart committed adultery with her."[270]

Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul "Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."[350]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

and again: "Whosoever looketh on a woman, to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart."[89]

Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II

dissociate in (the way of) penalty from the actual commission of fornication,[13]

Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity

ery kind of personal attraction, with a view to increasing their power of allurement; (since), moreover, to please by personal beauty and dress is the genius of carnal concupiscence, which again is the cause of fornication: pray, does second marriage seem to you to border upon fornication, since in it are detected those ingredients which are appropriate to fornication? The Lord Himself said, "Whoever has seen a woman with a view to concupiscence has already violated her in his heart."[46]

Origen de Principiis Book III

and, "Whosoever shall look upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart; "[42]

Origen de Principiis Book III

and, "Whosoever shall look upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart; "[54]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book I

But now I say unto you myself, Whosoever shall look on his neighbour's wife to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."[5]

Recognitions of Clement VII

' And to this He added: `If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, rather than thy whole body be cast into hell-fire.'[12]

Addition to Acts of Philip

Knowest thou not, Bartholomew, that the word of our Lord is true life and knowledge? for the Lord said to us in His teaching, Every one who shall look upon a woman, and lust after her in his heart, has completed adultery.[8]