Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

And again he says, in the Epistle to the Romans, "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die."[77]

Origen Against Celsus Book V

and we use every effort to "mortify the deeds of the flesh."[170]

Origen Against Celsus Book VII

It is certain also that a Christian will not make use of "the language of the flesh," having learnt as he has "to mortify the deeds of the body"[86]

Origen Against Celsus Book VII

Celsus may indeed say of us that we "live with the body which is a dead thing; "but we have learnt, "If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye by the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live; "[138]

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