Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV God counts worthy? "To the point the Apostle Paul speaks, "If I give my body, and have not love, I am sounding brass, and a tinkling cymbal."[172] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V above all these gifts, He even taught the apostle that it was the chief comma... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch "Though he gives all his goods to feed the poor, though he remove mountains, though he give his body to be burned,"[13] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV and that apart from the love of God, neither knowledge avails anything,[143] Clement of Alexan... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II And do you imagine that I am thinking of a supper that is to be done away with? "For if," it is said, "I bestow all my goods, and have not love, I am nothing."[11] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII But it is not from the same cause, or with the s... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Clement Love beareth all things, is long-suffering in all things.[221] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III "And love," according to the apostle, "suffers long, and is kind; envieth not; vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up."[5] Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved? XXXVIII. But learn thou the more excellent way, which Paul shows for salvation. "Love seeketh not her own,"[68] Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II "Care not merely about your own (things), but (about your) neighbour's? "[18] O... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II ) is in truth celestial food, the banquet of reason. "It beareth all things, endureth all things, hopeth all things. Love never faileth."[9] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV Although visited with ignominy and exile, and confiscation, and above al... [ Continue Reading ]
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes For in that first Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul speaks in the following terms of the perfection that is to come: "Whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it s... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II and we, while upon the earth, as Paul also declares, "know in part, and prophesy in part."[244] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II But if any lover of strife contradict what I have said, and also what the apostle affirms, that "we know in part, and prophesy in par... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Against Celsus Book VI and in these, "When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part will be done away."[112] Methodius Discourse IX. Tusiane since that which is perfect has not yet come to us; namely, the kingdom of heaven and the resurrection, when "that which is in part... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I And the expression, "When I was a child, I thought as a child, I spoke as a child,"[70] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I "When I became a man," again Paul says, "I put away childish things."[72] Tertullian On Modesty "When I was a child," he... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I In saying, therefore, "I have given you milk to drink," has he not indicated the knowledge of the truth, the perfect gladness in the Word, who is the milk? And what follows next, "not meat, for ye were not able," may indicate the clear revelation in the f... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II ich we investigate in the Scriptures (which are throughout spiritual), we are able by the grace of God to explain some of them, while we must leave others in the hands of God, and that not only in the present world, but also in that which is to come, so that God sh... [ Continue Reading ]