NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

Matthew 15:8

1 Clement

For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me."[59]

Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Twelfth

and subjected all creation to him, and gave him power to rule over everything under heaven? If, then, man is lord of the creatures of God, and rules over all, is he not able to be lord also of these commandments? For," says he, "the man who has the Lord in his heart can also be lord of all, and of every one of these commandments. But to those who have the Lord only on their lips,[11]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II

And "this people honoureth Me with their lips," it is said, "but their heart is far from Me."[141]

1 Clement

For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me."[69]

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Matthew 15:8

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