Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians

[to Him] to whom the things that are not are reckoned as if they were,[48]

2 Clement

no hope of salvation except it came to us from Him. For He called us when we were not,[14]

2 Clement

and that we had no hope of salvation except it came to us from Him. For He called us when we were not,[8]

Origen Commentary on John Book II

The Apostle, however, appears to count the things which are not, not among those which have no existence whatever, but rather among things which are evil. To him the Not-being is evil; "God," he says,[31]

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Old Testament