1 Corinthians 1:30

• §2813Article 3 · The Seven PetitionsRead at vatican.va

  “Our Father calls us to holiness in the whole of our life, and since "he is the source of (our) life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and . . .sanctification,"” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 1:30; cf. 1 Thess 4:7.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus V.39Book V

  “For we must not, on account of their feminine name and nature, regard wisdom and righteousness as females; for these things are in our view the Son of God, as His genuine disciple has shown, when he said of Him, “Who of God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. i. 30.

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• Origen, Against Celsus VI.44Book VI

  “But every one who prefers vice and a vicious life, is (because acting in a manner contrary to virtue) Satanas, that is, an “adversary” to the Son of God, who is righteousness, and truth, and wisdom.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. i. 30.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians I.10Discourse I

  “And if the Son be Righteousness, then He is not exalted as being Himself in need, but it is we who are exalted in that Righteousness, which is He.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Virgins III.1Book III

  “He it is in Whom the Father is well pleased; He is the Arm of the Father, for He is Creator of all, and the Wisdom of the Father, for He proceeded from the mouth of God; the Power of the Father, because the fulness of the Godhead dwelleth in Him bodily.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30.

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• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.8Book I

  “It is Truth, Righteousness, the Power of God: not dumb, for it is the Word; not insensible, for it is Wisdom; not vain and foolish, for it is Power; not soulless, for it is the Life; not dead, for it is the Resurrection.” — editor's note: Christ the Truth: S. John xiv. 6. Righteousness: Jer. xxxiii. 16; xxiii. 6; 1 Cor. i. 30. Power of God: 1 Cor. i. 24.

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• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith III.5Book III

  “…fact or purpose of a creation, but God is said to have become my “refuge” and have turned to my “salvation,” even as the Apostle hath said: “Who became for us Wisdom from God, and Righteousness, and Sanctification, and Redemption,” that is, that Christ was “made” for us, of the Father, not created.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.4Book III

  “But of the Son the same Apostle said: “Who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions V.3Book V

  “But the Only-begotten has been “made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification,” and has been numbered amongst us, and paid tribute to Cæsar.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 119

  “Christ is Thy righteousness, “Who of God is made unto us wisdom,” etc. And in Him I find Thy commandments, which I have coveted, that in Thy righteousness, that is, in Him, Thou mayest quicken me.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Continence Chapter 25

  “And of Christ it is written: “Who was made unto us by God, Wisdom, and Righteousness, and Sanctification, and Redemption.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Patience Chapter 17

  “Who is made unto us wisdom of God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity VII.3Book VII

  “But the Son is “by God made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification;” because we turn ourselves to Him in time, that is, from some particular time, that we may remain with Him for ever.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XXI.24Book XXI

  “For the righteousness of God is Christ, “who is of God made unto us,” as the apostle says, “wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 26

  “But the Apostle Paul says that Christ is for us righteousness.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88

  “For that is on my account, or “for my name’s sake:” because, as we are taught by the apostle, “He is made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and santification, and redemption; that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 98

  “…of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord,” they would doubtless no longer glory in man, nor say in a carnal spirit, “I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas;” but in a spiritual way, “I am of…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 1

  “…above mere corporeal imaginations, Yea, for it was removal of punishment, and remission of sins, and “righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption,”and adoption, and an inheritance of Heaven, and a relationship unto the Son of God, which he came declaring unto all; to enemies, to the perverse, to them that…” — editor's note: [A reminiscence of 1 Cor. i. 30.—R.]

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

• JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “1 Cor 1:30): The Son of God, as He is wisdom, righteousness, and truth, so is He a kingdom; not indeed any of those which are beneath, but all those which are above, reigning over those in whose senses reigns justice and the other virtues; these are made of heaven because they bear the image of the heavenly.” — the author cites it

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 66

  “Christ is our redemption, for He is at once our Redeemer and our Ransom.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30; Heb. xii. 14.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 3

  “But when they apply “of whom” to God they no longer follow heathen example, but “go over, as they say, to apostolic usage, as it is said, “But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,” and “All things of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.18Book VII

  “For he was not so forgetful of his own words and teaching as to say that He was void of righteousness, whom he had always proclaimed as righteousness, saying: “Who was made unto us righteousness and sanctification and redemption.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes V.4Book V

  “For it is said of Him, “Who was made of God to you wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30.

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• 1 Corinthians 6:11

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4 and 1 other place.

• 1 Corinthians 10:1

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.

• 1 Corinthians 10:2

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.

• 1 Corinthians 10:3

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.

• 1 Corinthians 10:4

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.

• 1 Corinthians 11:12

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 3.

• 2 Corinthians 6:11

  Cited together in Catechism §2813.

• Colossians 2:9

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4 and 1 other place.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:7

  Cited together in Catechism §2813.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:13

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.

• 2 Timothy 2:5

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.44.

• Exodus 15:6

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.

• Exodus 15:10

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.

• Exodus 25:10

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 3.

• Exodus 25:31

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 3.

• Leviticus 20:26

  Cited together in Catechism §2813.

• Psalm 56:7

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 17.

• Proverbs 23:5

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.44.

• Song of Songs 5:1

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.

• Wisdom 6:16

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88.

• Ezekiel 28:15

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.44.

• Ezekiel 28:19

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.44.

• Matthew 18:23

  Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 18:23–35 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 9:13

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.

• Luke 18:19

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.

• John 2:9

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.

• Romans 4:4

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 17.

• Romans 5:6

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 17.

• Romans 11:5

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 17.