1 Peter 1:15

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1

  “For he shows as much in what follows: “Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus…” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 13–16.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Letters Letter 15

  “But if you will be rich, obey him who says: “Be ye holy in all your conversation.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 15.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 3

  “For elsewhere, again, (we read): “Be ye holy, just as He withal was holy”—in the flesh, namely.” — editor's note: There is no such passage in any Epistle of St. John. There is one similar in 1 Pet. i. 15.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3

  “Quoniam scriptum est: “Sancti eritis, quoniam ego sanctus sum.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 14, 15, 16.

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• 1 John 2:6

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 John 3:3

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• Ecclesiastes 3:1

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• Matthew 19:12

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 Corinthians 7:1

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 Corinthians 7:7

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 Corinthians 7:29

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 Corinthians 7:32

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 Corinthians 7:33

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 Corinthians 7:34

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 Corinthians 7:37

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.

• 1 Corinthians 7:40

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.