1 Peter 1:17 (WEB)
If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,
Fathers and councils · 5
Cyril of Jerusalem
“For if we call on Him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, let us pass the time of our sojourning here in fear, loving not the world, neither the things that are in the world: for if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 17.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And therefore says he: “Spend the time of your sojourning here,” not in luxury, or fastidiousness, nor haughtiness of heart, but in fear.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 17.
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Tertullian
“For each individual lives by his own faith, nor is there exception of persons with God; since it is not hearers of the law who are justified by the Lord, but doers, according to what the apostle withal says.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 13; Eph. vi. 9; Col. iii. 25; 1 Pet. i. 17; Deut. x. 17.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…other Persons were excluded, on account of the unity of the same Trinity and the One substance and Godhead of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” — editor's note: [An act belonging eminently and officially to a particular trinitarian person is not performed to the total exclusion of the other persons, because of the…
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Clement of Alexandria
“…from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 17–19.
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