Catena Fidei

1 Peter 2:11 (WEB)
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

Fathers and councils · 5

Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 6
“And similarly Peter exhorts: “As strangers,” says he, “and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul, having your conversation honest among the Gentiles; that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. ii. 11, 12.
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Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12Book III
“…go astray, for thus your entrance into the eternal realm of God and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ shall be granted with the greater abundance of grace.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. ii. 10, 11.
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Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 31
““Abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,” as the blessed Apostle, present in his words as we read, exhorts us, “In malice be ye children,” because the Lord of glory conformed Himself to the infancy of mortals.” — editor's note: 1 Peter ii. 11.
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Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 74
“For to this devotion the blessed Apostle Peter arouses us, and entreating us with that loving eagerness which he conceived for feeding Christ’s sheep by the threefold profession of love for the Lord, says, “dearly-beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. ii. 11.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3
“…ut bene facientes obmutescere faciatis imprudentium hominum ignorantiam; quasi liberi, et non quasi velamen habentes malitiæ libertatem, sed ut servi Dei.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. ii. 11, 12, 15, 16.
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