1 Thessalonians 2:12 (WEB)
to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
Fathers and councils · 2
Cyprian of Carthage
“What more pleasant and sublime than now to kiss your lips, which with a glorious voice have confessed the Lord, to be looked upon even in presence by your eyes, which, despising the world, have become worthy of looking upon God?” — editor's note: [Luke xx. 35; xxi. 36; 1 Thess. ii. 12. Such expressions in our author teach no worthiness apart from the merits of Christ.]
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Tertullian
“For it is our duty so to walk in the Lord’s discipline as is “worthy,” not according to the filthy concupiscences of the flesh.” — editor's note: See Eph. iv. 1; Col. i. 10; 1 Thess. ii. 12.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
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Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.