1 Thessalonians 5:22

Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 7

  “Be an approved banker, holding fast that which is good, abstaining from every form of evil.” — editor's note: This saying is quoted three times in the Clementine Homilies as spoken by our Lord. See Hom. II. § 51; III. § 50; XVIII. § 20: “Every man who wishes to be…

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Eusebius of Caesarea

• Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History VII.7Book VII

  “I received the vision as agreeing with the apostolic word, which says to them that are stronger, ‘Be skillful money-changers.’”” — editor's note: ὡς ἀποστολικῇ φωνῇ συντρέχον…γίνεσθε δόκιμοι τραπεζιται. This saying, sometimes in the brief form given here, sometimes as part of a longer sentence (e.g. in…

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 22

  “And prove everything; hold fast that which is good; and flee from every evil thing.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. v. 21, 22; 2 Tim. iii. 16.

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• Deuteronomy 19:14

  Cited together in Church History VII.7.

• Matthew 25:12

  Cited together in Church History VII.7.