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1 Timothy 4:2 (WEB)
through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,

Fathers and councils · 13

Origen, Against Celsus V.64Book V
“…with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them who believe;” and to have misunderstood also those who employed these declarations of the apostle against such as had corrupted the doctrines of Christianity.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Tim. iv. 1–3.
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Origen, De Principiis II.7Book II
“…destruction and ruin of many, and to abstain from meats, that by an ostentatious exhibition of stricter observance they may seduce the souls of the innocent.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1–3.
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Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies II.21Book II
“…then collected and brought together, and compacted anew by all the gods, did she in this way indicate Pandora and these men having their consciences seared by her, declaring, as they maintain, the very same things, are [proved] of the same family and spirit as the others.” — editor's note: “Compuncti” supposed to correspond to κεκαυτηριασμένοι: see 1 Tim. iv. 2. The whole passage is difficult and obscure.
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians I.2Discourse I
“But what is not from our fathers, but has come to light in this day, how can it be but that of which the blessed Paul has foretold, that ‘in the latter times some shall depart from the sound faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, in the hypocrisy of…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2; Tit. i. 14.
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John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.32Conference VII
“On which the Apostle, when reproving those who are deceived by them, adds as follows: “giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils speaking lies in hypocrisy.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 7
“For I neither “forbid to marry,”nor hinder thy taking pleasure; but I would have this be done in chastity, not with shame, and reproach, and imputations without end.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 2.
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Tertullian, On Fasting Chapter 2
“And accordingly (they think) us to have been even then prenoted as “in the latest times departing from the faith, giving heed to spirits which seduce the world, having a conscience inburnt with doctrines of liars.”” — editor's note: So Oehler punctuates. The reference is to 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2.
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Tertullian, On Fasting Chapter 12
“…now to bring down by our prayers God’s anger, nor to obtain his protection or grace; but to secure by premunition the moral position of the “latest times;” enjoining every species of ταπεινοφρόνησις, since the prison must be familiarized to us, and hunger and thirst practised, and capacity of enduring as well the…” — editor's note: See the Vulg. in 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2; 2 Tim. iii. 1; and comp. therewith the Greek in both places.
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Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 15
“The apostle sets a brand upon those who were wont entirely to forbid marriage, who were wont at the same time to lay an interdict on meats which God has created.” — editor's note: See 1 Tim. iv. 1–3.
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Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 10
“…expressly that in the last days some shall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils through the hypocrisy of lying talk.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2.
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Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.8On Virginity
“Such persons “have their conscience seared with a hot iron,” as the Apostle expresses it; and very truly too, considering that, deserting the guidance of the Holy Spirit…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 2.
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Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.13Book VIII
“…because every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected which is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1–5.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3
“Sanctificatur enim per verburn Dei et orationem?”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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