Colossians 1:10

• §2520Article 9 · The Ninth CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “With God's grace he will prevail - by the virtue and gift of chastity, for chastity lets us love with upright and undivided heart; - by purity of intention which consists in seeking the true end of man: with simplicity of vision, the baptized person seeks to find and to fulfill God's will in everything;” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 12:2; Col 1:10.

Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9

  “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.

  Read the whole comment

Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.10Book V

  “…to all pleasing; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might according to the glory of His power.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 9–11.

  Read the whole comment

• 1 Thessalonians 2:12

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• 1 Timothy 4:15

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• Leviticus 11:44

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• Leviticus 11:45

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• Leviticus 19:2

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• Leviticus 20:7

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• Psalm 18:25

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• Psalm 18:26

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• Wisdom 15:5

  Cited together in Catechism §2520.

• Luke 19:15

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• Romans 12:2

  Cited together in Catechism §2520.

• 1 Corinthians 7:5

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

• Ephesians 4:1

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.