Ephesians 5:16

• §672Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

  “According to the Lord, the present time is the time of the Spirit and of witness, but also a time still marked by "distress" and the trial of evil which does not spare the Church” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 1:8; I Cor 7:26; Eph 5:16; I Pt 4:17.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus VI.54Book VI

  “…them, God taking him away from this “present evil world,” and from those evil days concerning which Paul said: “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”” — editor's note: Cf. Eph. v. 16.

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “Or He calls “evil” those who are lovers of this age; [margin note: Eph 5:16] whence also the good things which they give are to be called good according to their sense who esteem them as good; nay, even in the nature of things they are goods, that is, temporal goods, and such as pertain to this weak life.” — the author cites it

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, De Fuga in Persecutione Chapter 1

  “…take to our heels, he only teaches that passion should be kept under restraint; and if he says that the time must be redeemed, because the days are evil, he wishes us to gain a lengthening of life, not by flight, but by wisdom.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 16.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 8

  “And thus saith the Apostle, “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 16.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 34

  “But as concerning these days which we are passing now, the Apostle says, “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 16.

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• Psalm 34:10

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.54.

• Psalm 34:11

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.54.

• Psalm 34:12

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.54 and 1 other place.

• Psalm 34:13

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.54.

• Psalm 34:14

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.54.

• Matthew 7:9

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 7:9–11 (2) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 7:10

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 7:9–11 (2) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 7:11

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 7:9–11 (2) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 19:17

  Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 34.

• Galatians 1:4

  Cited together in Against Celsus VI.54.