Galatians 4:9

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.6Book III

  “And the Apostle Paul also, saying, “For though ye have served them which are no gods; ye now know God, or rather, are known of God,” has made a separation between those that were not [gods] and Him who is God.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 8, 9.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 4

  “For the Jews say, that from the beginning God sanctified the seventh day, by resting on it from all His works which He made; and that thence it was, likewise, that Moses said to the People: “Remember the day of the sabbaths, to sanctify it: every servile work ye shall not do therein, except what pertaineth unto life.”” — editor's note: Comp. Gal. v. 1; iv. 8, 9.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.3Book V

  “Therefore, after such affluence (of grace), they should not have returned “to weak and beggarly elements.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 9.

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• Tertullian, The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31

  “The same apostle, when disapproving of those who are “in bondage to elements,” points us to some dogma of Hermogenes, who introduces matter as having no beginning, and then compares it with God, who has no beginning.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 9.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 5

  “…First Cause, the Maker of all things, and Creator of those very first principles, the unbeginning God, but reverencing “these weak and beggarly elements,” as the apostle says, which were made for the service of man.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 9.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 63

  “Whence also the Apostle, “But now,” he saith, “knowing God, nay, having been known of God.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 9.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity IX.1Book IX

  “So also in another place, when he had said, “But now after that ye have known God:” immediately correcting himself, he says, “or rather are known of God.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 9

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XXII.2Book XXII

  “For when the apostle says, “But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God,” we cannot suppose that God there for the first time knew those who were foreknown by Him before the foundation of the world; but He is said to have known them then, because then He caused them to know.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 9.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 98

  “When this takes place in a man’s mind, he is said to be known of God; for it is God who endows him with this power of understanding, as it is elsewhere said, “But now, knowing God, or rather, being known of God.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 9.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 235

  “Why are the “foolish Galatians” reproached by Paul in the words, “After that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements?”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 9.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies IX.1Book IX

  “For it seems expedient that we, making an onslaught upon the opinion which constitutes the prime source of (contemporaneous) evils, should prove what are the originating principles of this (opinion), in order that its offshoots, becoming a matter of general notoriety, may be made the object of universal scorn.” — editor's note: [The Philosophumena, therefore, responds to the Apostle’s warnings. Col. ii. 8; 1 Tim. vi. 20; Gal. iv. 3, 9; Col. ii. 20.]

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• Philippians 2:13

  Cited together in The City of God XXII.2.

• Colossians 2:20

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies IX.1.

• 2 Timothy 2:3

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.

• Revelation 2:14

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.

• Genesis 4:1

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• Genesis 24:16

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• Exodus 16:34

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• Exodus 25:21

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• Exodus 25:22

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• Psalm 37:31

  Cited together in The City of God XXII.2.

• Psalm 69:32

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1.

• Psalm 79:6

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• Sirach 18:7

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.1.

• Isaiah 1:3

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• John 8:17

  Cited together in The City of God XXII.2.

• Romans 1:20

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• 1 Corinthians 13:9

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• 1 Corinthians 13:10

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.

• 1 Corinthians 15:12

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.

• Galatians 3:1

  Cited together in Letters Letter 235.