Isaiah 45:7

“Since, then, there is found in the sacred Scriptures, in a certain passage, this statement put into the mouth of God, “I make peace, and create evil;” and again another, where it is said of Him that “evil came down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem, the noise of chariots and horsemen,”—passages which…” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. xlv. 7.

“In the same way also we explain the expressions, “I, who make peace, and create evil;” for He calls into existence “corporeal” or “external” evils, while purifying and training those who would not be disciplined by the word and sound doctrine.” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. xlv. 7.

“…unto the third and fourth generation;” and that “it repenteth Me that I anointed Saul to be king;” and, “I am the Lord, who make peace and create evil;” and again, “There is not evil in a city which the Lord hath not done;” and, “Evils came down from the Lord upon the gates of Jerusalem;” and, “An evil spirit…” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. xlv. 7.

“…unto the third and fourth generation;” and this, “I repent of having anointed Saul to be king;” and this, “I am a God that maketh peace, and createth evil;” and, among others, this, “There is not wickedness in the city which the Lord hath not done;” and again this, “Evils came down from the Lord upon the gates of…” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. xlv. 7.

“And this is what has been spoken by the prophet, “I am a jealous God, making peace, and creating evil things;” thus making peace and friendship with those who repent and turn to Him, and bringing [them to] unity, but preparing for the impenitent, those who shun the…” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 7.

“Of darkness, indeed, the Lord Himself by Isaiah says, “I formed the light, and I created darkness.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 7.

“…occurrence is permitted or commanded by Him at whose will they happen even partially; by Him, I mean, who says, “I am He who make peace and create evil,”—that is, war, for that is the antithesis of peace.” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 7.

“For, from the nature of the case, just as He knows how to “heal,” so does He withal know how to “smite;” “making peace,” but withal “creating evils;” preferring repentance, but withal commanding Jeremiah not to pray for the aversion of ills on behalf of the sinful People,—“since, if they shall have fasted,”…” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 7.

“…of evil, his perception became blunted by the very irregularity of his researches; and when he found the Creator declaring, “I am He that createth evil,” inasmuch as he had already concluded from other arguments, which are satisfactory to every perverted mind, that God is the author of evil, so he now applied to…” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 7.

“Why do they take Him to be uniform in one class of things alone, as the Creator of visible things, and only them; whereas He ought to be believed to have created both the visible and the invisible, in just the same way as life and death, or as evil things and peace?” — editor's note: “I make peace, and create evil,” Isa. xlv. 7.

“On all occasions does God meet you: it is He who smites, but also heals; who kills, but also makes alive; who humbles, and yet exalts; who “creates evil,” but also “makes peace;”—so that from these very (contrasts of His providence) I may get an answer to the heretics.” — editor's note: See Isa. xlv. 7.

“In accordance with which He declared, “I create evil,” and, “I frame evil against you;” meaning not to sinful evils, but avenging ones.” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 7.

““I will wound,” He says, “and I will heal;” “I will kill,” He says again, “and I will make alive”—even the same “who createth evil and maketh peace;” from which you are used even to censure Him with the imputation of fickleness and inconstancy, as if He forbade what He commanded, and commanded what He forbade.” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 7.

“If thou findest fault with Him who saith, I am God that make peace, and create evil, explain how Jesus saith, I came not to send peace but a sword.” — editor's note: Is. xlv. 7.

“But let no one tolerate any who say that one is the Creator of the light, and another of darkness: for let him remember how Isaiah says, I am the God who made the light, and created darkness.” — editor's note: Is. xlv. 7. Compare the Homily of Chrysostom on this text.

“I am the Lord, and there is none else: I form the light and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil.”” — editor's note: Is. xlv. 6, 7.

“To the same effect is the word of Isaiah, “I, the Lord, make peace, and create evil;” meaning by that, I maintain peace, and permit war.” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 7.

“And again, “I,” saith He, “make peace, and create evils:” For neither in this place doth He speak of wickedness,but of famines, and pestilences, things accounted evil by most men: the generality being wont to call these things evil.” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 7.

Cited together in Against Celsus VI.56.

Cited together in Against Celsus VI.56.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §12.

Cited together in Conferences I–X VI.5.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

Cited together in Against Celsus VI.55 and 1 other place.

Cited together in Against Celsus VI.55.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion I.1.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.

Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §12.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.14.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.14.

Cited together in Against Celsus VI.55.

Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §12.

Cited together in Against Celsus VI.56.

Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 32.

Acts 15:17 takes up the words of Isaiah 45:7 (7 words in common).