Romans 13:14

Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius II.10Book II

  “…the garment that is to be put on, saying in one place, “Put on the new man which after God is created,” and in another, “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius III.2Book III

  “And this view, that the sense of “created me” has reference to the Humanity, the divine apostle more clearly sets before us by his own words when he charges us, “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,” and also where (using the same word) he says, “Put on the new man which after God is created.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1

  “And he gives his reasons for this advice: “Knowing the season, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 11, 12, 14.

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• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 2

  “And, “Make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X V.19Conference V

  “For of these we read “Take no care for the flesh with its desires.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes I.9Book I

  “And this we shall thus fulfil if, as the Apostle advises, we “make not provision for the flesh with its lusts.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes V.8Book V

  “For the Apostle says: “And take not care for the flesh in its lusts.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes X.21Book X

  “For certainly he will not merit to be adorned with that garment of incorruption (of which the Apostle says, “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,” and again: “Being clothed in the breastplate of righteousness and charity,” concerning which the Lord Himself also speaks to Jerusalem by the prophet: “Arise,…” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions VIII.12Book VIII

  “I grasped, opened, and in silence read that paragraph on which my eyes first fell,—“Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 13, 14.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 119

  ““And I do not forget Thy righteousness:” that is, I forget them not, because I have become such.” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis II.3Book II

  “…who is the Lord and Creator of the soul, is said to be the clothing of the saints, according to the language of the apostle, “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books IX–XIV XIII.1Book XIII

  “And again it is written, Make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof (Rom. xiii. 14).” — the author cites it

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1Book III

  “But if the poet judged the enticement of worldly pleasure and licence destructive of men’s minds and a sure cause of shipwreck, what ought we to think, for whom it hath been written: “Train not the flesh in concupiscence”?” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14—“Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”—A.V.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.4Festal Letters

  “For we need in this to put on our Lord Jesus, that we may be able to celebrate the feast with Him.” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. xiii. 14.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 7

  “Say it to Paul, when he says, “Watching with all perseverance and supplication” ( Eph. vi. 18 ), when he says, “Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.” ( Rom. xiii. 14.)” — the author cites it

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 13

  “Do not give it free rein so as to take away the authority of the mind: on the contrary “make not provision for the lusts thereof.” ( Rom. xiii. 14.)” — the author cites it

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 29

  “Let us not then fatten the body, but listen to Paul saying, “Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof,” ( Rom. xiii. 14.)” — the author cites it

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Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 147

  “…been baptized into Christ have put on Christ,” and again “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lust thereof.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 17

  “Blush, O flesh, who hast “put on” Christ!” — editor's note: See Rom. xiii. 14; Gal. iii. 27.

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 71

  “And so, when the Apostle says, “make not provision for the flesh in the lusts thereof,” we understand that those things are not forbidden us, which conduce to health and which human weakness demands, but because we may not satisfy all our…” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor III.11Book III

  “For the divine apostle most beautifully counsels us “to put on Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the lusts of the flesh.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 14.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3

  “Non enim “carnis curam gerere ad concupiscentias” didicimus; “honeste autem tanquam in die,” Christo, et Dominica lucida vitæ institutione, “ambulantes, non in comessationibus et ebrietatibus, non in cubilibus et impudicitiis, non in litibus et contentionibus.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 12, 13, 14.

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• Romans 14:1

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.12.

• 1 Corinthians 1:5

  Cited together in The Institutes X.21.

• 1 Corinthians 15:47

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.

• 1 Corinthians 15:48

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.

• 2 Corinthians 5:16

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.

• 2 Corinthians 10:2

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.

• Ephesians 3:20

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.12.

• Ephesians 5:29

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71 and 1 other place.

• 1 Peter 2:5

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.12.

• 1 John 3:14

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.

• Deuteronomy 9:2

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Deuteronomy 23:7

  Cited together in Conferences I–X V.19.

• Joshua 11:21

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Joshua 11:22

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• 2 Samuel 5:18

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Psalm 6:3

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.12.

• Psalm 30:11

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.12.

• Psalm 37:23

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.

• Psalm 37:24

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.

• Psalm 62:5

  Cited together in The Institutes I.9.

• Psalm 79:5

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.12.

• Psalm 79:8

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.12.

• Proverbs 13:4

  Cited together in The Institutes X.21.

• Proverbs 15:19

  Cited together in The Institutes X.21.

• Proverbs 23:21

  Cited together in The Institutes X.21.

• Proverbs 28:19

  Cited together in The Institutes X.21.

• Proverbs 31:25

  Cited together in The Institutes X.21.

• Sirach 33:29

  Cited together in The Institutes X.21.

• Isaiah 13:22

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Isaiah 52:1

  Cited together in The Institutes X.21.

• Jeremiah 17:16

  Cited together in The Institutes I.9.

• Jeremiah 17:24

  Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XIII.1.

• Jeremiah 50:39

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Matthew 19:21

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.12.

• Luke 9:62

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.

• Luke 13:15

  Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XIII.1.

• Acts 17:28

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Romans 8:1

  Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.