Romans 8:12

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On Continence Chapter 8

  “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 12, 13, 14

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, On Jealousy and Envy

  “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 12–14.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 17

  “Moreover, he has affirmed the “sense of the flesh” to be “death;” hence too, “enmity,” and enmity toward God; and that “they who are in the flesh,” that is, in the sense of the flesh, “cannot please God:” and, “If ye live according to flesh,” he says, “it will come to pass that ye die.”” — editor's note: Ver. 12.

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• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 46

  “…flesh, to live after the flesh: for if ye live after the flesh ye shall die; but if ye, through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”” — editor's note: Vers. 12, 13.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.13Book V

  “…to our aid; for, while explaining in what sense he would not have us “live in the flesh,” although in the flesh—even by not living in the works of the flesh—he shows that when he wrote the words, “Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,” it was not with the view of condemning the substance (of the…” — editor's note: See Rom. viii. 5–13.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 25

  “For he, who no longer “lives after the flesh,” but, being “led by the Spirit of God,” is called a Son of God, being “conformed to the image of the Son of God,” is described as spiritual.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 12.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies VI.30Book VI

  “This, he says, is what has been declared: “He who raised Christ from the dead will also quicken your mortal and natural bodies.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 11, 12.

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Clement of Alexandria

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

  “…subjungit dicens: “Non enim accepistis spiritum servitutis rursus in timorein, sed accepistis spiritum adoptionis filiorum, in quo clamamus, Abba Pater;” hoc est, ad hoc accepimus, ut cognoscamus eum, quem oramus, qui est vere Pater, qui rerum omnium solus est Pater, qui ad salutem erudit et castigat at pater,…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.

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• Colossians 1:26

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.30.

• Colossians 2:20

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 46.

• Genesis 3:19

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.30.

• Luke 1:35

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.30.

• John 10:8

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.30.

• Romans 6:12

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 8.

• Romans 6:13

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 8.

• Romans 6:14

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 8.

• Romans 7:17

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 46.

• Romans 7:20

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 46.

• Romans 7:23

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 46.