Romans 8:13

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus V.49Book V

  “We, however, when we do abstain, do so because “we keep under our body, and bring it into subjection,” and desire “to mortify our members that are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence;” and we use every effort to “mortify the deeds of the flesh.”” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. viii. 13.

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• Origen, Against Celsus VII.38Book VII

  “It is certain also that a Christian will not make use of “the language of the flesh,” having learnt as he has “to mortify the deeds of the body” by the spirit, and “to bear about in his body the dying of Jesus;” and “mortify your members which are on the earth,” and with a true knowledge of these words,…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13.

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• Origen, Against Celsus VII.52Book VII

  “Celsus may indeed say of us that we “live with the body which is a dead thing;” but we have learnt, “If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye by the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live;” and, “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13.

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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius VII.1Book VII

  “…of man which is in him,” and “the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life,” and “if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live,” and “if we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.10Book V

  “And again he says, in the Epistle to the Romans, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die.” [Now by these words] he does not prohibit them from living their lives in the flesh, for he was himself in the flesh when he wrote to them; but he cuts away the lusts of the flesh, those which bring death upon a man.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.7Festal Letters

  “Let those of us who are far off return, confessing our iniquities, and having nothing against any man, but by the spirit mortifying the deeds of the body.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13.

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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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• Augustine of Hippo, On Continence Chapter 11

  “Accuse not thou the nature of the flesh, when you hear it said, “If ye shall live after the flesh, ye shall die.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Continence Chapter 12

  “And, when we hear it said, “If by the Spirit ye shall mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live,” let us not lay this so great good unto our own spirit, as though of itself it can do this.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 78

  “For that thou mayest know that this office appertaineth to the Holy Spirit; the Apostle saith in another place, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XXI.9Book XXI

  “…of those who live after the flesh (for this leads to the second death, as the apostle intimated when he said, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die”, let each one make his own choice, either assigning the fire to the body and the worm to the soul,—the one figuratively, the other really,—or assigning both…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13.

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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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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit II.9Book II

  “…another is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom;” and in another place: “But if through the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live;” and above: “He Who raised Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies through the indwelling of His Spirit in you.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 13.

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Tertullian

• 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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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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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.6Book IV

  “And whom He did predestinate, them He also called; and whom He called, them He also justified; and whom He justified, them He also glorified.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 7, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18, 28, 29, 30.

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• Romans 11:17

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• 1 Corinthians 3:5

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.

• 1 Corinthians 9:26

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.52.

• 1 Corinthians 15:50

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• 1 Corinthians 15:53

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Galatians 2:16

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.

• Colossians 3:5

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.49 and 1 other place.

• 2 Timothy 4:7

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.52.

• James 1:21

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Revelation 2:17

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Psalm 65:2

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.

• Psalm 119:133

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 12.

• Sirach 7:17

  Cited together in The City of God XXI.9.

• Isaiah 51:8

  Cited together in The City of God XXI.9.

• Matthew 7:19

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Matthew 13:25

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Matthew 24:42

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Matthew 25:13

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Mark 9:43

  Cited together in The City of God XXI.9.

• Mark 9:45

  Cited together in The City of God XXI.9.

• Mark 9:46

  Cited together in The City of God XXI.9.

• Mark 9:47

  Cited together in The City of God XXI.9.

• Mark 9:48

  Cited together in The City of God XXI.9.

• Mark 13:33

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• John 17:2

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 11.

• Acts 10:14

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.49.

• Romans 6:14

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 8 and 1 other place.

• Romans 7:20

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