Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.76: That every person ought to have care rather of his own people, and especially of believers

75. That every person ought to have care rather of his own people, and especially of believers.

The apostle in his first Epistle to Timothy: “But if any take not care of his own, and especially of those of his own household, he denies the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” Of this same thing in Isaiah: “If thou shalt see the naked, clothe him; and despise not those who are of the household of thine own seed.” Of which members of the household it is said in the Gospel: “If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much rather them of his household!”