7:1 - Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III
Has ergo habentes promissiones, mundemus nos ipsos ab omni inquinamento carnis et spiritus, perficientes sanctitatem in timore Dei."[103]Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV
For this same thing that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what earnestness it wrought in you; yea, what clearing of yourselves; yea, what compunction; yea, what fear; yea, what desire; yea, what zeal; yea, revenge! In all things ye have showed yourselves clear in the matter."[198]Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
When also he (in a later passage) enjoins us "to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and blood"[576]Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII
Let him that offers himself to baptism learn these and the like things during the time that he is a catechumen; and let him who lays his hands upon him adore God, the Lord of the whole world, and thank Him for His creation, for His sending Christ His only begotten Son, that He might save man by blot-ring out his transgressions, and that He might remit ungodliness and sins, and might "purify him from all filthiness of flesh and spirit,"[185]Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII
who didst not disdain that Thy only begotten Son should be born of a woman; who also in the tabernacle of the testimony, and in the temple, didst ordain women to be keepers of Thy holy gates,-do Thou now also look down upon this Thy servant, who is to be ordained to the office of a deaconess, and grant her Thy Holy Spirit, and "cleanse her from all filthiness of flesh and spirit,"[139]
7:2 - Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
"We have injured no man, corrupted no man, circumvented no man."[372]
7:4 - Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna
Let the earth also cause compassion to spring up to its inhabitants; for I am filled with comfort; I am exceeding joyful since I have seen Thee, the Saviour of men.[58]
7:5 - For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh
Accordingly, when he is going to assign afflictions to the flesh as its especial liability-according to the statement he had already made-he says, "When we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest; "[267]
7:10 - For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death.
Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Tenth
This grief, then, appears to be accompanied by salvation, because the man, after having done a wicked deed, repented.[3]Pseudo-Cyprian Exhortation to Repentance
Paul to the Corinthians: "For the sorrow which is according to God worketh a stedfast repentance unto salvation, but the sorrow of the world worketh death."[51]