1:4 - Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these all of you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII
ner; and to Charidemus, a military commander; and to Simon, an equestrian; and to Perdices, a trader; and to Crobytus, a cook; and to Archelaus, a dancer; and to Homer, a poet; and to Pyrrho, a wrangler; and to Demosthenes, an orator; and to Chrysippus, a dialectician; and to Aristotle, a naturalist; and to Plato, a philosopher: so he who listens to the Lord, and follows the prophecy given by Him, will be formed perfectly in the likeness of the teacher-made a god going about in flesh.[173]Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book X
wasted by disease. For thou hast become God:[70]A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity
it should be denied to Christ, who is declared to be ordained[162]
1:11 - For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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actions, but to be saved tightly and becomingly[209]
1:17 - For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Five Books in Reply to Marcion
350 From "the effulgent glory"[114]
1:18 - And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book X
Now the Logos of God controls all these; the first begotten Child of the Father, the voice of the Dawn antecedent to the Morning Star.[57]
1:20 - Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II
occasion to which its application is useful.[19]
1:21 - For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
in union with them, and when moved by Him the prophets announced what God willed. For they spake not of their own power[11]