6:2 - Bear all of you one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch
Have a care to preserve concord with the saints. Bear [the burdens of] the weak, that "thou mayest fulfil the law of Christ."[2]Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III
Be not deceived; God is not mocked. Let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due time we shall reap, if we faint not."[203]Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III
Nos quidem castitatem, et eos, quibus hoc a Deo datum est, beatos decimus: monogamiam autem, et quae consistit in uno solum matrimonio, honestatem admira tour; dicerites tamen oportere aliorum misereri, et "alterum alterius onera portare,"[5]
6:3 - For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity
his works,"[18]
6:7 - Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
Knowing, then, that "God is not mocked,"[29]Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?
And for you he will pray purely, held in high honour as an angel of God, and grieved not by you, but for you. This is sincere repentance. "God is not mocked,"[81]Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
be mocked; for he knows not how to be angry, or how to take vengeance. "For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."[183]Tertullian On Modesty
and is One who is not contemptuously derided[35]Cyprian Epistle LXVII
But if Basilides could deceive men, he cannot deceive God, since it is written, "God is not mocked."[22]
6:8 - For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
"For he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well-doing."[7]Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV
"He that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."[64]Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII
And "to bear the sign of [the cross]" is to bear about death, by taking farewell of all things while still alive; since there is not equal love in "having sown the flesh,"[127]
6:9 - And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
and of life. But "in due time we shall reap; "[188]Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh
we shall reap."[159]
6:10 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
"As, then, we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to the household of faith."[18]Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
and "as we have opportunity, let us do good."[186]Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms
Let us, while there is time, take thought for our security and eternal salvation, according to the admonition of the Apostle Paul, who says: "Therefore, while we have time, let us labour in what is good unto all men, but especially to them that are of the household of faith. But let us not be weary in well-doing, for in its season we shall reap."[62]Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience
Moreover, in another place, the same apostle instructs the righteous and the doers of good works, and them who lay up for themselves treasures in heaven with the increase of the divine usury, that they also should be patient; and teaches them, saying, "Therefore, while we have time, let us labour in that which is good unto all men, but especially to them who are of the household of faith. But let us not faint in well-doing, for in its season we shall reap."[31]Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII
but so that the saints be preferred.[27]
6:13 - For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II
also, to augment that (beauty) when (naturally) given them, and to strive after it when not (thus) given? Some one will say, "Why, then, if voluptuousness be shut out and chastity let in, may (we) not enjoy the praise of beauty alone, and glory in a bodily good? "Let whoever finds pleasure in "glorying in the flesh"[31]
6:14 - But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians
Mindful of him, do ye by all means know that Jesus the Lord was truly born of Mary, being made of a woman; and was as truly crucified. For, says he, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of the Lord Jesus."[11]Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
And again: "God forbid that I should glory in anything[54]Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV
"For the world is crucified to me, and I to the world," the [apostle] says; "and now I live, though in the flesh, as having my conversation in heaven."[16]Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
Moreover, "the world is crucified unto me," who am a servant of the Creator-"the world," (I say, ) but not the God who made the world-"and I unto the world,"[190]Origen Against Celsus Book II
Accordingly, as His crucifixion contains a truth, represented in the words, "I am crucified with Christ," and intimated also in these, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I unto the world; "[175]Cyprian Treatise II On the Dress of Virgins
Paul proclaims in a loud and lofty voice, "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."[18]Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
Of this very matter to Galatians: "But be it far from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."[445]Pseudo-Cyprian On the Glory of Martyrdom
For Christ was given up by the world, even as the world also was given up by Christ; as it is written, "The world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."[28]Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV
But since they can neither approach those in whom they shall see the heavenly mark, nor injure those whom the immortal sign[369]Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII
If we then wish it to be saved let us lose it to the world, as those who have been crucified with Christ and have for our glorying that which is in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is to be crucified unto us and we unto the world,[178]Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII
" But let him who wishes to avoid this woe not be a lover of life, but let him say with Paul," "The world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."[138]
6:15 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen
And the one whole Christ is not divided: "There is neither barbarian, nor Jew, nor Greek, neither male nor female, but a new man,"[154]Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V
but a new creature,[29]Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book X
to have remodelled the old man[61]
6:17 - From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians
and bare about "the marks of Christ" in his flesh.[10]Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh
However, let me meanwhile add that in the same passage Paul "carries about in his body the marks of the Lord Jesus; "[77]Peter of Alexandria Canonical Epistle
and stripes intolerable, and many other dreadful afflictions, and afterwards have been betrayed by the frailty of the flesh, even though they were not at the first received On account of their grievous fall that followed yet because they contended sorely and resisted long; for they did not come to this of their own will, but were betrayed by the frailty of the flesh for they show in their bodies the marks of Jesus,[4]Acts of Sharbil
Sharbil said: Thou hast well done in treating me thus: because I have heard that one of the teachers of the Church hath said,[47]