2 Understand ye. In what were ye saved? In what did ye recover your sight? if ye were not in this flesh. (2CL) 3 We ought therefore to guard the flesh as a temple of God: (2CL) 4 for in like manner as ye were called in the flesh, ye shall come also in the flesh. (2CL) 5 If Christ the Lord who saved us, being first spirit, then became flesh, and so called us, in like manner also shall we in this flesh receive our reward. (2CL)
2 Clement 9:2–5
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2 Clement 8:5–6
5 For the Lord saith in the Gospel, If ye kept not that which is little, who shall give unto you that which is great? For I say unto you that he which is faithful in the least, is also faithful in much . (2CL) 6 So then He meaneth this, Keep the flesh pure and the seal… (2CL)
2 Clement 14:2–4
2 And I do not suppose ye are ignorant that the living Church is the body of Christ : for the scripture saith, God made man, male and female . The male is Christ and the female is the Church. And the Books and the Apostles plainly declare that the Church existe… (2CL)
1 Corinthians 15:48–50
48 As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man. 50 Now I declare to…
Epistle to Diognetus 5:7–9
7 They have their meals in common, but not their wives. (DIO) 8 They find themselves in the flesh, and yet they live not after the flesh. (DIO) 9 Their existence is on earth, but their citizenship is in heaven. (DIO)
Parables 60:1–3
1 "I was right glad, Sir," say I, "to hear this interpretation." "Listen now," saith he, "Keep this thy flesh pure and undefiled, that the Spirit which dwelleth in it may bear witness to it, and thy flesh may be justified. (HER) 2 See that it never enter into thine hear… (HER)
Ephesians 5:29–31
29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. 30 For we are members of His body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
John 3:5–7
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
Romans 8:11–13
11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. 12 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the… 13 …
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