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John 3 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

For to this end had He come, that, being Himself pure from sin,[291]

John 3 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle I

While I was still lying in darkness and gloomy night, wavering hither and thither, tossed about on the foam of this boastful age, and uncertain of my wandering steps, knowing nothing of my real life, and remote from truth and light, I used to regard it as a difficult matter, and especially as difficult in respect of my character at that time, that a man should be capable of being born again[5]

John 3 - NIV, NAB - in Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Twelve Topics on the Faith

If any one affirms that Christ is saved, and refuses to acknowledge that He is the Saviour of the world, and the Light of the world, even as it is written,[16]

John 3:1 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

And so it will be becoming for `the sons of God'[20]

John 3:1 - NIV, NAB - in Lactantius Divine Institutes Book VI

But if this is done by those who do not know the truth, how much more ought we to do it, who are able to give true precepts,[14]

John 3:2 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

In like manner John says: "And it doth not yet appear what we shall be: we know, however, that when He shall be manifest, we shall be like Him."[154]

John 3:2 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book III

Now, that such is the case, the Apostle John points out more clearly and unmistakeably, when he makes this declaration: "Little children, we do not yet know what we shall be; but if a revelation be made to us from the Saviour, ye will say, without any doubt, we shall be like Him."[405]

John 3:2 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Against Celsus Book IV

And, lastly, because "it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like God, and shall see Him as He is."[121]

John 3:3 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

Mens enim, quae est munda et ab omni vitio libera, est quodammodo apta ad potestatem Dei snscipiendam, cum divina in ea assurgat imago: "Et quicunque habet hanc spem in Domino, seipsum," inquit, "mundum castumque facit, quatenus ille est castus."[46]

John 3:3 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Monogamy

Accordingly he says more manifestly: "And every (man) who hath this hope in Him maketh himself chaste, just as Himself withal is chaste."[16]

John 3:3 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

and accordingly, "he who is being born of God doeth not sin, because the seed of God abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been born of God. Herein are manifest the sons of God and the sons of the devil."[249]

John 3:3 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

And to these things thou perchance, who art bringing in some novelty, mayest immediately and impatiently reply, as thou art wont, that the Lord said in the Gospel: "Except a man be born again of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven."[10]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in First Apology of Justin

For, in the name of God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water. For Christ also said, "Except ye be born again, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.[127]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus

For as we are lepers in sin, we are made clean, by means of the sacred water and the invocation of the Lord, from our old transgressions; being spiritually regenerated as new-born babes, even as the Lord has declared: "Except a man be born again through water and the Spirit, he shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."[60]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

Besides, he had certainly not forgotten what the Lord had so definitively stated: "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God; "[265]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Baptism

When, however, the prescript is laid down that "without baptism, salvation is attainable by none" (chiefly on the ground of that declaration of the Lord, who says, "Unless one be born of water, he hath not life"[117]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VIII

This is, says (the Docetic), what the Saviour affirms: "Except a man be born of water and spirit, be will not enter into the kingdom of heaven, because that which is born of the flesh is flesh."[24]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle LXXI

since it is written, "Except a man be born again of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."[4]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle LXXII

And therefore it behoves those to be baptized who come from heresy to the Church, that so they who are prepared, in the lawful, and true, and only baptism of the holy Church, by divine regeneration, for the kingdom of God, may be born of both sacraments, because it is written, "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."[33]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Also according to John: "Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. For that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."[60]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

In the Gospel according to John: "Except a man be born again of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. For that which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."[545]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian

And in the Gospel our Lord Jesus Christ spoke with His divine voice, saying, "Except a man be born again of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God."[16]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

Which comes to this result, that the Lord has taught us most plainly by them the liberty and power of the Holy Spirit, approaching of His own will, saying, "The Spirit breathes where He will; and thou hearest His voice, and knowest not whence He cometh or whither He goeth."[51]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI

For the Lord says: "Except a man be baptized of water and of the Spirit, he shall by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven."[82]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs III

Because of Him shall your holy places be desolate, polluted even to the ground, and ye shall have no place that is clean; but ye shall be among the Gentiles a curse and a dispersion, until He shall again look upon you, and in pity shall take you to Himself through faith and water.[27]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement VI

For thus hath the true prophet testified to its with an oath: `Verily I say to you, That unless a man is born again of water, he shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.[11]

John 3:5 - NIV, NAB - in Clementine Homily XI

For thus the prophet has sworn to us, saying, "Verily I say to you, Unless ye be regenerated by living water into the name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.[9]

John 3:6 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

Mysterium ergo hoc ad Christum et Ecclesiam ducit Apostolus: quemadmodum "quod ex carne generatur, caro est; ita quod ex spiritu, spiritus,"[146]

John 3:6 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ

And (we have a proof of the same conclusion in the fact) that the Lord Himself sententiously and distinctly pronounced, "that which is born of the flesh is flesh,"[259]

John 3:6 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ

was not suitable to Him. And then He adds, "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit,"[260]

John 3:6 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Praxeas

Learn then, together with Nicodemus, that "that which is born in the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit."[393]

John 3:6 - NIV, NAB - in Five Books in Reply to Marcion

From Spirit, life; "[109]

John 3:6 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V

But what (is born) below is carnal, that is, he says, what is written. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit."[67]

John 3:6 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

in sooth, have been put in trust to give the account of His generation after the flesh; and are you then so bold as to seek the account (of His generation) after the Spirit, which the Father keeps with Himself, intending to reveal it then to the holy ones and those worthy of seeing His face? Rest satisfied with the word spoken by Christ, viz., "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit,"[280]

John 3:6 - NIV, NAB - in Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian

And again, in the Gospel the Lord says: "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit; because God is a Spirit, and he is born of God."[19]

John 3:6 - NIV, NAB - in The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity

Every man with whom are these and such like things-every such man is of the flesh. For, "he that is born of the flesh is flesh; and he that is of the earth speaketh of the earth,"[75]

John 3:7 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

are of God, while all other things which are requisite for a holy life follow after them. No man [truly] making a profession of faith sinneth;[99]

John 3:8 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians

For though some would have deceived me according to the flesh, yet the Spirit, as being from God, is not deceived. For it knows both whence it comes and whither it goes,[59]

John 3:8 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book I

We must understand, therefore, that as the Son, who alone knows the Father, reveals Him to whom He will, so the Holy Spirit, who alone searches the deep things of God, reveals God to whom He will: "For the Spirit bloweth where He listeth."[73]

John 3:8 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

And the Spirit, indeed, continues to this day invisible to men, as the Lord says, "The Spirit breathes where He will; and thou knowest not whence He cometh, or whither He goeth."[55]

John 3:9 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fourth

And therefore I say to you, that if any one is tempted by the devil, and sins after that great and holy calling. in which the Lord has called His people to everlasting life,[13]

John 3:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Repentance

Chapter V.-Sin Never to Be Returned to After Repentance.[38]

John 3:10 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

is not of God,"[250]

John 3:10 - NIV, NAB - in Dubious Hippolytus Fragments

and the beloved of Christ, in harmony with him, cries, "The children of the devil are manifest;[34]

John 3:10 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

For he who hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."[381]

John 3:11 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

was sent from the Father,[232]

John 3:13 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Praxeas

It is the Son, too, who ascends to the heights of heaven,[426]

John 3:13 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

7. If, again, he allege His own word when He said, "I and the Father are one,"[224]

John 3:13 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

."[225]

John 3:13 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

And at Pentecost so as to presignify the kingdom of heaven as He Himself first ascended to heaven and brought man as a gift to God.[439]

John 3:13 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

Because, even to the highest, "not any one hath ascended into heaven save He who came down from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven."[89]

John 3:13 - NIV, NAB - in Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

: God forbid that I should admit that our Lord Jesus Christ came down to us through the natural womb of a woman! For He gives us His own testimony that He came down from the Father's bosom;[565]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans

The Word, when His flesh was lifted up, after the manner of the brazen serpent in the wilderness, drew all men to Himself for their eternal salvation.[17]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Barnabas

For since transgression was committed by Eve through means of the serpent, [the Lord] brought it to pass that every [kind of] serpents bit them, and they died,[172]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Dialogue of Justin

And it seems that the type and sign, which was erected to counteract the serpents which bit Israel, was intended for the salvation of those who believe that death was declared to come thereafter on the serpent through Him that would be crucified, but salvation to those who had been bitten by him and had betaken themselves to Him that sent His Son into the world to be crucified.[359]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

that men can be saved in no other way from the old wound of the serpent than by believing in Him who, in the likeness of sinful flesh, is lifted up from the earth upon the tree of martyrdom, and draws all things to Himself,[32]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Sixth

These have been perverted from the truth: among them there is the hope of repentance, by which it is possible to live. Corruption, then, has a hope of a kind of renewal,[7]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?

And if we owe our lives to the brethren, and have made such a mutual compact with the Saviour, why should we any more hoard and shut up worldly goods, which are beggarly, foreign to us and transitory? Shall we shut up from each other what after a little shall be the property of the fire? Divinely and weightily John says," He that loveth not his brother is a murderer,"[67]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book II

I say nothing of what was figured by this cure.[276]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Pseudo-Tertullian Against All Heresies

Christ Himself (they say further) in His gospel imitates Moses' serpent's sacred power, in saying: "And as Moses upreared the serpent in the desert, so it behoveth the Son of man to be upreared."[28]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V

This, he says, is that which has been declared: "In the same manner as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so also must the Son of man be lifted up."[183]

John 3:14 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Whence in the Gospel the Lord says: "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in the Son may have life eternal."[264]

John 3:15 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V

And again: "He that believeth hath everlasting life."[158]

John 3:15 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Idolatry

even in a word of curse or of reproach, and in every impulse of anger, and in the neglect of charity toward a brother just as John teaches,[8]

John 3:15 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise IV On the Lord's Prayer

with the Lord in the day of judgment; but the quarrelsome and disunited, and he who has not peace with his brethren, in accordance with what the blessed apostle and the Holy Scripture testifies, even if he have been slain for the name of Christ, shall not be able to escape the crime of fraternal dissension, because, as it is written, "He who hateth his brother is a murderer "[66]

John 3:15 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise X On Jealousy and Envy

e darkness of jealousy? why do you enfold yourself in the cloud of malice? why do you quench all the light of peace and charity in the blindness of envy? why do you return to the devil, whom you had renounced? why do you stand like Cain? For that he who is jealous of his brother, and has him in hatred, is bound by the guilt of homicide, the Apostle John declares in his epistle, saying, "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath life abiding in him."[24]

John 3:16 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Praxeas

In His address to Nicodemus He says: "So God loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."[253]

John 3:16 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Scorpiace

John, in fact, exhorts us to lay down our lives even for our brethren,[81]

John 3:16 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian De Fuga in Persecutione

too, that ye may be able to quench the darts of the devil, when doubtless ye resist him, and sustain his assaults in their utmost force. Accordingly John also teaches that we must lay down our lives for the brethren;[40]

John 3:16 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

even as God also says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life,"[42]

John 3:17 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Praxeas

He that believeth on Him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God."[254]

John 3:17 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms

"Whoso," says he, "hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? "[50]

John 3:17 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Of this same matter in the Epistle of John: "Whoso hath this world's substance, and seeth his brother desiring, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? "[370]

John 3:18 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

It is not, [however], that the light has inflicted upon them the penalty of blindness, but it is that the blindness itself has brought calamity upon them: and therefore the Lord declared, "He that believeth in Me is not condemned,"[241]

John 3:18 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II

(being already condemned, for "he that believeth not is condemned already"[157]

John 3:18 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

"Little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue," says John, teaching them to be perfect, "but in deed and in truth; hereby shall we know that we are of the truth."[143]

John 3:18 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

"since he that believeth not, is," according to the utterance of the Saviour, "condemned already."[253]

John 3:18 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

In His Gospel also, according to John: "That was the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into this world. He was in this world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not."[44]

John 3:18 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light."[45]

John 3:18 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light."[568]

John 3:18 - NIV, NAB - in Gospel of Nicodemus II The Descent of Christ into Hell

And on this account He sent me also to you, to proclaim how the only begotten Son of God is coming here, that whosoever shall believe in Him shall be saved, and whosoever shall not believe in Him shall be condemned.[9]

John 3:18 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book X

He who will not be judged because of his faith is exempted from the judgment, not for believing in His name, but for believing in Him; for the Lord says,[156]

John 3:19 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Third

How then can I live, since I have acted thus? "And he said to me, "Your feelings are indeed right and sound, for you ought as a servant of God to have walked in truth, and not to have joined an evil conscience with the spirit of truth, nor to have caused sadness to the holy and true Spirit."[5]

John 3:19 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen

Not only unable to pity yourselves, you are incapable even of yielding to the persuasions of those who commiserate you; enslaved as you are to evil custom, and, clinging to it voluntarily till your last breath, you are hurried to destruction: "because light is come into the world, and men have loved the darkness rather than the light,"[134]

John 3:19 - NIV, NAB - in Dionysius A Commentary on the Beginning of Ecclesiastes

But his decision was, that the one is to be chosen, and the other avoided. To like effect is the saying, "Men loved darkness rather than light."[19]

John 3:20 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

and John says, "By his own heart is each man condemned; "[103]

John 3:21 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II

, moreover, provided it be true and full, loves not darkness: it joys in being seen,[134]

John 3:23 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book X

In Jerusalem, too, it appears that Nicodemus, the ruler and Pharisee, first came to Him by night, and heard what we may read in the Gospel. "After these things,[8]

John 3:27 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

In the Gospel according to John: "No one can receive anything, except it were given him from heaven."[387]

John 3:27 - NIV, NAB - in Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian

said: It is written, "No man can receive anything unless it have been given him from heaven."[101]

John 3:28 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

For he who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom is he who standeth and heareth him with joy, and rejoiceth because of the voice of the bridegroom."[245]

John 3:29 - NIV, NAB - in Fragments of Clement Found in the Oxford Edition

that all the preparation for entrance to the marriage to which we are invited must be accomplished. He, then, who has been made ready to enter will say, "This my joy is fulfilled."[6]

John 3:29 - NIV, NAB - in Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV

"I have been very jealous[88]

John 3:30 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

says the Tragic Muse somewhere."I must decrease," said the prophet John,[167]

John 3:30 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Baptism

above is above all; "[111]

John 3:30 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Prayer

but all John's doings were laid as groundwork for Christ, until, when "He had increased "-just as the same John used to fore-announce "that it was needful" that "He should increase and himself decrease"[7]

John 3:31 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Prayer

"He who is from the earth," says John, "speaketh earthly things; and He who is here from the heavens speaketh those things which He hath seen."[8]

John 3:31 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments

This is indeed an instrument, harmonious, melodious, well-ordered, that took in no human discord, and did nothing out of measure, but maintained in all things, as it were, harmony towards the Father; for, as He says: "He that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: He that cometh from heaven, testifies of what He has seen and heard."[247]

John 3:31 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

For He is not the Word made flesh, nor dwelt in us. If Christ was only man, how does He "who cometh from heaven testify what He hath seen and heard,"[95]

John 3:31 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

"who came down from heaven; "[171]

John 3:33 - NIV, NAB - in Fragments of Clement Found in the Oxford Edition

Wherefore the Father bestows on him the glory and honour that was due and meet, putting on him the best robe, the robe of immortality; and a ring, a royal signet and divine seal,-impress of consecration, signature of glory, pledge of testimony (for it is said, "He hath set to his seal that God is true,")[2]

John 3:34 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Fasting

Emaciation displeases not us; for it is not by weight that God bestows flesh, any more than He does "the Spirit by measure."[122]

John 3:34 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

, but to every creature, as both Lord and God? And in the former case indeed this name is given with reserve, in the latter lavishly; in the former by measure, in the latter above all kind of measure: "For," it is said, "the Father giveth not to the Son by measure, for the Father loveth the Son."[163]

John 3:34 - NIV, NAB - in Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John

. The Father," says he, "loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hands."[17]

John 3:35 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book II

even then, (that state of a) man which He was destined in the end to become.[371]

John 3:35 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Praxeas

But you must not suppose that only the works which relate to the (creation of the) world were made by the Son, but also whatsoever since that time has been done by God. For "the Father who loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand,"[195]

John 3:35 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Praxeas

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him."[255]

John 3:36 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

For he that is subject to these is obedient to Christ, who has appointed them; but he that is disobedient to these is disobedient to Christ Jesus. And "he that obeyeth not[41]

John 3:36 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

And for this reason, "he that believeth in Him has eternal life while he who believeth not the Son hath not eternal life, but the wrath of God shall remain upon him."[614]

John 3:36 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I

As far as possible in this world, which is what he means by the last day, and which is preserved till the time that it shall end, we believe that we are made perfect. Wherefore He says, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life."[59]

John 3:36 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Also in the same place: "He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life: he that is not obedient in word to the Son hath not life; but the wrath of God shall abide upon him."[295]

John 3:36 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V

By believing in Him you shall live, but by disbelieving you shall be punished. For "he that is disobedient to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him."[180]

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