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Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter IX: Those Who Teach Others, Ought to Excel in Virtues. (3)
To illustrate: the noble apostle circumcised Timothy, though loudly declaring and writing that circumcision made with hands profits nothing. But that he might not, by dragging all at once away from the law to the circumcision of the heart through faith those of the Hebrews who were reluctant listeners, compel them to break away from the synagogue, he, "accommodating himself to the Jews, became a Jew that he might gain all."
Gospel of Philip
Abraham’s Circumcision (Abraham’s Circumcision)
When Abraham [was able] to see what he was to see, [he] circumcised the flesh of the foreskin, thus teaching us that it is necessary to destroy the...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XLV. At the Feast of the Tabernacle—opinions Divided (14)
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on...
Gospel of Thomas
Sayings (53)
His disciples said to Him, "Is circumcision beneficial or not?" He said to them, "If it were beneficial, their father would beget them already...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XCIV. Paul's Defence Before Agrippa (17)
Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XCIV. Paul at Cesarea and Jerusalem (6)
Paul said, I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city, and taught according to the perfect...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XCIII. Paul's Farewell to the Ephesians (2)
When they were come, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all times,...