...with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should...

...for Apostle Paul to have jealousy of the godly kind: For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy; for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should...

...whose age puts him above suspicion, whose reputation does not belie him; one who may be able to say: " I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." Or if there should be none such able to explain, it is better to avoid danger at the price of ignorance...

...properly does the Church cling to this name ; for she has heard Paul, escorter of the Bride, exclaiming " I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ," ' and others like them, kindI for their bountiful Master their lips this His dearest words of the Song...

...choose widowhood as they ought, but wax wanton : however he bears with them. Elsewhere indeed he says, " I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." (2 Cor. xi. 2.) After having given their names to Him,s " they will marry/' he says, " having condemnation,...

...the devil, the corrupter of this virginity, is to be guarded against, after the Apostle had said, " I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ ; " he subjoined, " But I fear, lest as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds...

...condition. That this might be the state of the church of Corinth, the apostle made it his endeavor. "I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should...

...the order established by God, this may be called a spiritual chastity, according to 2 Cor. si. 2, / have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. If, on the other hand, the mind be united to any other things whatsoever, against the prescription...

...this? Hear the Apostle saying, not to the religious women only but to the whole Church together ; " I have espoused you to One Husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ."6 And because the devil, the corrupter of this virginity, is to be guarded against, after the...

...cry: Abba (Father) ; and by this same charity He is called our spouse, according to 2 Cor. xi. 2, / have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ : whereas servile fear has no connection with these, since it does not include charity in its definition....