Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Wisdom of Solomon 3:16
There is 1 footnote for this reference.
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 6, page 314, footnote 6 (Image)
Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Great, Julius Africanus, Anatolius and Minor Writers, Methodius, Arnobius
Methodius. (HTML)
The Banquet of the Ten Virgins; or Concerning Chastity. (HTML)
Theophila. (HTML)
An Ambiguous Passage of Scripture; Not Only the Faithful But Even Prelates Sometimes Illegitimate. (HTML)
... who addresses you as a very wise person will bring forward: What do you say of those who are begotten unlawfully in adultery? For you laid it down that it was inconceivable and impossible for any one to enter into the world unless he was introduced by the will of the divine Ruler, his frame being prepared for him by God. And that you may not take refuge behind a safe wall, bringing forward the Scripture which says, ‘As for the children of the adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection,’[Wisdom of Solomon 3:16] he will answer you easily, that we often see those who are unlawfully begotten coming to perfection like ripe fruit.