From Nave’s Topical Bible
Continence
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 22Passages listed
- 10Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningJob 31:1Matthew 5:27Matthew 5:28Matthew 19:12Romans 13:131 Corinthians 7:1–91 Corinthians 7:25–291 Corinthians 7:36–381 Corinthians 9:27Colossians 3:51 Timothy 4:121 Timothy 5:11 Timothy 5:2Revelation 14:1Revelation 14:4Revelation 14:5
- See Chastity
- INSTANCES OF
- JosephGenesis 39:7–12
- Uriah2 Samuel 11:8–13
- BoazRuth 3:6–13
- Joseph, husband of MaryMatthew 1:24Matthew 1:25
- Paul1 Corinthians 7:8
The passages, in Bible order (22)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 39:7–12
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
Commentary on Genesis 39:7–121 voice
And it came to pass after these things,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ruth 3:6–13
So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
Commentary on Ruth 3:6–131 voice
And she went down unto the floor,.... From the city of Bethlehem, from her mother-in-law's house there, to the threshingfloor of Boaz, which was at some distance from it, and lower: and did according to all that her mother in law bade her; both before she went, and after: she washed and anointed herself, and put on her best clothes before she went down, and when she was there took care not to make herself known to any, especially to Boaz, and marked the place where he lay down after he had supped.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Samuel 11:8–13
Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:8–132 voices
We have taken up the task of writing an apology for the present style of the prophet David, not because he needs this gift, who has excelled in such great merits and flourished in virtues, but because many people, reading the sequence of his deeds without considering the power of the Scriptures or the hidden mysteries, wonder how such a great prophet did not avoid the contagion of adultery first and then of murder. Therefore, it was our desire to review the history itself, which seems to have been exposed to sin.
Ambrose of Milan· Apology for the Prophet David, Chapter 1, 397Patristic
And David said to Uriah, go down to thy house, and wash thy feet,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Commentary on Job 31:11 voice
I made a covenant with mine eyes that I should not even think upon a maid. Whereas the soul is invisible, it is in no degree affected by the delightfulness of things corporeal, except that, being closely attached to the body, it has the senses of that body as a kind of opening for going forth. For seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching, are a kind of ways of the mind, by which it should come forth without, and go a lusting after the things that are without the limits of its substance.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXI, 604Patristic
- Matthew 1:24
When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and embraced Mary as his wife.
Commentary on Matthew 1:241 voice
(Cont. Helvid. c. 5.) Helvidius is at much superfluous trouble to make this word know refer to carnal knowledge rather than to acquaintance, as though any had ever denied that; or as if the follies to which he replies had ever occurred to any person of common understanding.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 1:25
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
Commentary on Matthew 1:252 voices
(Cont. Helvid. c. 5.) Helvidius is at much superfluous trouble to make this word know refer to carnal knowledge rather than to acquaintance, as though any had ever denied that; or as if the follies to which he replies had ever occurred to any person of common understanding.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
(Verse 25.) And he took his wife, and did not know her until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus. From this passage, some very perverse people suspect and say that Mary had other children, arguing that the term firstborn is only used when someone has siblings. However, this is contrary to the custom in the divine scriptures, where the term firstborn is not applied to someone who has siblings, but to the one who is born first. Read the aforementioned book against Helvidius.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 5:27
You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
Commentary on Matthew 5:271 voice
Between πάθος and προπάθεια, that is between actual passion and the first spontaneous movement of the mind, there is this difference: passion is at once a sin; the spontaneous movement of the mind, though it partakes of the evil of sin, is yet not held for an offence committedh. When then one looks upon a woman, and his mind is therewith smitten, there is propassion; if he yields to this he passes from propassion to passion, and then it is no longer the will but the opportunity to sin that is wanting.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Commentary on Matthew 5:282 voices
Between πάθος and προπάθεια, that is between actual passion and the first spontaneous movement of the mind, there is this difference: passion is at once a sin; the spontaneous movement of the mind, though it partakes of the evil of sin, is yet not held for an offence committedh. When then one looks upon a woman, and his mind is therewith smitten, there is propassion; if he yields to this he passes from propassion to passion, and then it is no longer the will but the opportunity to sin that is wanting.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
(Verse 28.) Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Between passion and pre-passion, that is, between feeling and intense feeling, there is a difference: passion is considered a vice, while pre-passion, although it carries the fault of initiation, is not held accountable in the crime. Therefore, whoever looks at a woman and his soul is tickled, he is struck by pre-passion.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 19:12
For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
Commentary on Matthew 19:121 voice
He speaks of three kinds of eunuchs, of whom two are carnal, and one spiritual. One, those who are so born of their mother's womb; another, those whom enemies or courtly luxury has made so; a third, those who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven, and who might have been men, but become eunuchs for Christ. To them the reward is promised, for to the others whose continence was involuntary, nothing is due. (cf. Orig. in loc.) Or we may say otherwise.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Romans 13:13
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Commentary on Romans 13:132 voices
Whence the apostle also says: "The night is past, and the day is at hand." Therefore this present age is the night: but the age to come is the day. Whence the apostle says: "The night is past, and the day is at hand. Let us walk honestly, as in the day," he says. As we are to live in the day, that is, in the age to come, so let us now live.
Jerome· Homily 46, on Psalm 133, 420Patristic
Let us walk honestly as in the day,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- 1 Corinthians 7:1–9
Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:1–91 voice
Of the benefit of virginity and of continency. In Genesis: "Multiplying I will multiply thy sorrows and thy groanings, and in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children; and thy turning shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."
Cyprian· Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews, 258Patristic
- 1 Corinthians 7:8
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:81 voice
But when things lawful are (only) granted by way of indulgence, who hope for things unlawful? "To the unmarried" also, "and widows," he says, "It is good, by his example, to persevere" (in their present state); "but if they were too weak, to marry; because it is preferable to marry than to bum." With what fires, I pray you, is it preferable to "burn"-(the fires) of concupiscence, or (the fires) of penalty? Nay, but if fornication is pardonable, it will not be an object of concupiscence.
Tertullian· On Modesty, 220Patristic
- 1 Corinthians 7:25–29
Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:25–292 voices
The Lord also showed that certain precepts were enacted for them by Moses, on account of their hardness [of heart], and because of their unwillingness to be obedient, when, on their saying to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorcement, and to send away a wife?"
Irenaeus· Against Heresies Book IV, 202Patristic
Now concerning virgins,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- 1 Corinthians 7:36–38
However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:36–381 voice
Wherefore he rejects those of the more incontinent, who, under the influence of vain-glory, would advance to this state, advising them to marry, lest in their time of manly strength, the flesh stirring up the desires and passions, they should be goaded on to defile the soul. For let us consider what he lays down:
Methodius of Olympus· Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia, 311Patristic
- 1 Corinthians 9:27
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 9:271 voice
Nay, rather, by the virtue of contemning food He was initiating "the new man" into "a severe handling" of "the old," that He might show that (new man) to the devil, again seeking to tempt him by means of food, (to be) too strong for the whole power of hunger.
Tertullian· On Fasting, 220Patristic
- Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Commentary on Colossians 3:52 voices
But the saints, and they who truly practise virtue, "mortify their members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passions, evil concupiscence;" and, as the result of this, are pure and without spot, confiding in the promise of our Saviour, who said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." These, having become dead to the world, and renounced the merchandise of the world, gain an honourable death; for, "precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints."
Athanasius of Alexandria· Letter 7 (For 335), 373Patristic
Mortify therefore your members,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed