Philippians 3:19 Douay-Rheims

Whose end is destruction; whose God is their belly; and whose glory is in their shame; who mind earthly things.

Tertullian

c. A.D. 150–220 Patristic

Not one of such women knows how to speak of the good of single-husbandhood; for their "god," as the apostle says, "is their belly; " and so, too, what is neighbour to the belly.

Source details
A.D. 220 · on Phil 3:19 (To His Wife Book I)

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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