Pseudo-Clement, on 1Cor 9:27

“But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.”

“He in whomsoever the Spirit of God is, is in accord with the will of the Spirit of God; and, because he is in accord with the Spirit of God, therefore does he mortify the deeds of the body and live unto God, "treading down and subjugating the body and keeping it under; so that, while preaching to others," he may be a beautiful example and pattern to believers, and may spend his life in works which are worthy of the Holy Spirit, so that he may "not be cast away," [1 Corinthians 9:27] but may be approved before God and before men.”

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