But I roughly treat my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
Et ideo Paulus quoque: "Corpus meum "inquit, "castigo, et in servitutem redigo; quoniam qui certat, omnia continet "hoc est, in omnibus continet, non ab omnibus abstinens, sed continenter utens iis, quae utenda judicavit, "illi quid era ut corruptibilem coronam accipiant; nos autem ut incorruptibilem"