Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV In the first place, [he believed] that He was the maker of heaven and earth, the only God; and in the next place, that He would make his seed as the stars of heaven. This is what is meant by Paul, [when he says, ] "as lights in the world."[56] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III "For it is not he who brings a stealthy vocal word to men," as Bacchylidis says, "who shall be the Word of Wisdom; "but "the blameless, the pure, and faultless sons of God," according to Paul, "in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, to shine as lights in the world."[213] Tertullian On Idolatry are a light of the world,[124] Origen Against Celsus Book III Whereas the Churches of God which are instructed by Christ, when carefully contrasted with the assemblies of the districts in which they are situated, are as beacons[90] Cyprian Epistle VI And Paul the apostle says, "Shine as lights in the world."[7] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also Paul to the Philippians: "Shine as lights in the world."[551] The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity and of life, and they are truly the city of God, and the houses and temples in which God abides and dwells, and among which He walks, as in the holy city of heaven. For in this "do ye appear to the world as lights, in that ye give heed to the Word of life,"[84] The Second Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity "sons of the living God,"[30]