1st century

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Let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Ephesians 5:33

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Topic

Gender roles Marriage Men and women

Source

Ephesians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ephesians 5:33).

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Jesus

John 17:3

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Topic

Eternal life Knowing God

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 17:3).

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Jesus

Matthew 6:14-15

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Forgiveness of sins Forgiveness Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 6:14-15).

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 5:16

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Being a good example Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 5:16).

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible.

Colossians 1:16

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Topic

Creation of the world

Source

Colossians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Colossians 1:16).

How vast a memory lovers have!

Ovid

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Topic

Love

Author

Ovid

Source

Sappho to Phaon The Heroides

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

8 0s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides [The Heroines]. 8 AD, no. 15, l. 43.

Current Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides, edited and translated by Harold Isbell. Penguin Classics, 1990, no. 15, l. 43.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well.

Gaius Petronius

Satyricon

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Thinking for oneself Doubt and skepticism Credulity

Author

Gaius Petronius

Source

Satyricon

Medium

Novel

Language

Latin

Time

66 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Petronius. Satyricon, Satyricon liber [The Book of Satyrlike Adventures]. c. 1st century AD, sect. 43.

Current Citation

Petronius. "The Satyricon." The Satyricon and The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius, translated by J. P. Sullivan. Penguin Classics, 1986, sect. 43.

Judge not according to the appearance.

Jesus

John 7:24

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Judging others Appearance vs. reality

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 7:24).

A great step towards independence is a good humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

Seneca the Younger

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Topic

Adaptability

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Epistles (Seneca the Younger)

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.

Acts 4:32

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Topic

Sharing

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 4:32).

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 13:13

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Topic

Love

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (1st Corinthians 13:13).

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Apostle Paul

Romans 5:18-19

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Original sin Forgiveness of sins Salvation Jesus's death

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 5:18-19).

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Jesus

Matthew 19:6

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Topic

Marriage

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 19:6).