Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Cyprian/The Treatises of Cyprian/Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews/Book III/Part 19

19. That we are not to obey our own will, but the will of God.

In the Gospel according to John: &#8220;I came not down from heaven to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me.&#8221; Of this same matter, according to Matthew: &#8220;Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what Thou wilt.&#8221; Also in the daily prayer:&#160; &#8220;Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.&#8221; Also according to Matthew: &#8220;Not every one who saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he who doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.&#8221; Also according to Luke:&#160; &#8220;But that servant which knoweth his Lord&#8217;s will, and obeyed not His will, shall be beaten with many stripes.&#8221; In the Epistle of John: &#8220;But he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever, even as He Himself also abideth for ever.&#8221;