1st century

Showing 357 works across all media from the 1st century

Scripture · Religious literature

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Jesus

John 3:16 · 90

★ 9.9

Scripture · Religious literature

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Jesus

Matthew 19:24 · 60

★ 9.3

Fiction · Narrative poem

Metamorphoses

Ovid

8 · 764 pages

Ovid runs classical myth through a single idea, transformation, from the creation of the world to Julius Caesar. Girls become trees and hunters become deer, and painters have ransacked him for centuries.

★ 8.6

Scripture · Religious literature

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Jesus

Matthew 7:7 · 60

★ 8.5

Scripture · Religious literature

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Jesus

Matthew 7:12 · 60

★ 8.5

Scripture · Religious literature

Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake.

1st Timothy 5:23

64

★ 7.7

Scripture · Religious literature

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Revelation 2:10

96

★ 7.6

Scripture · Religious literature

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

Luke 15:24

61

★ 7.5

Scripture · Religious literature

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Apostle Paul

Romans 10:13 · 56

★ 7.5

Poem

Time, the devourer of all things.

Ovid

8

★ 7.3

Scripture · Religious literature

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Jesus

Mark 3:24-25 · 60

★ 7.2

Philosophical literature

A liar should have a good memory.

Quintilian

Institutio Oratoria · 95

★ 7.2

Scripture · Religious literature

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Jesus

Matthew 6:33 · 60

★ 7.2

Letter

Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use.

Ovid

18

★ 7.2

Scripture · Religious literature

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Jesus

Matthew 22:14 · 60

★ 7.2

Scripture · Religious literature

If God be for us, who can be against us?

Apostle Paul

Romans 8:31 · 56

★ 7.1

Scripture · Religious literature

He gave up the ghost.

Luke 23:46

61

★ 7.1

Letter

If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Seneca

65

★ 7.1

Nonfiction · Biography

Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

Plutarch

100 · 784 pages

Plutarch pairs each famous Greek with a Roman, Alexander with Caesar, and judges them, holding that a jest can reveal a man better than a battle. Shakespeare took three plays out of it.

★ 7.1

Scripture · Religious literature

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

Jesus

Matthew 5:44 · 60

★ 7.1