Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Peter 2:18

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 390, footnote 7 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 4698 (In-Text, Margin)

... beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.” It was useless to warn them to add works to faith, if they could not sin after baptism. He tells us that “whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.” Which of us is without sin? “God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.” Peter also says: “The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation.” And concerning false teachers:[2 Peter 2:17-18] “These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. For, uttering proud words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who had just escaped, and have ...