X.
And the apostles, who speak of God,1907
| 1907
θεηγόροι.
Codex B gives θεολόγοι. |
in establishing
the
truth of the
advent of the
Lord Jesus Christ, have each of them
indicated the appearing of these
abominable and
ruin-working men, and
have openly
announced their
lawless deeds. First of all Peter,
the
rock of the
faith, whom
Christ our
God called
blessed, the
teacher
of the
Church, the first
disciple, he who has the keys of the
kingdom,
has
instructed us to this effect: “Know this first,
children, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking
after their own
lusts.
1908
And there shall be false
teachers
among you, who privily shall bring in
damnable
heresies.”
1909
After
him, John the theologian,
1910
and the
beloved of
Christ, in harmony with him,
cries, “The
children of the
devil are manifest;
1911
and even now are there many
antichrists;
1912
but go not after
them.
1913
Believe
not every spirit, because many false
prophets are gone out into the
world.”
1914
And then
Jude, the
brother of James, speaks in like manner: “In the
last times there shall be mockers, walking after their own
ungodly
lusts. There be they who, without
fear, feed
1915
| 1915
οἱ
ἀφόβως
ἑαυτοὺς
ποιμαίνοντες,
instead of the received οἱ
ἀποδιορίζοντες
ἑαυτούς. |
themselves.”
1916
You have observed the concord of the
theologians and apostles, and the harmony of their
doctrine.
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