We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So. - ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books 1–10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10

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We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So.
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Chapter XV.—We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So.

Let us cleave, therefore, to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, “This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”⁴⁰⁶⁶

⁴⁰⁶⁶ Isa. xxix. 13; Matt. xv. 8; Mark vii. 6.
And again: “They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart.”⁴⁰⁶⁷

⁴⁰⁶⁷ Ps. lxii. 4.
And again it saith, “They loved Him with their month, and lied⁴⁰⁶⁸

⁴⁰⁶⁸ I. ἔψεξαν (blamed).
to Him with their tongue; but their heart was not right with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.”⁴⁰⁶⁹

⁴⁰⁶⁹ Ps. lxxviii. 36, 37.
“Let the deceitful lips become silent,⁴⁰⁷⁰

⁴⁰⁷⁰ Ps. xxxi. 18.
[and “let the Lord destroy all the lying lips,⁴⁰⁷¹

⁴⁰⁷¹ These words within brackets are not found in the ms., but have been inserted from the Septuagint by most editors.
] and the boastful tongue of those who have said, Let us magnify our tongue: our lips are our own; who is lord over us? For the oppression of the poor, and for the sighing of the needy, will I now arise, saith the Lord: I will place him in safety; I will deal confidently with him.”⁴⁰⁷²

⁴⁰⁷² Ps. xii. 3–5.
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