Genesis 3:4
Douay-Rheims
And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death.
John Chrysostom
Do you see how the devil led her captive, handicapped her reasoning and caused her to set her thoughts on goals beyond her real capabilities, in order that she might be puffed up with empty hopes and lose her hold on the advantages already accorded her?
Source details
A.D. 407 · on Gen 3:4-5 (HOMILIES ON GENESIS 16.11)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.