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Origen, on Jas 4:4
Origen · c. A.D. 184–253
Jas 4:4 · Douay-Rheims
“Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world, becometh an enemy of God.”
On this verse:
“Since evil forms a friendship with the world and virtue a friendship with God, virtue and evil cannot coexist.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.