From the early Church Fathers to now.
5 Patristic · 1 Catholic · 1 Reformed
“Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.”
“Let us fight as hard as we can, with the Lord's help, against that most harsh captivity of the soul [which is the devil's ability to divert our thoughts away from spiritual concerns].”
“If death came into the world by the malice of the devil, and Christ dwells in the inner man according to the Scriptures, this is the reason why he dwells in us, that he might destroy the death which has come upon us through the devil's cunning. And not only this, but that he might give us more grace as well. For he said: "I have come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly."”
“Be subject therefore to God; humble yourselves in his sight, considering your own nothing. (Witham)”
“Submit to . . . God--so ye shall be among "the humble," Jam 4:6; also Jam 4:10; Pe1 5:6. Resist . . . devil--Under his banner pride and envy are enlisted in the world; resist his temptations to these. Faith, humble prayers, and heavenly wisdom, are the weapons of resistance. The language is taken from warfare. "Submit" as a good soldier puts himself in complete subjection to his captain. "Resist," stand bravely against. he will flee--Translate, "he shall flee." For it is a promise of God, not a mere assurance from man to man [ALFORD]. He shall flee worsted as he did from Christ.”
“A brother felt hungry at dawn, and struggled not to eat till nine o'clock. When nine o'clock came, he made himself wait till noon. At noon he dipped his bread and sat down to eat, but then got up again, saying, 'I will wait till three.' At three o'clock he prayed, and saw the devil's work going out of him like smoke; and his hunger ceased.”
“A brother came to Poemen and said to him, 'Many thoughts come into my mind and put me in danger.' He sent him out into the open air, and said, 'Open your lungs and do not breathe.' He replied, 'I can't do that.' Then he said to him: 'Just as you can't stop air coming into your lungs, so you can't stop thoughts coming into your mind. Your part is to resist them.'”
“A hermit said, 'If anyone says "Forgive me", and humbles himself, he burns up the demons that tempt him.'”
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.