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James 4:7Jas.4.7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Soumettez-vous donc à Dieu; résistez au diable, et il fuira loin de vous.

KJV

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Patristic reading

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  • Eucherius of Lyon

    Certain Homilies

    rself, and he will flee from you, as the Apostle says: "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" James 4:7. Not obeying and wanting to leave means doing the devil's will in two ways: it brings damnation upon oneself, even in the present. For those who commit serious offenses…
  • Anonymous

    Predestined or the Heresy of the Predestinators three books

    The Apostle says, "Submit yourselves therefore to God; resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7). The invisible enemy is defeated by the invisible protector. But your misguided book contradicts this and dares to claim that the devil has the power to drag people aga…
  • Faustus of Riez

    Eight Sermons

    self, and he will flee from you, as the apostle says, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7). But to disobey and to want to depart is to doubly do the devil's will; it is to voluntarily bring damnation upon oneself even in the present. For those who grievously…

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