The Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus · Appendix to the Works of Hippolytus. Containing Dubious and Spurious Pieces
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Finally, hear Paul as he speaks boldly, and mark how clearly he discovers these: "Beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.1917 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit.1918 See that ye walk circumspectly, because the days are evil."1919 In fine then, what man shall have any excuse who hears these things in the Church from prophets and apostles, and from the Lord Himself, and yet will give no heed to the care of his soul, and to the time of the consummation, and to that approaching hour when we shall have to stand at the judgment-seat of Christ?>
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 5, ed. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe (1885–96). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.