1 João 3
Origen of Alexandria · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
1 João 3:8
Insofar as we commit sins, we have not yet put off the generation of the devil, even if we are thought to believe in Jesus. Everyone who is not of the devil does not commit sin. — COMMENTARY ON JOHN 20.103-4
1 João 3:9
When we are persuaded by the devil to sin, we receive his seed. But when we go on to complete the work which he urged, then he has begotten us, for through sin we are born to him as children. — SERMONS ON EXODUS 8.6
1 João 3:13
If we have passed from death to life by passing from unbelief to faith, let us not be surprised if the world hates us. For no one who has failed to pass from death to life, but has remained in death, can love those who have left the darkened house of death. — EXHORTATION TO MARTYRDOM 41