“We who have been justified in Christ, who, through faith in him, have obtained communion with the Holy Spirit, must be careful not to mix with those of perverse mind and impious spirit who do not have the true faith. They are in fact foreigners; they speak a different language and say perverse things. If someone mixes…”
Cyril of Alexandria, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON MALACHI 2
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1He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him.
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— Sirach 13:1 —
2Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.
3The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he must intreat also.