Previous Vol 5 - 4.5.12.4.29 Next
Cyprian - Against the Jews - Book III
27. That even a baptized person loses the grace that he has attained, unless he keep innocency.
In the Gospel according to John: "Lo, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing happen unto thee." [4363] Also in the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God abideth in you? If any one violate the temple of God, him will God destroy." [4364] Of this same thing in the Chronicles: "God is with you, while ye are with Him: if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you." [4365]