And this I say, lest any man should deceive you with enticing words.
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
I hear also those words of his, "And these things I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words, or one should enter in to spoil you.".
But seeking ends in finding, driving out the empty trifling, and approving of the contemplation which confirms our faith. "And this I say, lest any man beguile you with enticing words"
Do you see that he says, I have therefore said this, that you may not seek it from men. Delude you, he says, with persuasiveness of speech. For what if any does speak, and speak persuasively?