And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared unto glory,
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Caesarius of Arles
AD 542
We who were vessels of wrath through our first birth have deserved to become vessels of mercy through the second one. The first birth brought us forth unto death, but the second one recalled us to life. All of us were temples of the devil before baptism, but after baptism we were made ready to become temples of Christ.