Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Indeed, nothing so estranges from the mercy of God and gives over to the fire of hell as the tyranny of pride…. Therefore, let us check this puffing up of the soul, and let us cut out this tumor, if we wish to be pure and be rid of the punishment prepared for the devil. Listen to Paul declaring that the proud must suffer those very penalties: “Not a new convert, lest he be puffed up with pride and incur the condemnation passed on the devil.”
