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Life of St Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza
Mark the Deacon, tr. Hill, 1913
Chapter 72
But many came running unto the holy faith, and some indeed from fear, but others condemning their former life, and unto all the holy church did open her doors; for she remembered the holy scripture which saith:1 ‘Unto him that knocketh it shall be opened, and he that seeketh findeth,’ and again:2 ‘whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached.’ But some of the believers also said unto the holy bishop that it behoved him to receive not those who came out of fear, but those whose purpose was good.
Notes
- Matt. vii. 7.
- Phil. i. 18.