Fragment iv. As Long as any one Has the Means of Doing Good to his Neighbours...
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus — Irenæus
As [4807] long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a stranger to the love of the Lord. [4808]
Footnotes:

[4807] Quoted by Maximus Bishop of Turin, a.d. 422, Serm. vii. de Eleemos., as from the Epistle to Pope Victor. It is also found in some other ancient writers.

[4808] One of the mss. reads here tou Theou, of God.

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