Nilus of Ancyra→Cyriacus (correspondent of Nilus of Ancyra)|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Cyriacus the Presbyter.
Do not be surprised when you see your kinsman Pisimius, that most God-fearing man, adorned with great virtue, yet greatly afflicted and tempted by the devil and by the men who serve his designs. For just as robbers keep watch most constantly, and break in, not where there is hay and chaff and straw, but where there is gold and silver, so too the enemies of truth and righteousness fall upon and plot most of all against those men who pursue virtue and are eager to shine forth in God.
Do not be surprised when you see your kinsman Pisimius, that most God-fearing man, adorned with great virtue, yet greatly afflicted and tempted by the devil and by the men who serve his designs. For just as robbers keep watch most constantly, and break in, not where there is hay and chaff and straw, but where there is gold and silver, so too the enemies of truth and righteousness fall upon and plot most of all against those men who pursue virtue and are eager to shine forth in God.
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