Chapter 7. Avoid the Docetæ, and persevere in fasting and prayer

Chapter 8

1For whosoever does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is antichrist; 1 John 4:3 and whosoever does not confess the testimony of the cross , is of the devil ; and whosoever perverts the oracles of the Lord to his own lusts , and says that there is neither a resurrection nor a judgment, he is the first-born of Satan . Wherefore, forsaking the vanity of many, and their false doctrines , let us return to the word which has been handed down to us from Jude 3 the beginning; watching unto prayer , 1 Peter 4:7 and persevering in fasting ; beseeching in our supplications the all-seeing God not to lead us into temptation , Matthew 6:13 ; Matthew 26:41 as the Lord has said: The spirit truly is willing, but the flesh is weak. Matthew 26:41 ; Mark 14:38