All have turned aside from the right path; they have every one of them become corrupt. There is no one who does what is right–no, not so much as one.«
`But as for this worthless servant, put him out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'
There is not one who is really wise, nor one who is a diligent seeker after God.
»Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully.« »The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips.«
Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.
Formerly he was useless to you, but now –true to his name– he is of great use to you and to me.
For you were straying like lost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls.