"Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons."

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Our inhuman enemy inspires the thought that God loves mankind, and that He quickly forgives this sin. But when we observe the guile of demons, then we see that after the commission of the sin, they suggest to us that God is a righteous and implacable Judge. The first they say in order to lead us to sin, the second, in order to weigh us down in despair.

— John Climacus